That weight sticker on the front is for rigging and moving with a crane, weight of the machine is between 20-21k depending on tracks cab etc! Great vid man really Diggin your channel no pun intended
My 289 is nicknamed D2. Cause it works like a little dozer. We use a 4 foot trencher, sod roller, forks, tooth buckets and grapple bucket on it. Great on fuel too! Glad you got some seat time in the machines!
Get the Cat rep to come out and show you how to use the SlopeAssist on the D3...👌you’ll be sold then. Can’t beat the 308 either, no question the best 8 ton machine on the market (or 309 if you want to run that mulcher!)
I’ve literally ran both of them just last week. The company I work for has ALLLLL CAT. In my personal opinion the 308’s hydro is alil touchy so it’s alil harder to do real fine tuning touch up work but you can lower the sensitivity so it’s not so bad but I still love a 308! The D3 is an amazing finish dozer!!!! Can make stuff super smooth! And it’s being stable even on a 1:1 pitch!!!
not really there pretty reliable. we've taken that 308 in water over the tracks banged it up against trees and granite rocks in 750 hours nothing has broken. have done 2 oil changes/filter and nothing else
we use the 308cr for shoreline protection moving 4000-8000 pound boulders protecting shore along lake supreior. at 750 hours its had a rough life. its the only machine that can fit between the shore and houses. a next gen Cat 308 with a thumb has got to be the most versatile heavy equipment.
Haven't run anything like this. I started out running a 953, a 215D, a 416 II and a D4C XL. Just purchased a Kubota KX71-3 to start my own business. Been hauling gravel in my own dump truck for a few months now.
Love my Cat equipment! What are your thoughts of the Cat excavator vs the yanmar? The 309 is the first size mini with twin hydro motors. 311 and down are all minis. Same cab is on my 306. They are roomy.
Getting used to a new CAT-310. I looked at Takeuchi, John Deere, & Kubota, but bought the CAT as nobody else could supply one before the end of the tax year. Please share your thoughts and perceptions on the excavators you're trying out in your quest! Best advice I can give you is rent one of each as seat time is the best way to compare. CAT is definitely not the cheapest, but resale seems as good, or better than the others. In fact, with 2 or 3 recent price increases, I'm thinking mine might be worth more than I paid for it, for now. CAT Service is expensive, but you get what you pay for, at least in my area. Now all I need is a D3 dozer and a 299D3 track loader and I'll be set ;-)
My JD 333g will run circles around that 239 or any other cat CTL and that’s a hard pill to swallow because Dad had been a die hard Cat Equipment owner for all my life and had been running them since I was a young teenager! Id go with that D3 over a Komatsu D39 personal preference really on that though, as far as “mini” X’s go I’ve not ran a lot of them but I had the local Takeuchi dealer give me a 2 week demo with one of the new TB290’s and in my opinion it’s your Yanmar with a different paint color but newer same instability and a little less easy to finesse than that cat was.
Seems like nice equipment. Haven't been on anything new for 12 years. I always liked the feel of the cats. I know the john deere cabs seem small and loud to me in comparison but a lot of people like their stuff too
what a view out that cab! .... you can see so well ....... we burn all of our brush an debris that we grub .... i hate brush piles seem to always be in the way
The D3 is a bit big but not too big, however it pays for itself extremely fast... providing you can get the work to justify the purchase. The 308 is the same but it’s uses out weigh the cost significantly... my opinion... if you’re gonna purchase... get the 308 and rent the D3 as needed and the only reason i say that is because you already have the truck n trailer to haul it and the weight factor is not there... the only thing that i can think of “with your contacts and reputation” ... you are established enough to pay for it. Someone in my position jus getting started, i don’t have the contacts nor reputation built up enough to justify that payments so i have to buy “outright” what equipment i can afford and start creating a social network. God speed and good luck, and thank you for bringing me along your journey
Little bid of seed an mulch them road sides and that would be a wrap! we have so much clay here that lime an fertilizer is a must with every reclaim sharp project
With the hours you spend in these rigs, plus the CAT service, I think it is a no brainer to go with CAT. I am still between the 306 and 308 but was looking at Yanmar also. Your Yanmar experience turned me off, they all have their issues but when my 259D needs parts, they have it, when it needs work, they will do it at their shop or on site. Some things are worth paying for. I always figured there is a reason the big guys mostly sport CAT, time is money! Also, I’ll watch even more of your stuff if you buy a 308 next gen! Just need to pay some other equipment off I think I’ll have to have one. Don’t forget that CAT often will do 0% interest on their compact equipment, that doesn’t hurt!
