Tractor First, Right?

Thanks for the details, @wore out ...I'm very sorry to read about your misfortune, however ... Do you have a new project tractor under way?

 

One of the things I like about CAT...

 

I'm seeing quite a few tractors advertised as having a CAT 3406 with 475 HP (no letter designation).
Is the horsepower rating of 475 indicative of a particular 3406, @wore out?

I'm seeing so many advertised like this that I'm getting the feeling that it must.

 

Apart from the years I spent on active duty, I've been involved with forest products since the first day my Dad (God rest him) put his old clattering Husky in my hands. My stepdad, a retired OTR driver and manager of a transport business, has been after me for years to add a tractor to our operation. Our service man, a former OTR driver who now owns and operates his own, semi tractor based, service truck has also been after me for years to add a tractor to the business.

I could go on and on about the logistics of our business, but it's much easier to simply repeat that we have access to a driver and, more to the point, to repeat that renting equipment -- or hiring out trucking (and scheduling around it) -- has become too expensive.

Beginning with the admin I wrote to before I ever joined the forum, I've been guided through the process of asking those in the know the questions that need asking and, quite frankly, I've been more than impressed with the positive results we've gotten from this simple thread. Thanks to all who've taken the time to add productive thoughts to this thread and I hope to continue learning more from you.

 

To tell you the truth, @passingthru69, the business works only because we get sound advice, guidance and help from reliable folks who we've known for many years. They help us and, when the time comes, we help them. It's the message that was beat into me by my Dad and it's the message I hope those that take over for me will continue to spread to everyone around them.