Track Loaders that I have operated CAT & Komatsu

[sean]

Hello,here is some pics of track loaders i have oporated in my time as a plant oporator, we have a cat 977l at a colliery site restoration at doncaster for vhe construction, sorry about the posing we have 2 d41s pics when i worked for hather plant,the one with the roller is at mansfield for henry boot,the other is in sheffield but cant remember whos job it was.943 belonged to E northcliffe and son and the d57s i used to dig out for a rec ground in rotherham.will gather up some pics of my own jcb track loader,now sold and some others belonging to friends and contractors thanks sean.

[tim]

Nice pictures Sean-which was your favourite machine? Tim

[sean]

the track loader i loved to oporate most tim was international 100b series 2,i just loved every thing about it,never too keen on oporating cats or komatsus after getting out of a little drott,the controles on a series 2 drott were just so nice.

[IANOZ]

Hi Sean, Have looked at a couple of 100Bs over the years and thought they were a nice looking machine .We have a fiat allis FL5 drott we use for leveling house sites . Thanks for posting the photos ,look forward to seeing more .ian.

[martyn williams]

Yes,the series two machines were great to operate,but did you find that the manual 100's machines seemed to have a bit more power than their torque convertor stablemates ?
Martyn
Great photos,love to see more

[sean]

Yes the derect drive drotts were more aggressive but with the power shift drotts IH wanted to eliminate the none productive track spin wich wore out track chains faster and put stress on final drives and so on,so you still got a full bucket without all that mad track spinning,i allways tended to open the door on my 100b rather than my b100 never been on an fl 5 sadly,they look a strong machine,sean

[john345me]

drove a komatsu d57s once and the track frame snaped but all in all a powerful shovel

[sean]

Yes i drove a few komatsus with front idlers pointing in all directions apart from forwards, but yes they were a powerfull machine i found,spent many bone shaking hours on komatsus .sean .

[Louis 955 jr]

Hi, I'm new to this site, but nice 977. I have one at home, and I love it to death haha. Nice pictures

[BulldozerD11]

Hi, I'm new to this site, but nice 977. I have one at home, and I love it to death haha. Nice pictures

Hello Christopher (or is it Louis)

Welcome to CMN the site for fans of all plant Classic and Classics to be

Is your 977 a hobby machine or a workhorse ?

Dave