The things we do for our wives. Before last Christmas my wife decided she wanted a bulldozer. She got the idea from a doctor friend who’s daughter was in the same 4H horse club with us. They moved to Tulsa and offered their 1960 John Deer 350C bulldozer for sale for $10,000. I went to look at it with a friend that I worked with in the Air Force. He is about the best natural equipment operator I’ve ever known. The John Deer had a good bottom end and had recently had about $7000 worth of work done to it. When we got there he needed to jump it and it smoked badly. I could see dollar signs on engine work that needed to be done. It also only had a 4 way blade.
A friend at another forum steered me to a guy in Texas that buys grey market dozers and sells them. I spoke with him and he had a 1985 Mitsubishi BD2F diesel dozer. I ended up purchasing it and a new trailer to haul it on. I never realized how much work a dozer can be. I’m so sore from building trails on our 400 acres of mesquite trees and rough rocky ground that I wouldn’t have believed I must say I’m impressed with how well the 6 way blade, diesel engine and everything else works. It’s only got 255 hours on it and I only paid $10,500 for it. The only thing I’ve had to do to it was replace the track adjuster piston and seals. I was able to do that for $140. I don’t want to brag to much so it does not break on me. But It’s quite the tool. I did find I had to wear a helmet to protect my head from the roof with the ground I’m working being so rough.
Now I’ve got her scheduled to go on an Elk/mule deer hunt in Montana with the NRA women’s hunting organization. There are 9 women going on this guided hunt on horseback and I’m sending her with my Winchester model 70 featherweight .308 and Hornady superperformance ammo with 165 gr bullets at 2900 fps and a Remington 700 7mm magnum. Both with Burris Signature 3-12 BDC scopes on them. I sure hope she gets what she wants. Me, I’m happy with being able to shoot as far as I want on our property and the dozer is going to be handy building my range where I won’t have to worry about the 50 BMG API bullets causing trouble.
A friend at another forum steered me to a guy in Texas that buys grey market dozers and sells them. I spoke with him and he had a 1985 Mitsubishi BD2F diesel dozer. I ended up purchasing it and a new trailer to haul it on. I never realized how much work a dozer can be. I’m so sore from building trails on our 400 acres of mesquite trees and rough rocky ground that I wouldn’t have believed I must say I’m impressed with how well the 6 way blade, diesel engine and everything else works. It’s only got 255 hours on it and I only paid $10,500 for it. The only thing I’ve had to do to it was replace the track adjuster piston and seals. I was able to do that for $140. I don’t want to brag to much so it does not break on me. But It’s quite the tool. I did find I had to wear a helmet to protect my head from the roof with the ground I’m working being so rough.
Now I’ve got her scheduled to go on an Elk/mule deer hunt in Montana with the NRA women’s hunting organization. There are 9 women going on this guided hunt on horseback and I’m sending her with my Winchester model 70 featherweight .308 and Hornady superperformance ammo with 165 gr bullets at 2900 fps and a Remington 700 7mm magnum. Both with Burris Signature 3-12 BDC scopes on them. I sure hope she gets what she wants. Me, I’m happy with being able to shoot as far as I want on our property and the dozer is going to be handy building my range where I won’t have to worry about the 50 BMG API bullets causing trouble.
