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<blockquote data-quote="Farm Fence Solutions" data-source="post: 1513531" data-attributes="member: 26621"><p>I've only had it stuck a couple times where it couldn't dig its self out, and I'll take the blame for that. It'll slide around quite a bit on greasy mud, and you might put 10 miles on the tracks to go 2 miles, but it's much better than tires....especially with a load. I don't really have a preference on the lift arms. My last machine was a NH on tires, and it served us well, but this CAT is a horse. I've had this one for quite a long time, and really haven't done much to it. I rebuilt the engine about 5 years ago because the turbo shot craps and it ran away on oil. One new final drive a year or two ago. Rebuilt the undercarriage and new tracks 7 or 8 years ago. New outboard final drive bearings every 400 hours, and that's not a bad job if you keep up with it. Let em go out, and it gets expensive. Gave up on keeping glass in it, but the heat still works. It's getting close to 6,000 hours, and still goes to work everyday. CAT has their own track setup now, and doesn't use the ASV system anymore. The new ones are less maintenance, but not as good for the work part of owning one, IMHO. If it's not on tracks, I don't want it on a fence job. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farm Fence Solutions, post: 1513531, member: 26621"] I've only had it stuck a couple times where it couldn't dig its self out, and I'll take the blame for that. It'll slide around quite a bit on greasy mud, and you might put 10 miles on the tracks to go 2 miles, but it's much better than tires....especially with a load. I don't really have a preference on the lift arms. My last machine was a NH on tires, and it served us well, but this CAT is a horse. I've had this one for quite a long time, and really haven't done much to it. I rebuilt the engine about 5 years ago because the turbo shot craps and it ran away on oil. One new final drive a year or two ago. Rebuilt the undercarriage and new tracks 7 or 8 years ago. New outboard final drive bearings every 400 hours, and that's not a bad job if you keep up with it. Let em go out, and it gets expensive. Gave up on keeping glass in it, but the heat still works. It's getting close to 6,000 hours, and still goes to work everyday. CAT has their own track setup now, and doesn't use the ASV system anymore. The new ones are less maintenance, but not as good for the work part of owning one, IMHO. If it's not on tracks, I don't want it on a fence job. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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