Non-Running Cat 977 - It's FREE If I Can Start and Move It in 3 Days!!! 

You realize a lot of people that watch these old equipment videos would rather hear and see the machine in real time rather than fast motion or music? Always good to see someone rescue old iron. Carry on!

Put 2 6x6 on each side to crawl up on and off. The driver doesn’t think much of his Eq. to load over the beaver tail when he could disconnect, if he drove for me I would fire him on the spot. Ran 41,43 and 955 pedal steer great machines.

You can’t beat a deal like that. Glad you got it running and looking forward to watching you get it ready to go to work! Great video Scott!

Love to see those who would preserve old iron. New is nice, but what a deal. Great work, now the fun begins. Time to change all the filters and fluids. I believe the steering clutch and brake adjustment is under the fuel tank. You already opened the panel on the walk around. Good luck and enjoy your find. God Bless.

That’s a great find. Bravo from Victoria Australia

A job well done! Kudos to y'all. It's always nice when these things go better than expected!

The Final on the Right side is missing parts on it. The outside Bearing cover.. And that's probably why they had the track loose...The seal may be out or Bearings .

What a home run, it is ready to go to work.

Just Subscribed ....during summers when school was out i would sometimes go with my Dad to check on the Jobsites and used to see these 977s in action....i loved watching the " teeter totter " action as they went into and out of steep places.... Thanks again for the videos Brother.

They made 955 and 977s for a long time that one has shuttle shift so it is a later model. Great find👍

That's a great find 👍👍

Those 60 A serial number machines are the best and durable Just need good maintenance programs

Nice find ❤❤❤

Really like that old iron back up and runnin.

Driver hit you up _CRAZY,_ like, $1800 for 125 miles did you say ...?! Could at least have de-coupled as normal, for ease of loading !

Nice work.

MOPARTS got me here. 👍👍

Really lucked out fella just minor stuff.but seriously that was a butt pucker getting up on the trailer,getting off looked but a breeze. Have fun dozing!!!snookie pa.😊😊😊

keep up the good content scott! love the videos

Great video Scott! Looking forward to see what you do with it! I say make it look new.

As others have mentioned, that was a definite pucker moment watching it load over the axles onto the lowboy. Otherwise, nice work all around. Not a criticism, but if I were to be in the biz or hobby of rescuing strange-to-me machines, I would be tempted to bring a flamethrower with me to knock down some of the vegetation, ticks, and other undesirables that may be lurking below. Generally, I'm not that afraid of spiders and such, but nothing worse than a stray one wandering up a pant leg, then it gets disturbed when the host moves, and ends up biting in defense of itself. Same with scorpions, and other little hard-to-spot creatures that call the area around and under a long-stationary machine their home. Nothing warms my cold, cold heart, more than seeing someone save good machinery from becoming scrap metal, and bringing it back to a somewhat productive, useful, and appreciated life of service.

Man my CAT old girl best looking Front Loaders 😊 Friend you Rock. 😊❤ Excellent job Loading the beast on that lowboy. Just saying "WOW" with that steering clutch problem you still made it look easy. What a find. One question I have is the front bucket control lever a pull BACK to dump. Some of the older CAT front Loaders had that control on levers.

If you flip the dip stick over, it will give you a reading to check the oil with the engine off..

Hard to believe it was that easy

Hello fellow Arboristsite member! Good luck on yer project! 😂

The flip side of the dip stick shows the safe range for engine start up in the cross hatch area. You did not check the other side of the dip stick!

Bring it to moss hill tx. The trinity river is out of its banks and we have 1 mile of road to re-work lmao.

Congrats on the free 977-H dozer. look to see if u can get the title before u work on it. also tape-up the exhaust hole to keep the rain-out. great med size dozer..

I never operated heavy equipment, but had some friends that did and I know you can lift the front of a crawler with the scoop. but i thought they would have some sort of a ramp? Anyway you did great job loading and unloading it!

This is the first time I have seen one if your videos. You were doing well until loading the tractor on the trailer. I full intended to rip you a new one for being unsafe until you explained it was the drivers decision to load it that way. Still i would have made him load it correctly as i have seen to many fall off and hurt someone while loading incorrectly. I really am not trying to be a Karen, just don't want to see anyone get hirt because someone is to lazy to do their job thatbyou are paying them to do for you. Good day and i will watch out for more of your videos

The Caterpillar 500? Could be a big attraction.

If you need any info on the 977H. Try to get a hold of Matt @ Diesel Creek, he has a 977 and did a lot of work on it. Check out his You tube channel. I worked using a 977 in the Blizzard of 78 in Mass. 38 hrs. straight open cab no "Rops" peddle steering with a big snow thrower on it.

Yo Scott, you are talking too much. We viewers heard you 1st time, free if you can move it b4 Wed am. Congrats on your persistance & honesty, but come on with finding all major issues...but you got very lucky with its fuel, no water in cylinders via open exhsust. Just dead batteries. Now lets get on with steering clutches, air, engine oil, hyd oil change + final drive oil levels. I think Diesel Creek had a video on salvaging one of his dozers with rusted clutch plates; also Jesse Muller had a video on this issue as well. So check them out. Enjoyed yur video, great sunny, 'blue sky' weather made video look mighty fine. Looking forward to yur next video where we learn problem with steering...or...maybe you sold it already?🤔🔧⚙️🗜🔩

You can't beat free.

i dont know what 113 you drove but we had the regular tensioner on ours

You loading on an RGN over the rear of the trailer, why, its harder on the trailer the loader and the truck. Plus it's much safer to detach and load from the front a lot less chance of sliding off the side. To each their own I guess

Very good shape for bein that old.

Would have changed my pants loading that on the not so low lowboy.

That's like a sign saying ... free beer tomorrow. If u can't start it does that mean u have to buy it?

American iron!

Seems to me that maybe you could come off some money for that machine being that you are 'dozer guys'. Seller didn't know squat from what you said. Might be good business practice to see that they get a few bucks for it.

Chad Adams BAMBOZELD you ! 😮 Average haul price is 3 to 5 $ a mile depending on extras like WIDE LOAD , Follow Crew ,special permits. NEVER LOAD EQUIPMENT LIKE YOU DID !! lets see what kind of mechanic you are .🤨

I have never seen anyone load or unload like that. Very sketchy.

What's the plan with this? Flip it or do you have some work you need to do with it?

if you MUST play the annoying music please dont play it at full volume

Why not put it on a trailer and move it it’s worth for parts if not running !

My Lawn Mower sits over the Winter and in the Spring it Wont Start and you want us to believe you hook up a Jump Pack to old Batteries and hit the swish and it wants to start ? Nope Not Buying it

I cant keep watching this. he talks with a lisp!

Same dozer in the movie “Tremors”.

Nice! I can take a shot at starting it if you want me to! 🫡