Im wanting to start my own business but afraid to get the ball rolling because of funding. But i have Caterpillar, Case & John Deer “ALL” 10min from my house. Bobcat is around 30-45 min away. I have no idea which one to choose. Can someone give me some comments or thoughts about these 4 companies equipment?
Have you looked at John Deere? All the bells 🔔 and whistles are nice but just something else to go wrong. Stop by the Deere dealer and see what they have to say. A Rolex is nice but a Timex will do just as well.
if you dont have the time or money to have someone out working on the scr and dpf system every other job. i would get a 90s D3 with low hours you will be 100k less in price on a dozer that would give you no headaches and do the same job
If you want stick steer cats the only one out with it I've never used it myself but looks handy. As far as komatsu equipment they are decent machines but are usually weaker hydraulically compared to others. The company I work for buys all komatsu and we have to have the pumps turned up by the dealer on all our hoes but were doing alot of heavy lifting all the time with trench boxes and pipe.
@@brynat0 really? didnt know that. its to bad jcb doesnt have more dealers in the states but only thing ive heard about them from people thats owned them has been bad.
@@windzer I've actually heard the exact opposite about them. Especially their customer service. I am actually looking at buying a 1CXT and a Teleskid instead of a skid steer. Their excavators are supposed to be great now as well. Believe it or not, JCB invented the backhoe. And now their backhoes have steer stick when in dig mode as well.
Not a fan of cat since my 308 had to be bought back and my old e85 is still going strong. Yes the e85 has more parasitic loss but it starts every time.
Own a cat 301.7 cr has stick steer too. Best machine I have even ran. Ran Deere for a year and rented bobcat for 2 years prior to the Deere Cat is best hands down. You can literally adjust the speed of each individual function on the boom Want your thumb to close slower yep can do. Bucket curl yep Boom up/down yep Speed up the boom slow down the stick. You betcha. Just love how cat laid their machines out. Around here they have the best service. You pay more for cat but good lord are they worth every penny
I am a John Deere man I like cat but I think John Deere equipment is better and the service is great. If you have a John Deere dealer near you go check them out.
I can’t tell ya how much it humbles me that a famous feller like yourself would take the time to comment on one of my videos🙏🏻 Can’t wait to meet ya Wade!!!
I'm probably just a grumpy old man stuck in the passed, but I don't like modern equipment. I have no use for all those fancy electronics and I don't like the "new" diesel systems. I also don't appreciate LGP tracks which seems to come on everything these days. I am astonished at how heavy that thing is! 30k lbs? I own a D3 from '97 and it comes in at around 18k. That D3 is nearly twice the weight? That is insane!
i agree with you a lot of modern equipment is not as good as some old equipment. but if you pick the right machine for the right job its amazing what they can do we use a 22,000 pound machine to lift and place(sometimes scoot and roll) 8000lb granite rocks all summer long. we had a 86' D6 and that thing was amazing completely analog, so easy to fix stuff on that. nowadays if you break something you gotta get a tech to come and look at it.
Komatsu and JD are also well built machines, CASE as well I would say the CAT gave me more for my money for piece of equipment in Houston. Incentives wise and finance. it all came down to the numbers. which was a better? I would say they are all about the same when you get to those guys just a matter of preference. I own CAT and a JD. both work well for their application .
That weight sticker on the front is for rigging and moving with a crane, weight of the machine is between 20-21k depending on tracks cab etc! Great vid man really Diggin your channel no pun intended
Thanks for the info!
I recently put 14hr’s on a new D3, I spread 100 loads of clay-gravel. It felt like a Ferrari version of a crawler. Control and comfort was amazing.
