Cat 305 CR Retread I bought this Cat 305CR recently and it needed new tracks. I used Prowler tracks found on ebay. They seem high quality, time will tell. Painted the undercarriage before putting new tracks on. http://www.prowlertracks.com/index.htm
wow looks like the sheet metal needs more than a paint?! hope the new tracks give a good run for you.
Let me guess it was a rental machine. How else could someone bang up a zero tail machine like that?
What kind of paint did you use?
I used NAPA commercial coating paint. I mix my own recipe. Sixteen 16 ounces of MH 101 acrylic hardener to one 1 gallon paint, then reduce with about 10-15% NAPA PCR10 reducer. Usually shoot with a HF 2 quart pressure pot gun set at 8-10 psi pot pressure and 40 to 60 psi air pressure at the gun.
What did you do to the idlers? Paint always makes it look alot better.
I removed them and resealed the pistons with new o rings. One side the previous owner had the idler upside down. And yes it was a rental machine in its younger days, but I bought it right I think.
Are you happy with this machine? I looked at a used one yesterday to use at my farm.
The paint & New Tracks make it look great!!!
what did those tracks cost and how are they holding up after a year