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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m610" data-source="post: 5336" data-attributes="member: 372"><p>Ken, that's a very good analysis of the two machines. It answers my question of why this thing isn't selling to anyone. Yes it's large, but seems to run well. Most likely a 60's - early '70's era machine bought used in the 80's from a local dairy farm, and has spent the last 20 or so years at the plant nursery where it was originally used to set up the nursery and to move huge rocks and clear a few lots. The owner retired and the crawler has been sitting ever since. The new owner, (his son) doesn't go there much as the business is staffed by workers and he lives in Palm Beach. What they use is a forklift, backhoe , and skid loaders. The Cat went for sale almost a year ago, around 5,000 dollars but the price has been dropping ever since, with no takers. Now it's less than 1/2 that mostly because of the way it looks. Neighbor down the street wanted it, but lost interest because of the size of the machine and being told it was hard to service. It's all sand around here, so I was concerned about wear to tracks and pins. The good thing is that this crawler has no trouble going through loose , dry sand that the Bobcat would get stuck in. I could get the dirt road levelled faster, and dig out the ditches on the sides easier, with power no skid loader can dream of. Maintenance is the big concern, just looking at the machine is intimidating, and I thought about what would happen if a track came off. On a Bobcat a track over the tires is no big deal, and I have always maintained my own machinery, so it would involve a change in methods when this needed work. I am currently rebuilding the M610 so it's a keeper, I use it around the yard for the small, delicate work. But if I can't find a more powerful skid steer the crawler may be worth the risk. If it breaks down and I can't fix it, then I will tow it to the front yard and paint my address on it..LOL!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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