Bobcat T750 for $24k???

Without seeing, inspecting, running, or pulling fluid samples on either machine I'd take the 90XT over the Bobcat just due to my experiences with both machines from new and as they aged. With routine maintenance the Case XT series machines were reliable and dependable. The Bobcats not so much. Your experience may be different and with any machine over 20 years old there's always a risk depending on how it was maintained and operated.

Courage said: Hey guys, I'm supposed to go look at and buy a 2016 Bobcat T750 tomorrow. The lowest he'll go on it is $24k. It's owned by a civil contracting company. They are the original owners. He said in the last 6 months they've replaced the injectors, injection pump, injection lines, and the tracks, and had the dpf baked out. The cab door got busted, so they took it off and threw it out. It has 3,626.9 hours on it. I showed it to my diesel mechanic buddy, and he said he'd be pretty nervous to buy a machine with that high of hours that takes DEF. He also said that the tracks look pretty worn to be only 6 months old with seldom use since then. If the the guy is fibbing on the tracks, that makes me wonder what else is inaccurate... Also, the seat rubber is cracked up. I'm just curious for some more opinions, and any thing I should look out for when I go to look at it. I'm looking for a machine to use for driveway maintenance, pushing snow, my landscaping business, and also to add forestry mulching to my business offerings. Think this machine would work well for those things? Thanks in advance for any and all help! Courage That T750 sounded like a total money pit anyway with those sketchy tracks. Glad you backed out. For $12k around 3k hours, that 90XT is built like a brick house and that old Cummins engine will run forever without needing expensive shop software. The S300 is decent too, but if you're trying to hit the jackpot with reliability on a budget, I'd lean toward the Case. Buying old iron is always a bit like high-stakes poker where you hope you don't blow your hard-earned money on someone else's headache, but if you inspect the final drives and pins closely before dropping cash, you should be fine. Honestly, when I take a break from wrenching and messing with equipment, I like to blow off steam with some online slots, and if you want to test your luck you can see eligibility and terms to claim a killer bonus at a top spot. Either machine with good heavy chains will destroy snow on steep hills way better than any track loader. Test drive both and pick the tighter one. View attachment 352980 View attachment 352981 View attachment 352982 View attachment 352979 Click to expand... Case 90XT: Absolute tank. The Cummins 4T-390 (4BTA) in those is bulletproof and super easy to work on - no electronics, cheap parts, and runs forever. The main thing with the XT series is checking the drive chains/tanks and the control linkage slop, as they can feel a bit loose if they were beat on.