Popular Post ranchhopper Posted March 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2015 The military must have bought thousands of these they come up for sale all the time same model low hour machines many with newly rebuilt rails nice old unit. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Nice hyster winch Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Some of them have rippers on the back instead of winches that was probably a cat and pan combo at one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 not with that winch. thats for pulling. for panning it would be a double drum winch. Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Yeah they had thousands of those between the army, marines and navy. Don't know if the air force had any but the other services loved em, they are ridiculously reliable and if they were gov owned they were over maintained really. 1 Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 This one is at camp dodge in iowa I bought a few deuces and generators there the IANG guys there are really good guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Our county got a surplus D7 just like it but with a cab a few months ago. Are they G's or F's? I can't tell them apart. Quote Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I think that's a g model I don't think the f had the 3306 engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Rob is correct D7G had D3306T (91V DD and 92V PS) along with ROPS. D7F had D333T engine (DD 93N and PS 94N). Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmerrill0516 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 My Dad had an 8 that looked like that a few years back. He pushed all the big rocks out of the pastures and such then sold it off when he started to down size I never got to run it...wish I had. Would have been cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paytonsforit91109 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 That's a d7F. All of them went through the " SLEP" program, or service life extension plan. (Cat rebuild). The F models and G models look a lot alike. You can tell them apart by the humped hood, more square looking rops, and the riser on top center of blade- all on the F model. The G models have a more slanted rear on the rops, blade tilt cyl is on right side - if looking from rear of machine. Most of the engines in the f models were upgraded to the 3306. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paytonsforit91109 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 All are very low hour, and like said earlier, overly maintained. I've been an army engineer for 14 years now, here in ky, we just upgraded to the d7R series 2. I cut my teeth on the E and F models. Wonderful machines. But I'm really glad they upgraded haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paytonsforit91109 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Gear head, and Farmer, I certainly don't want to sound like a know it all. I re read my post and realized I sort of sounded like an ass. Hopefully no offense taken, as none was meant. I've spent almost half my life chasing this old green iron, sometimes it's the army coming out in me haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Hee Haw!!!! No offense taken. I was going by memory and my memory is going. Did not know bout Fs being upgraded to 3306. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paytonsforit91109 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Yes sir,... That definitely makes me feel better... most retrofits were completed around late 90s. Watch for the army's 130g graders and 621b scrapers coming for sale more and more. They are upgrading the earthmoving fleet ( finally) I turned in 5 d7g and 2 f models, 5 621b scrapers, 5 130g graders, and 3 case w24c loaders. All wonderful machines, in great shape. I'd love to buy one of our old machines that I knew the history on and put a lot of seat time on.. ... But last winter and early spring, the trucks started showing up with new d7r's 120m awd graders, 621g scrapers, and 966h loaders. I'm glad someone in the gov woke up and upgraded our 40 year old fleet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I too was not aware of the rework, had never seen it done in the private sector, the revamp of the military's earth movers is due, but I'm afraid the dependability and durability will not be as good as the old iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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