My 289 is nicknamed D2. Cause it works like a little dozer. We use a 4 foot trencher, sod roller, forks, tooth buckets and grapple bucket on it. Great on fuel too! Glad you got some seat time in the machines!
Get the Cat rep to come out and show you how to use the SlopeAssist on the D3...👌you’ll be sold then. Can’t beat the 308 either, no question the best 8 ton machine on the market (or 309 if you want to run that mulcher!)
I think the Deere 85G is superior. Cat won’t track and spin like the Deere and the emissions system is pretty reliable
Come on dude lol.
So excited to see the changes coming to your company on your channel
I’ve literally ran both of them just last week. The company I work for has ALLLLL CAT. In my personal opinion the 308’s hydro is alil touchy so it’s alil harder to do real fine tuning touch up work but you can lower the sensitivity so it’s not so bad but I still love a 308! The D3 is an amazing finish dozer!!!! Can make stuff super smooth! And it’s being stable even on a 1:1 pitch!!!
turn down the idle or go into setting and adjust it for the 308
nice machines with a lot of bells and whistles, though more to go wrong but sure is cool...thumbs up !
not really there pretty reliable. we've taken that 308 in water over the tracks banged it up against trees and granite rocks in 750 hours nothing has broken. have done 2 oil changes/filter and nothing else
I was on a cat 325 a few weeks ago and I have to say it was super tight and responsive. Great video Todd.
Also run a start up land management business. Have a kamatsu d20 that gets the job done right now but have been eye balling the D1 next gen.
we use the 308cr for shoreline protection moving 4000-8000 pound boulders protecting shore along lake supreior. at 750 hours its had a rough life. its the only machine that can fit between the shore and houses. a next gen Cat 308 with a thumb has got to be the most versatile heavy equipment.
Haven't run anything like this. I started out running a 953, a 215D, a 416 II and a D4C XL. Just purchased a Kubota KX71-3 to start my own business. Been hauling gravel in my own dump truck for a few months now.
Love my Cat equipment! What are your thoughts of the Cat excavator vs the yanmar? The 309 is the first size mini with twin hydro motors. 311 and down are all minis. Same cab is on my 306. They are roomy.
Getting used to a new CAT-310. I looked at Takeuchi, John Deere, & Kubota, but bought the CAT as nobody else could supply one before the end of the tax year. Please share your thoughts and perceptions on the excavators you're trying out in your quest! Best advice I can give you is rent one of each as seat time is the best way to compare. CAT is definitely not the cheapest, but resale seems as good, or better than the others. In fact, with 2 or 3 recent price increases, I'm thinking mine might be worth more than I paid for it, for now. CAT Service is expensive, but you get what you pay for, at least in my area. Now all I need is a D3 dozer and a 299D3 track loader and I'll be set ;-)
Love my Bobcat E55, no DPF, has been worry free so far and a pleasure to run. Cab is very nice!
Nice tour of the equipment, thanks.
Be blessed 👍🏴
My JD 333g will run circles around that 239 or any other cat CTL and that’s a hard pill to swallow because Dad had been a die hard Cat Equipment owner for all my life and had been running them since I was a young teenager! Id go with that D3 over a Komatsu D39 personal preference really on that though, as far as “mini” X’s go I’ve not ran a lot of them but I had the local Takeuchi dealer give me a 2 week demo with one of the new TB290’s and in my opinion it’s your Yanmar with a different paint color but newer same instability and a little less easy to finesse than that cat was.
Does the JD 333g have quite a bit of room inside? Im trying to fit myself in a CTL, I’m 6’-6” 350lbs LOL.
@@rawblow4512 I’m 6ft 300 and it’s insanely spacious
my t66 bobcat goes 10.5 mph beat that
@@rawblow4512 Go Takeuchi or Kubota. Tak and Kubota are close on cab size. They have more room.
Carolina Cat has amazing service. They have a cool history of how they got started and have grown too.
