[AT] OT Cat Excavator

[charliehill]

Sounds like a good day for you Cecil!

Charlie
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From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Cat Excavator


> Yesterday I looked at a Cat E110B excavator and could not leave it to 
> waste away on a lot.  It will be delivered tuesday.  A 90 model with 
> 3500 hrs, pretty rough sheet metal as it was sitting in a building that 
> fell down on top of it.  It is one of the quietest and smoothest running 
> and operating machines I ever operated.  I had more control over the 
> bucket that I ever did on any other machine.    I had an excavation  
> contractor friend look at it with me and he only has about 55 years of 
> experience in the business.  He said if it was a abigger machine he 
> would sure buy it.  It is a 26K machine so a little small for most 
> contractors, but I can haul it if I have to on a gooseneck behind a 2 
> ton.   I have a couple of hyd driven mowers and I am going to build a 
> shear to put on in place of the bucket to clean fencerows.  It has a 
> manual thumb and with a little practice you can pull up 10 inch cedar 
> trees by the roots and shake the dirt off of them..  I am going to start 
> doing some land improvements on  the place that have been needed for 
> oaver 30 years.    Also picked up a cat generator with a 3306 turbo 
> engine in it.  Don't know the KW rating because I cant read the tag.  
> They were both repo machines.  If the generator will work, half of the 
> excavator is paid for....
> 
> Cecil in OKla
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