Looking at a used D6D dozer with 7500 hours on it and would like to ask, how big of a deal is it that the grouser shoes are really thin on the back side. and when I say really thin, I mean they are pretty much thinned so much that they are sharp to the touch and some don’t even cover to the next/trailing grouser shoe. Looking for any good tips and or issues to look for to help me decide Yah or Nah on this dozer…
Hire John C. to inspect it for you. Or me. But John is better looking. Or, take a chance. We’ll be on standby to help you fix all the problems you discover, once you drag it home.
what do you expect to do with a worn out 6? if it starts runs moves it can still do a few things, but don't pay too much for it.
Nah. Grousers that thin indicate a bottomless money pit and down time. hour meter readings are useless on anything that old.
If it still moves you can park it at a not too busy dump site and knock down truck piles. That is about all it is good for before you climb into the money pit that @Tinkerer is talking about.
The rails, sprockets, rollers are more important than the thickness of the grousers for most "old timer" work in the midwest. Nothing is cheap though.
This thread reminds me of MachineMike’s newly purchased 235B that s$$t the bed in his driveway, shortly after unloading his prize.