Seems like nice equipment. Haven't been on anything new for 12 years. I always liked the feel of the cats. I know the john deere cabs seem small and loud to me in comparison but a lot of people like their stuff too
what a view out that cab! .... you can see so well ....... we burn all of our brush an debris that we grub .... i hate brush piles seem to always be in the way
The D3 is a bit big but not too big, however it pays for itself extremely fast... providing you can get the work to justify the purchase. The 308 is the same but it’s uses out weigh the cost significantly... my opinion... if you’re gonna purchase... get the 308 and rent the D3 as needed and the only reason i say that is because you already have the truck n trailer to haul it and the weight factor is not there... the only thing that i can think of “with your contacts and reputation” ... you are established enough to pay for it. Someone in my position jus getting started, i don’t have the contacts nor reputation built up enough to justify that payments so i have to buy “outright” what equipment i can afford and start creating a social network. God speed and good luck, and thank you for bringing me along your journey
We have a cat 308 e and a 314. They work amazing and doesn’t let anything stop them
Could they have used the D3 ro pull the house up the driveway? Or do they have a specialized tracked puller?
that stick steer is kinda neat
Little bid of seed an mulch them road sides and that would be a wrap! we have so much clay here that lime an fertilizer is a must with every reclaim
sharp project
Nice equipment, Thanks for the tour!
Thanks for teaching us things am learning a lot watching you. Need a shirt how do I get one
from the Netherlands thanks for the video
Changes coming??? Wow! Well best wishes to you...love the channel!!
I’ve been in the market for an auxiliary tank. Are you happy with the tractor supply one you have?
Bout to run a 308 for a week on my property starting tomorrow AM. I hope its as nice as you say lol
With the hours you spend in these rigs, plus the CAT service, I think it is a no brainer to go with CAT. I am still between the 306 and 308 but was looking at Yanmar also. Your Yanmar experience turned me off, they all have their issues but when my 259D needs parts, they have it, when it needs work, they will do it at their shop or on site.
Some things are worth paying for. I always figured there is a reason the big guys mostly sport CAT, time is money!
Also, I’ll watch even more of your stuff if you buy a 308 next gen! Just need to pay some other equipment off I think I’ll have to have one.
Don’t forget that CAT often will do 0% interest on their compact equipment, that doesn’t hurt!
How long did it take to fill that auxiliary tank (diesel likes to foam)?
I know the newer Deere L models have "smart grade" its similar to that .... my 333G skid steer has it .... comes in handy with horse arenas that we do
That’s a sweet dozer ! My old boss has a d6k2lgp and I love it !
CAT seems to have most bells and whistles. I don't think any one else has stick steer in an 8ton ex?
Resale value is huge on Cat machines I always weigh that heavily if you plan on keeping the machines for a long time
ikr we bought our cat 308 2-3 years ago has 750 on it and we could sell it today for what we paid for it. the market is crazy out there
Sweet informative video. Thanks for sharing bro.
what made you buy D3 instead of D1 ?
You sound like your company is doing good my friend ! , congratulations!!!🎊🎈🎉🍾 ♥️😎
Picking up from a comment you made in an earlier video, I'd nickname the D3 "Kitty."
I'm so disappointed in you Todd. You just wont operate a skid steer on camera lol. Great video!
Hope you get that D3. I've been thinking about one too. Not sure what I'd do with it though. LOL
$340 for fuel, is that Road diesel or Red diesel?
Im wanting to start my own business but afraid to get the ball rolling because of funding. But i have Caterpillar, Case & John Deer “ALL” 10min from my house. Bobcat is around 30-45 min away. I have no idea which one to choose. Can someone give me some comments or thoughts about these 4 companies equipment?
did u buy a D3?
Great video nice machines if you can afford them.
I love my 302.7d cr and my cat 259d skid steer.
Have you looked at John Deere? All the bells 🔔 and whistles are nice but just something else to go wrong. Stop by the Deere dealer and see what they have to say. A Rolex is nice but a Timex will do just as well.
I'm trying to get a 313
if you dont have the time or money to have someone out working on the scr and dpf system every other job. i would get a 90s D3 with low hours you will be 100k less in price on a dozer that would give you no headaches and do the same job
If you want stick steer cats the only one out with it I've never used it myself but looks handy. As far as komatsu equipment they are decent machines but are usually weaker hydraulically compared to others. The company I work for buys all komatsu and we have to have the pumps turned up by the dealer on all our hoes but were doing alot of heavy lifting all the time with trench boxes and pipe.
