Video Analysis

chopped · Aug 9, 2010

If you would take a look at this machine and tell me what you think based ont he video. thanks
YouTube - ‪Caterpillar 428 Loader Backhoe 4x4 for sale 580 373 4593‬‎
I see a bit of smoke at the beginning but it seems to go away..

dex3361 · Aug 9, 2010

chopped said:
If you would take a look at this machine and tell me what you think based ont he video. thanks
YouTube - ‪Caterpillar 428 Loader Backhoe 4x4 for sale 580 373 4593‬‎
I see a bit of smoke at the beginning but it seems to go away..

I saw the smoke but I believe it is from cold start up. It quit after it warmed up. The back hoe seemed to be pretty tight. I didn't see the 4wd working when he had it raised up though so you might check that out.

JoelD · Aug 9, 2010

REally tough to tell with these machines as there are so many things that could go wrong. 5800 hours is quite a few hours. The motor looks to run well, tough to tell if it was running hot or what though. Don't know how it was to start, particularly when winter cold out. If they've been using ether I'd think twice. Also need to be sure the machine was good and warmed up, to be sure all hydraulic functions, particularly those in the tranny don't have any internal leaks. I know nothing about this machine. I purchased a dozer with hydraulic reverser, cold she operated fine, once hot, the hydraulic fluid thinned and the machine would not move forward as the hydraulic clutch pack would not engage due to leaking internal seals.

First impression, just from the video, looks like a nice tight machine for that number of hours.

Joel