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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bobma" data-source="post: 101810" data-attributes="member: 15753"><p>I've been looking to buy a skid steer for personal use on my property for nearly a year. I've never owned one, never even operated one but in doing the research on the various types of equipment I settled on a Track Skid Steer for it's versatility, functionality and resale value (just in case) among other factors. I looked into them all, got quotes from the various dealers and had to come to terms with the fact that I couldn't afford a new one. But buying used meant that I REALLY needed to know what I was getting into. Then I came into some unexpected money, pulled out those quotes and purchased a new Cat 239D. They beat the Case, John Deer, Kabota, Takeuchi and Bobcat quotes for equivalent machines much to my surprise. Now I feel like I just adopted an exotic animal that I have no idea how to handle. I paid the extra $70.00 for a manual I can sit on my couch and read so that I could at least make sure I'm servicing it properly. After 30hrs I'm just now beginning to get the hang of operating it but I have a long, long way to go before I'll be "proficient". At this point all I know is it will do whatever I tell it to do whether I meant to tell it to do that or not! I guess the 239d is too new for any user feedback because I can't find much. I do see a lot of them for sale, most are a year or two older than mine and are selling for what I paid for mine (or more) so if nothing else, I know I didn't over pay. I'm interested in any info such as "do's & don'ts" with regard to servicing and operating. As time goes on I'll be back to post anything I think might be helpful to others. So far it seems like a beautiful beast of a machine but then again, it's a brand new Cat and I have no point of reference so...</p></blockquote><p></p>

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