2016 DOOSAN DX225LCA Crawler Excavator

The area where these excavators are parked is very large, so large that many excavators are parked very close together. Today I’m going to this site to inspect the Doosan DX225LCA. The owner of this excavator is very welcoming.When I arrived at the scene the engine compartment was already open and I went right to the turbo (check the endplay of the valve train, check to see if the oil is weeping from the manifold or around the head gasket — 1st place I look on these Doosan’s — all are good). Fins on a clean up on a radiator for a yard machine are quite surprising whether a little bit of dust on the side grilles or not. With the hoses, they are all blah with dirt, but no cracking on the hoses intake boots, no fit and forget clamps, all fit and crimped with these silver ends. There are some spiral guards still on the hydraulic lines that extend up the boom indicating the person was not the most careless of individuals.

Undercarriage becomes interesting – tracks have perhaps 80-90% left on the pads, surface rust on all the grousers, which is to be expected as all the shoes are stored outside; no cracks or deformation to the shoes. Walked under twice – thinking it may have been a bit wet in the vicinity of the swing motor area, but looks like old mud and dust gunk on the inside of my notes – could not find any fresh leaks that’s for sure. Based on whether I was able to tear into it or not, those pins do look just about tight enough to me. The bucket is a sort of your average GP setup, nothing special, there are cuts but metal is still relatively thick at the moment. There is chalk (white) marking graffiti on the door to the taxi cab which did irritate me but it is not easy to see if there is paint damage unless you rub it off the door. Glass is intact. I couldn’t get every angle from the interior, I left the door locked and nobody was at the house with the keys at the moment I was here, but, just looking in through the windows it looks like the seat may have touched the ground and there was dirt on the ground mat. Unfortunately during the inspection it was somewhat overcast, and lighting wasn’t optimal seeing everything I doubt there was anything that prompted a disaster. When I lifted the Hood I didn’t even detect any burning oil scent which is a great thing to see. This machine is overall in fairly good shape – it appears to have been under used. We should budget each track at some time soon; perhaps 15000 hours remaining if we’re all digging all day! My vans engine bay would be nice to have my name on, if the person buying the van knew what they were buying! Imperfect yet authentic iron.