I'm looking at a 226d today and the seller is trying to tell me it's a high flow machine but it only has the three couplers that I see on the standard machines. Is there any way to tell? It does not say high flow of the side badging.
Post s/n and someone with SIS can look up the machine and see what options it left the factory with. Alternatively you could also call your local Cat dealer with the s/n and they can likely look it up too.
I thought standard flow machines were 2 hose and high flow machines were 3 hose, third hose being case drain which standard flow didn’t have. Am I wrong?
I don't recall seeing a Cat skid steer with more than 3 aux couplers up front. Not saying that its not possible though.
My 248 has 2 sets of connectors, standard flow and high flow. The high flow connectors are at least a third bigger than the standard flow. The 248 was the first highflow machine Cat built and is 20 year old technology. I haven't stayed up with the improvements but it would seem in order to be highflow the connectors would have to be larger than standard to move the oil.
Hi, I'm wondering too if my 259d has high flow. Serial # CAT0259DLFTK00310. Can someone help me out?
FTK00310 was originally built without High Flow but that was almost 10 years ago, so the possibility exists that it may have been converted to High Flow since then. However I would say that the chance of that having happened is extremely unlikely. Most owners would rather sell a machine and buy one of the configuration they need (High Flow in this case) rather than spend the $$$ on parts to retrofit the HF.
Ok good to know. Thanks Nige!