Excavators

CAT 245 Front Shovel Excavator. This is a dirt moving beast! Comes with a 5 cubic yard tooth bucket. This front loading shovel works much better for digging into banks and stock piles than the standard excavator design. Ideal for use in placer mining operations. The last picture shows the machine next to a CAT 225 excavator to give you a better size comparison. Caterpillar only made about 4,000 of these 245 front shovel excavators, but it uses the same parts as the standard CAT 245 excavator which are readily available. This is a 1977 model with only 895 hours on the meter. The excellent condition of the machine (see pictures) supports the meter reading. Features for this CAT 245 front shovel include. Caterpillar 3406 turbocharged six-cylinder engine producing 325 flywheel horsepower. Standard variable flow hydraulic system with hydrostatic drive. Oil disc brakes. 60 ton class machine. Enclosed cab with heater. 10′ long stick. 24 wide track. 86 wide tooth bucket with 5 cubic yard capacity. The book value(s) for this machine according to Iron Record. Located in Carson City, NV. Dont miss out on this valuable machine! Key words: mining, CAT, 225, 230, 245B. Dump truck, rock, quarry, gold, pit. Loader, haul, mucker, backhoe, track hoe, John Deere, Case, Volvo, rock, earth moving, mining equipment, gold, silver, digging. The item “CAT 245 Shovel Excavator” is in sale since Monday, July 18, 2016. This item is in the category “Business & Industrial\Heavy Equipment\Excavators”. The seller is “pfagen1″ and is located in Carson City, Nevada. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.

• Excavator Type: Large Shovel
• Make: Caterpillar
• Model Year: 1977
• Hours: 895
• Model: 245 Shovel
• Operating Weight: Over 75,000 lbs
• Net Horsepower (HP): 325