1010 worth, reverser?

bearman · Post by **bearman** » Sat May 19, 2012 7:49 am

hi, i have a 1010 diesel dozer 1961 ? with a blade. the price of steel is going up here and i was wondering if i could get more money at the metal yard than to sell it as is. the engine had ran very well. the engine has recently been stuck as the wind, 150 mph blew the can off and i didnt notice it with all the trees down. the dozer would not move before that. the best i could tell i was a reverser problem or the spline shaft. the rest of the dozer is in good shape. i had just had the injector pump rebuilt. the tracks are good and tight. turns both directions well. does any one want to make an offer. i hate to metal scrap it. but i dont have the time to part each part it out .

Post by **Lavoy** » Sat May 19, 2012 11:47 am

Scrap price would be in the area of $100 depending on what your local market is. I would think that if the crawler has any good parts on it at all, it should be worth more than scrap price.
Where is the crawler located, that will help as well if anyone is interested.
Lavoy

jdemaris · Post by **jdemaris** » Sat May 19, 2012 6:27 pm

Lavoy wrote:Scrap price would be in the area of $100 depending on what your local market is. I would think that if the crawler has any good parts on it at all, it should be worth more than scrap price.
Where is the crawler located, that will help as well if anyone is interested.
Lavoy

Scrap must be a lot higher in my area then your's. It's hard to get a deal on a parts crawler because they are worth so much in scrap.

Scrap yard in my area is paying $200 a ton for high-grade scrap steel (crawler/dozer is high grade). Cars/trucks bring less due to all the non-steel weight involved.

My neighbor scrapped a Allis Chalmers H3 crawler last week and got $800 for it. I wanted to buy it for parts - but not at that price.

bearman · Post by **bearman** » Sat May 19, 2012 8:33 pm

the dozer is located in westcliffe colorado. we get 245.00/ton.

Brockway761 · Post by **Brockway761** » Sun May 20, 2012 11:57 am

I think one point that some seem to overlook is the cost and work involved getting it to the scrap yard. People often tell me what a machine that they have for sale is worth for scrap thats cut up and delivered to the yard, not whole, dead in the woods and 30 miles from the scrap yard as theirs is. 100 to 150 a net ton is about right.Try listing it on Craigslist for 1100, what can it hurt. Its aways nice to see our old iron not end up in China.

jdemaris · Post by **jdemaris** » Sun May 20, 2012 2:59 pm

Brockway761 wrote:I think one point that some seem to overlook is the cost and work involved getting it to the scrap yard. People often tell me what a machine that they have for sale is worth for scrap thats cut up and delivered to the yard, not whole, dead in the woods and 30 miles from the scrap yard as theirs is. 100 to 150 a net ton is about right.Try listing it on Craigslist for 1100, what can it hurt. Its aways nice to see our old iron not end up in China.

High grade scrap steel is $200 a ton 20 miles from me - and that is for a complete machine on a trailer. Not cut up, drained of oils, etc. If it has tires, they must come off -but obviously not an issue with a crawler. $375 a ton 55 miles from me. Most people I know that own heavy equipment have a way to move it. If not - the want-ads are full of people looking to buy scrap, on-site. Obviously they want to make money, so the price per ton comes down a bit.

A few years ago I used to get parts machines cheap mainly because they were non-running and hard to move. Now- there's a flock of people looking to come on-site and haul stuff away -plus pay cash.

Post by **Lavoy** » Sun May 20, 2012 4:18 pm

I missed a zero, I meant $1000, at $200/ton, I was wrong, then only $800, but yes, in my area, I would get $100/ton if I rolled a complete crawler off the trailer.
Lavoy

1010newbie · Post by **1010newbie** » Tue May 22, 2012 7:49 am

somebody has got to want it for parts or to restore!
KEEP THE OLD IRON ALIVE!!!!!

jdemaris · Post by **jdemaris** » Tue May 22, 2012 11:00 am

1010newbie wrote:somebody has got to want it for parts or to restore!
KEEP THE OLD IRON ALIVE!!!!!

I agree but it's not always easy to do. I recently wanted to buy a big rubber tired Pettibone backhoe from a guy a few miles from me. Scrap value was $1600. I wanted it for parts but wasn't willing to pay that much. He paid $150 to get it trucked to the scrapyard and it was driven off the trailer. Detroit 3-53 engine and Clark powershift trans. Brought $1650 at the scrapyard so he netted $1500. Last time I was at the yard, there were two running Deere 450Cs with 6 way blades that got sold for scrap. Also several Deere 440s, a Case 310, Cat D4, Allis Chalmers HD3 with 6 way blade, etc. I know the torch man there. He gave me two front idlers and a final drive from a Deere 420 he was cutting to pieces.

Note also that I recently tried to make a deal with the local tractor/crawler salvage yard. I needed tracks. I offered him four Case farm tractors in trade. One running DC, one running VAC, and two non-running DCs. He said they weren't even worth scrap value to him. Hard to figure considering what these places charge for parts. Same guy just sold me used rollers for Deere 420, 440, 1010, 2010, 350, etc. $100 each. Old with button head grease fittings but still tight.

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