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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sledesigns" data-source="post: 29044" data-attributes="member: 2358"><p>Look like ship unloaders (don't know the technical term) , Crane puts them on a ship, push material towards the cranes clamshell bucket to offload. I'd look for sloppy pins from a dusty environment. Suprised its not rusty, I'd think being near saltwater would show more. Before the 963 I'd found a good running 980, much like these, hard tires, used a bit, for $5500. Saw a decently fixed up 980 sell for about $10,000. It had nice offroad tires, no leaks, toothed dirt bucket & paint job. Your 980 like a good deal to me from a computer screen. I'd be houndin' ya for info but just got a replacement truck & need to go through it before hauling. Oh, they seem to be worth more for selling purposes with the normal air filled offroad tires. I was looking into having rims made as I couldnt find any with that large bolt pattern and size. I think I could get em for less than $300 a rim. Found proper tires locally for about $150ea, and quite a bit of rubber for the money, 15-19.5's if I remember right. As for value to an individual, if you have room to maneuver: Quite a machine. If space is tight....not so valueable. .......Get em, & fix'em up quick before the 31st and you and a friend can trick-or-treat dressed up as Transformers. Get grapple buckets for them & tear a car apart, great stress relief. -Scott</p></blockquote><p></p>