Comes with blade and bucket and 2 engines, manual and extra parts. The seller says this thing is ready to go to work. Struck Magnatrac mini dozer - 1,550 (Grafton) View larger image. To change the angle of the shovel, you simply need to remove a pin to reset it. Its shovel is 42 inches wide by 16 inches high and is operated by an electric 600 lb. We’re told the Crawler starts easily and runs smoothly. Both tracks have mechanical disc brakes for stopping and the machine was restored using reinforced supports, holes, bearings, bushings, and more. It has an electric starter with the option to get going via a pull cord. The Crawler has a 15-horsepower motor with a chain drive connected to the pulley system. Two belts are engaged on each side for forward movement of the machine, while one belt on each side engages for reverse motion. The dozer itself is about five feet long and its tracks are nine inches wide and 39 inches long. MINI-DOZER or larger MAGNATRAC The assembly manual is included with the purchase of the MD196K, but if want to see the details prior to buying the MINI-DOZER. But the seller’s Crawler has been restored and upgraded (or modified due to the parts situation). Unfortunately, the product hasn’t been built in several years and all that’s available today from Struck is the assembly manual and replacement tracks. This mini dozer found itself on the cover of Popular Science magazine in May 1967. has been known all sorts of building and landscaping equipment, including the Struck Crawler. It’s available here on Barn Finds Classifieds for $8,500.įrom 1959 to now, Cedarburg, Wisconsin’s Struck Corp. Located in Polk City, Florida, this neat little machine is ready to take on a pile of snow, dirt, gravel or sand. The seller’s totally restored 1967 edition looks to be ideal for small projects for homeowners and smaller-scale contractors. Requires: HL900 Loader (loaded with FW20 Ballast Kit) or equivalent counterweight must be mounted to front of Magnatrac for proper balance. If you ordered one from midwestern-based Struck Corporation, they would send you a collection of parts and pieces and the plans to put it all together. Why a Struck® Product POPULAR MACHINE PACKAGES. no motor,left outside to weather for years-with a faded "for sale" sign oin it,with an asking price of 600 bucks or best offer!.too rough for me.Here’s something you don’t see every day on Barn Finds, the Struck Crawler which was a mini-bulldozer available to the public in kit form. I always wondered how "good" they were too,as a kid I remember lusting for one every time I read the ad in a Mechanix Illustrated magazine!.(for a mini-doer,and the "Economy" tractor,"all gear drive,no belts to slip!" ).guess since they still are in bussiness to this day,they must be doing somethng right.ĭoubt if I'll ever own one though-I saw a Magnatrack on "Craigslist" here a few weeks ago with a backhoe-asking price for a 6 year old "well used" macine,was 15,000 bucks or BO!.:fing20: :eck16: I did see a similar unit last summer at a tractor pull called a "scat-track". I've never owned one myself,but know some guys who had a Struck Magnatrac.one was a landscaper,his had the backhoe attachment.other guy was a tree surguen,he used his mostly to drag logs to the chipper.įrom what I heard from both of them,they were very rugged machines,and powerful for their size.and they ain't light,the one with the backhoe weighed over 3000 lbs if I remeber correctly.
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