old caterpillar 950 E wheel loader, opinions merits defects, considerations characteristics performance machine efficiency consumption reliability rob

[barracane]

hello, sorry if I disturb, an acquaintance of mine would need to buy a used wheel loader. his attention fell on an old 950 E/F caterpillar. what do you think of this option?
he needs it to rent it and to extract gravel and aggregates from the river bed if necessary. what do you think what choice you would have made., what qualities defects performance attributed to this machine? thank you.

 

[CPS]

Good machine, old, simple and strong.

Not to many electrics to go wrong in the river

 

[barracane]

thank you for your intervention and your additional news, so it has good penetration and very good tear and tear force, although I see it is a very large and impressive machine, a friend had suggested old hanomag 55d, only there are problems to recover spare parts for repairs, anyway thanks again for your valuable information, thanks.

 

[Smiffy]

The cat of that age will be good for astronomical hours 30-40 thousand before a partial rebuild
And every part should be available next day although at a price
A farm I used to work on had a smaller one than that nearly 30 years old and nothing cat couldn't supply for it right down to door seals still of the shelf

 

[barracane]

thanks for your valuable news, an acquaintance of ours told us that komatsu was making a wheel loader similar to caterpillar 950 e / f at the same time, with better performance and features than cat but does not remember the model. he also told me that volvo is no different. what do you think?


KOMATSU WA350 1???

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[V8Druid]

The cat of that age will be good for astronomical hours 30-40 thousand before a partial rebuild
And every part should be available next day although at a price
A farm I used to work on had a smaller one than that nearly 30 years old and nothing cat couldn't supply for it right down to door seals still of the shelf

made in the days when Brymbo works supplied the steel for the cranks, no doubt

 

[Mogman]

I wouldn’t have a hanomag (had one before) good simple machines but you sit on the front half of the machine so when you are reversing you can’t sense where you’re heading but on most other shovels you’re sat on the back bit so can see what the other half is doing

 

[V8Druid]

I wouldn’t have a hanomag (had one before) good simple machines but you sit on the front half of the machine so when you are reversing you can’t sense where you’re heading but on most other shovels you’re sat on the back bit so can see what the other half is doing

interesting point that Mog .... can see where you're coming from though .... 'scuse pun

 

[craig]

Sitting on the front half of a loading shovel is just wrong

 

[V8Druid]

Sitting on the front half of a loading shovel is just wrong

better than the back end of a 1RB though

 

[Richard Hunton]

better than the back end of a 1RB though

I've never sat on a 1rb because I've never managed to get one started

 

[Smiffy]

Sitting on the front half of a loading shovel is just wrong

Old jcbs are the same it's amazing how much it slows you down and messes with your judgement

 

[barracane]

RB????

rb what would it be? however, thanks to the right advice, the mechanical shovel should be powerful and compact, working in the quarry or in the stream as well as loading trucks it should move and load the rock boulders, the soil is moraine and rocky therefore it would be subjected to heavy and exhausting work , you need muscles and horsepower, thanks anyway for the right suggestions and valuable opinions.

 

[V8Druid]

10 RB

1RB

RB = Ruston Bucyrus

 

[barracane]

thanks for the clarification, always rejoice with your British humor, happy people God help you, always good, optimism is the spice of life. thanks again for valuable suggestions