Guy asked if I would travel to a town that's about 2 hours from me. I said possibly, then asked what he had.
2 D9 Cats
A Bronco
and..."a bunch of metal".
I asked what he thought the Cats weighed. He tells me about 9,000, but one is complete, the other is for parts. The weight seemed light from what little I knew about Cat dozers.
I asked how much he wanted for it.
He asked what I'd give for it.
I prefer people throw their number first, but he wouldn't. Went round and round for a bit. Then I said I would have to figure up some numbers and get back to him.
Later I looked up D9 specs, and just as I thought, there is no way I can move this equipment - just too massive. 100,000 plus lbs.* Far too heavy for any trucks and trailers I have access to.
I am thinking about maybe brokering a deal with him where I list it online, and we split the proceeds. Not sure if he would go for that. He wouldn't give me a location until I gave him a price. I didn't think to ask for pics. That would have helped.
One machine was running when he parked it, and the other is being cannibalized from what I understood, but that it could be a running machine again.
At bare minimum I am thinking a lowboy, but I don't know if the running machine will push the dead machine onto a lowboy.
Any other thoughts/suggestions?
I hate telling people I can't help them out, but this very well could be bigger than I can handle.
*Hoss, if you read this, that earlier weight I gave you was way off. I was looking at the wrong D Cat.
