Well, I took delivery of the 911B this Saturday. Unloading it was a pretty miserable affair...rainy, muddy, 35 degrees, and the 55-ton crane's battery was bad. It took about two hours of running around for tools, chargers, and rigging before the LHDs could be picked.
My machine has a bad tire - torn up but will hold air enough to tram a bit, the replacement has been purchased along with a spare. It will also require adjusting the parking brake for full engagement (clevises on the lever can be used to adjust it, hopefully won't be too difficult), and some minor things (fire extinguisher, light and horn wiring). I'd also like to put a set of rock penetration teeth on it for digging ore.
The machine behind it is property of my company, the co-owner and I split the cost ($4k). The seller said the engine was seized, but I'm not so sure about that - the way it behaved when I tried to crank it has me questioning the starter or solenoid, which would be infinitely better to fix. Since it has a USBM approval tag rather than a MESA or MSHA tag, it's a 1972 or earlier, with a three-cylinder Deutz. Serial is 0280, if there are any EIMCO geeks around here who could date it. I anticipate that machine requiring all new tires and almost all new hoses, a fuel shutoff cable, exhaust, lights, and more.
We also snagged an Ingersoll-Rand slusher complete with a bucket and cable; a mine supply house quoted $11k for an equivalent setup. This whole lot of equipment ran $16.5k!