Description

This Caterpillar 235 is a large hydraulic crawler excavator from the early 1980s era, identified by serial 32K04048. The 235 is a proven earthmoving platform built around the Cat 3306 six-cylinder diesel and rated at roughly 84,000 lb (38 t) operating weight — suited to heavy digging, trenching, site prep, and logging-road work when properly maintained. This unit is being sold as-is from outdoor storage. Photos show a complete machine: enclosed operator cab, standard boom and stick, general-purpose bucket, and steel crawler tracks. The seller reports it last ran approximately three years ago and that it still moves under its own power or on tracks. Cosmetically, the machine shows typical age-related wear: faded Cat yellow paint, surface rust on the boom, stick, bucket, and body panels, and field storage with vegetation around the undercarriage. That profile fits a project machine, backup unit, or parts donor unless fresh mechanical work is completed. Simple, well-documented 3306 power plant with strong parts support ~195 HP class machine — real production capacity for serious dirt work Large platform; common in forestry, construction, and rural contracting fleets undercarriage and hydraulics are sound