PBEtrucking
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Morning guys, after a call from a friend and maybe against my better judgement I heard about a local contractor that had 2 hough h80b's for sale from their quarrying operation that were owned since almost new. The quarry shut down 10 years ago and father died, son parked the stuff at the shop and it sat. I went and looked and one was incredibly rough, but one was actually very complete. Dt466 engine, 3-4 yard bucket (not quite sure), new enough to be articulated. I talked to the guy and turned out I could buy at scrap price, so I went for it. Well after wiring new battery cables up, two new batteries, new fuel filters (the old ones were solid with jelly), some fresh fuel and top all fluids off, the old beast fired up after about 4 20 second cranking sessions! Trucked her home and have been loading out asphalt millings into my tri axle, gotta say this old clunky loader with 4 yard bucket sure beats the heck out of loading with the front bucket on a backhoe! Air over hydraulic brakes even work too! How'd i do for $3250? Also are their any common failures on these? Im very familiar with the dt466, but the other loaders I've dealt with had a clark or zf transmission, never had a hough drive train before.