JCB also has the stick steer.
@@brynat0 really? didnt know that. its to bad jcb doesnt have more dealers in the states but only thing ive heard about them from people thats owned them has been bad.
@@windzer I've actually heard the exact opposite about them. Especially their customer service. I am actually looking at buying a 1CXT and a Teleskid instead of a skid steer. Their excavators are supposed to be great now as well. Believe it or not, JCB invented the backhoe. And now their backhoes have steer stick when in dig mode as well.
Not sure if there was ever a time when CAT made equipment that was NOT good.
Cat D3 just over 20,000 LB'S
Not a fan of cat since my 308 had to be bought back and my old e85 is still going strong. Yes the e85 has more parasitic loss but it starts every time.
Own a cat 301.7 cr has stick steer too.
Best machine I have even ran.
Ran Deere for a year and rented bobcat for 2 years prior to the Deere
Cat is best hands down.
You can literally adjust the speed of each individual function on the boom
Want your thumb to close slower yep can do.
Bucket curl yep
Boom up/down yep
Speed up the boom slow down the stick. You betcha.
Just love how cat laid their machines out.
Around here they have the best service.
You pay more for cat but good lord are they worth every penny
308cr is a great machine. I found all yanmar machines to be super jerky
That d3 is sweet
I have a d5k2 which is the same as the d3 next gen and absolutely love it and a bobcat e85 it’s nice but would rather cat for excavator
That's a nice Dodge Ram 1500
I am a John Deere man I like cat but I think John Deere equipment is better and the service is great. If you have a John Deere dealer near you go check them out.
the john deere dealer we have is a baby one i literally think they only sell under 15klb equipment lol
Fancy bud thats some shinny stuff
I can’t tell ya how much it humbles me that a famous feller like yourself would take the time to comment on one of my videos🙏🏻 Can’t wait to meet ya Wade!!!
Good for light work until you have emissions codes pop up
I'm probably just a grumpy old man stuck in the passed, but I don't like modern equipment. I have no use for all those fancy electronics and I don't like the "new" diesel systems. I also don't appreciate LGP tracks which seems to come on everything these days. I am astonished at how heavy that thing is! 30k lbs? I own a D3 from '97 and it comes in at around 18k. That D3 is nearly twice the weight? That is insane!
i agree with you a lot of modern equipment is not as good as some old equipment. but if you pick the right machine for the right job its amazing what they can do we use a 22,000 pound machine to lift and place(sometimes scoot and roll) 8000lb granite rocks all summer long. we had a 86' D6 and that thing was amazing completely analog, so easy to fix stuff on that. nowadays if you break something you gotta get a tech to come and look at it.
They don’t want gravel? Why?
Probably don't want to gravel yet because the truck pulling the trailer may spin out.
Love our cat
Get what you pay for. As long as you make enough to tax deduct it and make profit…. Cat will help you grow.
Cat makes best equipment besides the skip loaders
Didn’t need any culverts across drive to carry water
Guy told me figure what you need then go one size bigger. What's big gets smaller with time.
Nice brother.
imagine having both of those and making 20k (profit?) a week cutting in a road a week. Wouldn't be a bad gig.
Komatsu and JD are also well built machines, CASE as well I would say the CAT gave me more for my money for piece of equipment in Houston. Incentives wise and finance. it all came down to the numbers. which was a better? I would say they are all about the same when you get to those guys just a matter of preference. I own CAT and a JD. both work well for their application .
Nice machine
👍👍
Something about CAT equipment always feels like its dialed in to me.
Coffee time
So wait you don't own the D3 or the 308
I operated a Sany 215 for a demo project. I am looking at san ward excavators.
I'm looking at picking up a small Sany myself.
I am looking at a 8500 pound machine, a 50k pound excavator
I understand saving money but, they are Chinese! A lot of nice things come out of Japan, but China is a different story!
It has a 6.7 cummins motor in it.
Off road fuel is a lot cheaper brother
Cuz…..? That’s a right of way not a drive way….
Pretty rough work
308 is faster. But use more fuel