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First Start, Test Drive, and Final Assessment

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Buying a CHEAP Cat skid steer, sight unseen, online. Will it run in Minnesotas Winter? 4 k

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What happens here

After replacing the battery and filters, the engine is started. It takes several attempts and some jumping from a pickup truck, confirming the initial battery issue. Once running, the machine is driven off the trailer and taken for an initial test drive in the parking lot. The track tension is noted as potentially loose, and the machine's overall condition, including cosmetic damage and worn components, is discussed. Despite these observations, the engine sounds good, and the machine functions as expected during the initial drive. The team confirms all maintenance is complete.

Goal: Successfully start the machine and perform a preliminary test drive to assess its operational condition.

Tools and materials

  • CAT 259D Skid Steer CAT — The machine being started and tested
  • Jumper Cables — Connecting the pickup truck battery to the skid steer battery
  • Pickup Truck Ram — Used to jump-start the skid steer

What they say

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hey Alex I'm gonna pop that before you take off I'm gonna pop the back up and make sure we're not leaking anything to get it to fire up to drive off from the trailer we ended up jumping it with one of the pickup trucks now I'm confident enough that we can get this cat to run the right way that I'm going to go ahead and buy it but I do want to run it through its paces first just to make sure that we don't have any mechanical issues and how the engine sounds and the drive trains pull and everything that else that should be working will be working right all right let's see your hockey run [Music] so right now we're just gonna run her through her paces we're just looking for any jerks hesitation odd sounds in the engine so Dave tell me a little bit about what this machine did well yeah [Music] did it do demolition because I'm looking at it and I'm going you know how does how does something like that get back how does ever be [Music] brush put a lot of trees big trees on porch that move around flopped back and forth little okay it was like stuff like this kids back it's a rocket stuck like that since before my time [Music] so you guys own this outright you guys bought it brand-new right [Music] what's that might not even happen yeah you brick [Music] that's a good point I never even thought of that like on the ASP I can see that that right there right both sides so that would yeah that's why I was wondering like you so you made a good point you looked here would have crushed a rock there but you would see it on the machine frame as well I mean uh so now you told me that there was a new track on this side and an old track I'd say this one's for my why zap wear and tear I mean it's only got 800 hours a tract like that should go a heck of a lot longer yeah we had a creek go through both sides okay to make trails in his woods to path back maybe lake behind ah the poppy so that's why we've got all these little micro scratches through all you know we got a lot of stuff like that going on what else do I need to know about this machine kids since I'm new to cat what is auto I domain once you sit there you know like when you stop if you have the throttle if the whole way you're gonna hear pull back down okay question for you and I don't know if you know the answer or not but on my other equipment when it idles it's not charging the battery I'm not sure is it the back what did you say Dave and if you flip it over then I don't have to buy it all right hey so just be just…

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