816 SERIES B SPOTED
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Forum Description: everything else with orange (or yellow) paint
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Topic: 816 SERIES B SPOTED
Posted By: big al
Subject: 816 SERIES B SPOTED
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 9:51pm
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ON THE WAY TO WORK I SEEN A GUY PULLING A TRAILER WITH A LOADER BACKHOE.AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A IH,BUT WHEN I FOCUSED ON THE GRILL I COULD SEE THE AC .I PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO LET HIM GO BY TO FOLLOW HIM.(THERS A JUNK YARD FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD-I DID NOT WANT TO SEE IT SCRAPED)SO ANYWAY,HE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION SO I MADE MY MOVE.HE SAID HE WAS HAULING IT FOR A BUDDY WHO SOLD IT FOR $9000 TO A GUY IN WAUKARUSA,INDIANA.IT WAS A 816 SERIES B LOADER/BACKHOE.IT HAD A CAB AND LOOKED TO BE EXCELLANT ORIG.PAINT AND DECALS.IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SHEDDED AL ITS LIFE!!!.IT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD HAVE VERY LOW HOURS.THAT IS THE FIRST ONE I HAVE SEEN THAT WASNT IN PIECES.I FORGOT TO TAKE PITCHURES ON MY PHONE |
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Posted By: Eric B
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2012 at 12:37am
| It's fun to hear that some of the 816's are still working. I have one right now as well and I own it for the third time right now, somehow it makes its way back to me. It needs a little TLC and it'll be back in use soon. They are very good machines and powerful hydraulics. It will pick up the front of my dump truck with the tip of the cutting edge just under the bumper, that's 11000 lbs. My Case 680 H doesn't come anywhere close to a lift like that. In 1980 I bought my first backhoe, also an 816 (a different one), it became one of my best friends. One of the only few things I wish they had would be directional brakes, especially tricky when operating on snow and ice. Maybe one day I'll post some pictures. |
Posted By: Dave A
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2012 at 1:18pm
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there is a brake kit that was put on them to give them directional brakes. Mine had the kit removed. It is a pain on ice when you can't brake the spinning wheel. Looking around for a newer machine. Will put the old 816 B up for sale on this web site when I find what I'm looking for. Found a payloader style with a back hoe on it. Am trying to talk price with the guy. ------------- Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. Winston Churchill |