![]() If you do decide to buy a crawler loader try to find one with a good 4 in 1 bucket, it will be much handier than a straight bucket. He has saved me alot of money with used parts and good inside info on how or where to get things done if I was doing the labor myself, maybe you have someone like this near you?Īnother thing, any crawler loader that I have seen had narrow pads with short grouser bars, not optimal for flotation or traction on loose ground. There is a guy near me who runs a shop that rebuilds and repairs tracked machines of all types. I won't sell them but I'd be happy to scan a page & E-mail it.Įasy and cheap are relative terms and easy and cheap on a crawler doesn`t relate to easy and cheap on your Chevy pickup, it is going to cost pretty dearly for any part that you have to replace on a crawler and they are usually pretty heavy and dirt/rust encrusted so disassembly will be more of a challenge. I have complete repair manuals for TD-7/TD-8. I had one for a few years & was very happy with it, wish I still had it. You might also consider an International TD-7. They're far better, well worth the extra money, especially with a 6-way blade, IMO a full hydraulic 6-way blade is what really makes a small dozer shine. I think they would be ok just for occational home use dutys-plowing snow-light road maintenance-skidding firewood logs-maybe an occational load of saw logs. They also had problems with stearing clutches. They all had a weak spots in the main frame that were prone to breakage. All 3 machines were logging equipt with winches, canopys with sweeps. ![]() Also a 440, nearly the same as a 1010 but had a 2 cylinder gas engine. I've had to do with a couple different 1010's, both had diesel engines. But I'd go for a later clutch/steering arrangement that is more modern and in an oil bath (don't know when that began). It had great pulling power for it's size, and would climb a hill that felt like it was straight up (not really but close ).ĭepending on condition of tracks, the other things can be worked on. I had a Deere 420 crawler, and while it was in tough shape, it was a great tool in the woods. It was built in the very early 60's, if not in '59. Just that parts like tracks and the high-wear parts, might be hard to get. I've heard the engines are troublesome, and whereas I always wanted one, stayed away because of what I'd heard about the engine.īut for a small dozer, that gets around great in the woods with little damage, they can't be beat. It is Deere's first change from the 2-cyl engine (last of the 2's was a 420 in the crawler and I think the 1010 is on the same frame, tranny, and brake/steering clutch system, just a different engine). The Deere 1010 is a small dozer.not meant for pushing trees down or any major earth moving.
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