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29-12-11, 17:20
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fair play to you robin, drinking coffee and recovering a carrier is a good way to spend a day.
as to value i would say £7k was a fair price for it. merry xmas and a happy new year rick
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29-12-11, 18:59
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its worth what folk are willing to pay for it....carriers have been purchased for as little as £500 GBP. if that carrier was on UK soil you would expect to pay no less than £7000 GBP in its current untouched condition and no more than say £12000. restored i have seen carriers sell for 40.000euro but as with these things provenance and originality are everything.........John Bizzal has sold some lovely carriers (uncut) for $9000 US in the past
condition as you say is a biggie... drive line and controls are a main one.... armour etc can be re made but to get it right is both difficult and expensive... the more complete it is with original or issued kit, the more its worth
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29-12-11, 21:40
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Seems to me that the going price on an uncut carrier hull here in Canada has been around 10K lately. Search the forum here and you will see that in the past year a couple have sold and or been offered near this price. I would say the one you have there Robin would be something less than that considering the extensive damage to the armour.
Guys in Europe seem willing to pay a lot higher dollar than the cheapos here.
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07-12-12, 07:46
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To update this old thread.
The unit for whom I performed the recovery, have now decided to sell the carrier as they do not have the means to restore it. They were approached by an individual and have accepted his offer and the carrier is to be moved next week to its new home within 2 hours drive of its current location. As it is not mine and I do not have the new owners permission I am not divulging his identity or location. Suffice it to say it is a yard ornament out of my way and hopefully it will get a chance to be back and running some day. Maybe I will have a chance to snap some pictures when it gets loaded up. I will also ask the new owner if I may post his info. R
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07-12-12, 23:33
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Ian,
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada not Cornwall United Kingdom Of Great Britain. R 
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08-12-12, 03:45
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I am the new owner.
I have been hunting eastern ontario for carriers with my father for several years and through another carrier owner I was informed of this carrier. Until today (this post) I had not even seen a picture since as of this summer I have been posted out to Edmonton AB. Thanks Robin for the great stream of pictures and a bit of history on it. My father will be out to get it from your island with a good trailer. Hope the weather is good and it is not frozen again.
Jonathan
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08-12-12, 04:17
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So were is home in Eastern Ontario..?
Tell you Dad to show us some pictures on MLU.... I am sure he will need the odd bits and pieces once he gets started.
Bob C ....... from Bee-U-Teeful downtown Hammond, Ontario.
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11-12-12, 23:23
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So today was the day for the carrier to get moving once again to Mr Bradshaw senior's place.
As per planning, Kubota KX-080 was on site to assist in load up. I have found with a bit of cunning and guile such items are easily moved using aforesaid tool. Mr Bradshaw arrived and we latched on suffering only one minor issue in as much as all that weight on the arse end of his trailer was lifting his truck rear wheels off the ground and as I was pulling the freewheeling carrier it was exerting an equal and opposite force which then caused the truck and trailer to move forward, I was moving the whole shooting match! Suitable blocking was placed in front of the truck wheels and loading resumed. There really wasn't much wiggle room width wise and I had to exercise care drawing it forward. Once the right place was reached Mr Bradshaw secured it and I was free to get back to my regular work. There was a picture taken with the usual SEG on the face of the new owner! While he did have a hand winch on the trailer he did say that the excavator was a pleasure to have and was a lot easier than doing it by hand. There was a minor issue of monies changing hands but it was neither my sale nor my purchase so it isn't for me to comment on that. Look forward to seeing it live again. Regards Robin
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