Saw some pics the other day of 21 new D 11Ts in Hastings yard in Brisbane the other week, any one no where theyre off to, some lucky operators are having their dreams come true. Cheers RDG013
Cancelled orders would be my guess
My last job we had D11's, 994, & 793 in the yard as stock machines waiting for customers to come in and buy them, much like other dealers would do with a 320 or skid-steer..........
Don't know if they're a dream come true or not...been fighting overheating and exhaust failures on mine for the whole 11 months I've been running it, grrrrr. Awfully nice from the glass in though!
Exhaust failures ? What exactly is failing, is this a Tier 4 ?
Tech said more of a tier 3.5, all the tier 4 stuff is not yet implemented in this one yet. The failure is in a bellows that redirects a portion of the exhaust back in to be burned again. Replaced a head on the right bank and that fixed it on that side, now it is happening on the left bank. We are running 3 of these and all have had heat problems even in the winter (low teens) they do run about 21-22 hours per day 7 days a week tho
working in the bear run mine???
That gives me nightmares of a Mercedes OM 460 truck engine. What a pile...won't be long till the onsite mechanics learn how to block off the bellows and do away with that crap when the warranty expires. I'd bet they have an EGR cooler on them to cool those redirected gases before hitting the intake? Cap it off as well when you block the bellows. Disgusting technology designed to maybe make it through the warranty period. I said maybe...
Give that man a cigar...you a Peabody guy?
No, working on a few of the sections of I-69, just been in the the mine before to check it out.
Get to see alot more on those road jobs! OP: Sorry wasn't trying to hijack the thread...
i use to work for Hasting's Deering in Brisbane assembling machines last year.My guess will be they havn't found homes to go to yet due to the down fall in mining.