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wheeled or tracked cat... please help
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<blockquote data-quote="HSVSkidSteer" data-source="post: 73220" data-attributes="member: 9876"><p>I purchased a Cat 257B to use on my farm this past October. It had 1500 hrs on it and I paid $26,000.00 for it with a bucket, bale fork and stone fork. I have had to replace one idler bearing and one complete idler assembly. Other than these issues, I have been very impressed with this machine. The 257B practically floats over mud and snow. It is used to feed corn silage and hay every day and has been moving snow multiple times every week so far this winter. I also use the machine to clean out barns and like it, but would not want anything with a larger footprint. The 257B has way more hydraulic capacity than my 65 hp loader tractor. I was initially very concerned about track maintenance as I'm in a lot of snow and the machine is not stored in a heated environment. I developed a routine that takes less then 10 mins with a wrecking bar to clean out the track area and squirrel cage and have not had a freeze up even at -30 Celcius. My recommendation would be to have the dealer make all repairs required at the price he is quoting you on the track machine. If the idlers and bearings have been replaced, it should be a good machine, otherwise plan on having some undercarriage work to do. I think that this undercarriage is very good for farm use, but I think that some industrial environments would be very hard on it. I see that Ritchie Bros have a Cat 257 in their auction in Bolton ON on March 20th.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSVSkidSteer, post: 73220, member: 9876"] I purchased a Cat 257B to use on my farm this past October. It had 1500 hrs on it and I paid $26,000.00 for it with a bucket, bale fork and stone fork. I have had to replace one idler bearing and one complete idler assembly. Other than these issues, I have been very impressed with this machine. The 257B practically floats over mud and snow. It is used to feed corn silage and hay every day and has been moving snow multiple times every week so far this winter. I also use the machine to clean out barns and like it, but would not want anything with a larger footprint. The 257B has way more hydraulic capacity than my 65 hp loader tractor. I was initially very concerned about track maintenance as I'm in a lot of snow and the machine is not stored in a heated environment. I developed a routine that takes less then 10 mins with a wrecking bar to clean out the track area and squirrel cage and have not had a freeze up even at -30 Celcius. My recommendation would be to have the dealer make all repairs required at the price he is quoting you on the track machine. If the idlers and bearings have been replaced, it should be a good machine, otherwise plan on having some undercarriage work to do. I think that this undercarriage is very good for farm use, but I think that some industrial environments would be very hard on it. I see that Ritchie Bros have a Cat 257 in their auction in Bolton ON on March 20th. [/QUOTE]
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