neighbor has one and is looking to sell it. he said it is a mid 80's machine. 7000 some hours. has roll bar and cab, some of the glass is broke out, but helps air flow huh?! lol. any good bad or ugly stories? thanks!!
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They are good machines for the most part. I have one, and have owned 2 others over the years. They were all we used in the oilfield here for years, very few 6D's were around. With the 5s blade and tilt we could haul them at night, never needed a permit, and they would do pretty much anything we needed. With all that said, the final drives are the weak point, especially if you have a direct drive tranny. It took a while, but I finally realized that if I went with Cat parts in the finals, they would last longer. The 24X machine I have now is strong, has 7000 plus hours, and I use it on a regular basis. The difference in fuel you burn compared to a D6D or H, is signifigant. That 5B will run 10 hard hours on 40 gallons of fuel. With no turbo, the engine normally lasts longer, and its one less part you may have to buy. When we run it beside my 6H, it looks small, and wont pust as much dirt, but it will hold its own.
i can try to get some pics of the thing soon. i was wondering if there might be some other better machine for the money? he is asking 19k and i believe this is his bottom dollar. looking briefly on machinery trader it seems like an ok deal, but then again who knows what hrs are on some of those machines. i dont know for sure if a d5 is the best choice for size. we are mostly goin to use it around the farm for a few years and then prolly sell it. is it a pain to move a dozer this size? where would you go to find a year on the sn? cat dealer? TIA!
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D5b I hav:usae always wanted one but went a differant way.I have looked around the midwest and good ones seemed to be priced in the mid 20ms give or take 3 thousand. If the under carrage is good and overal good and it is a power shift this might not be a bad price,
ointheadI ran one when i was in south Florida back in the early 90's clearing large acres of trees it was a wide track and had a rake instead of a blade i would be happy to run one again it seam to do a very nice job and is a good all around tractor if i told you i probably cleared 4 acres of heavy dense pine trees a day i would not be lying that was in the Florida sandymuck. all in all great tractor.
i am still werkin on gettin some pics of it and possibly run the thing for a day or something. the owner is out of town for a couple weeks i guess. is there any real downfall to these older machines? are they pretty easy to work on? 7000 hrs seem realistic for an 80's machine? TIA!!
D5b Hi all. Down here at the bottom of the world in NZ there were quite a few D5s and D5Bs running around mainly on farm related work; landclearing, crushing scrub, discing etc. They go well are very stable and are a good size machine in my opinion. But as others have stated, there big weakness is there final drives. So the first thing Id do with it is drain the oil out of both finals and check for any signs of metal etc. The main model I had anything to do with was the 74" gauge ps model. Merv