450 B Whats Its Worth

[palaney]

I have a john deere 450B dozer, it was used in the forest service, so it has a heavy duty roll cage. I ran the engine without oil and it was knocking bad, Now it doesnt run at all. It was a good dozer before. Any Idea what I couls sell it for AS IS?

[Tigerhaze]

it is really going to depend on your local market and the condition of the other parts on the crawler, but generally an older crawler like that with a major component problem like a blown engine will not be worth the same as a comparable running crawler.

At a minimum, it will be worth scrap value which fluctuates but is usually on the order of $200/ton- a 450B dozer is somewhere around 6-7 tons.

If the other components are in good shape you might be able to get somewhat more from someone wanting a parts machine. You could also part out to make more money than scrap, and would also help out those with 450s.

There is a Buy/Sell Forum ("Little Shop O Deeres") on this board if you want to advertise it.

[JWB Contracting]

Do you have an inside mount 6 way dozer or an outside mount dozer. The 6 way dozer is worth considerable more than the outside mount.

Also, does it have a winch on the back. This would also add some value.

I think your best bet is to find a used engine and fix it. Engine changes are farily easy and do not require any specialty tooling. Consider buying an air compressor with a running 4 cylinder deere for $1,500 or less at auction. This is how we usually aquire deere 3 and 4 cylinders are a reasonable price.

[KenP]

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