we might be buying a cat 225 an had a couple questions do they have a two speed travel speed at all? and over all how do people like them
No they have one speed travel. I may be Old and Out of Touch but who needs to be all Touchey/Feely on here any way. If you want good dirt diggin value for your money go for it. There are a few different setups. The best one to get is a later one with a Rexroth Pump, and the best one of those is a European built one with a 3304 engine. Far supperior to the 3208 and more rebuildable too. The old Cat pumps where good but the servo,s wear out and twenty years ago I had to buy 5 to get 2 good ones. Now you may need to buy 50 and still not get two goodones. The Rexroth Pump is bullet proof and can be set up to haul the engine down to full load+10Rpm and flat line right out untill you have both pumps at main relief. Later Bob
thank you sir im woundering because it acted like it wanted to die when you moved it but it looked like it needed a fuel filter so that could be why. we looked at a case 9020 today also how do you guys like those
Nathan, narrow your search down to one with the engine and pump combos I mentioned. Rexroth two pumps in one housing and a 3304 engine. Then look at the externals, pin and bushing wear, undercarrage and structural cracks(welded and not) If they are set up right the will run with out lugging the engine. Another thing to keep in mind is with a piston pump it takes as much power to pump oil out into the case as it does to pump it out to a cylinder and do some work. On top of that with the old Cat pumps high case pressure reduces the pump controls ability to destroke the pumps so they kill the engine, burn lots of fuel and don't do any work. Later Bob