Congratulations!

Lots of "fun" to be had with one like that.

The CAT legendary equipment literature reprints are not original binding and format manuals. They are good quality original printing, but now in an 8.5 x 11 inch size. Most of the aftermarket manuals I have seen, have usable, but not nice printing (especially of the pictures), are cheaply bound, but somewhat cheaper than the CAT ones. I bought the only CAT one I have through my CAT dealer instead of direct, so there probably was quite a bit of mark-up in the price I paid (~$80) for an operators manual 212-9T grader.

I believe there are CD's available from ACMOC members, if that would work for you. I have a microfiche of the serviceman's reference book for the D3400 engine, but it's hard to use when you're in the grease up to your elbows. Maybe that's why all my manuals have greasy fingerprints on them:D

Good luck on the transportation. It's small enough to fit on a load with other things if you can find a trucking co that goes that way regularly. Many places have a forklift or loader that will load the machine just like any other piece of freight, but otherwise, loading a dead machine probably would cost some extra.

I got the latest that covered the serial numbers on my D4 7U. My reasoning is that while it covers not only the s/n of my critter, it also shows the difference between early and later models of the same model. But, they are a bit spendy!

I agree, the pictures aren't the nice crisp ones in the original manuals but in some cases, they actually show better how things are due to the larger pictures. Plus, you can put your own greasy fingerprints on 'em and not have to go over someone else's. .