Cat D8R Series II Dozer review | Earthmovers & Excavators

On a recent trip to south-east Queensland’s ‘Granite Belt’ Ron Horner visited the town of Stanthorpe and met Adrian Johansen and his classic Cat D8R Series II dozer.
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[@dplant8961]

Hi, Ron.
Great to see another review from you. Tahnk you. Been a while since we worked together at the brick yard de-silting. Hope all is still well in your world.
I am currently working in California on a ranch helping to establsih a working vintage machinery museum where people cam come out, have a look at the machines and, if they so desire, take 'em out under supervision and play with them. The owner also wants to have year 11-12 high school students come out to look at career options - about seven options here on the ranch - and set it up to help rehabilitate service veterans.
Among other 'toys', we have a Cat D9T dozer, a Cat 637D scraper, a Cat 660A scraper, a JD 772CH grader and a Cat 966C 4wd loader, all good machines to operate.
Just my 0.02.
You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

[@gazof-the-north1980]

I love the tree spear.

[@Bernie5172]

Good movie boys

[@gunsandgear2689]

How many hours when you bought it and how much? If you don’t mind me asking thanks

[@CAT-fm3yf]

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[@troyadamswaymarfarm5224]

Hi Mate,
CAT is good, but I would beg to differ on your comment as to CAT being the best...
We've run CAT 8' & 9's for a long time on our farm, now we've changed to Komatsu 355's and I would say they are as good as CAT.
Stay safe...

[@LameWolff]

I retired from 30 years in the mining industry, operating and supervising. We used D8s, D9s, D10s and D11s and I have to disagree with you. We tried out Komatsu up to and including the 575. Komatsu isn't as operator friendly as a Cat and wasn't as cost effective as a Cat for us in the long term. Here in West Virginia you could have any part you needed for a Cat in just a few hours but not always the same for a Komatsu. Komatsu tractors are ok but they're not a Cat. By the way, when I said a Cat was more operator friendly I was speaking of the N series up.