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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 24618" data-attributes="member: 307">Prior to  about 1990 the machines went up a number to indicate something better or bigger.ie 741 742 742, the 825 would have had little in common with this numbering series  except being a 8 series and older the a 843 or 853Along about 90 the 7 and 8 series machines had pretty much all been switch to diesel and the model numbers stayed the same7 was still the series, 53 was short wheel base, 763 was the same machine but a longer wheel base, and a 7753 was the first verticle lift path machine (otherwise a 763, which had the same engine and pumps as a 753) then the 7753 became a 773..Same was true for the 853. 863 and 873.The about 2003 they atarted into the S for skid and T for track followed by a number that if multiplied by 10 would be the machines rated lift capacity, ie S185 = 1850 lbsKen</blockquote>