Dozer · price guide 2026
Cat D6T Price — What It's Really Worth
A used Cat D6T is currently listed in Australia at $292,500–$442,400 — typical asking $382,400, from 24 listings. Sold-price ranges publish here the moment enough verified sales clear our data gate — until then, this is the live asking market, labelled plainly.
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The Cat D6T is the archetypal mid-size dozer in the Australian market — the machine civil contractors, plant-hire fleets and larger rural operators reach for when smaller tractors run out of push but a mining-class dozer is overkill. Used stock is dominated by XL machines with a semi-universal blade and multi-shank ripper; low-ground-pressure variants with a power-angle-tilt blade appear for finish grading and soft-ground work. Grade-control fitment increasingly separates the market, with factory or aftermarket systems commanding a clear premium. The spread between a hard-worked early unit and a late, low-houred example is wide, so undercarriage wear, service history and hour-meter honesty matter more than build year alone. Supply concentrates in the eastern states where most civil work sits. Caterpillar has since superseded the model, but dealer parts and support remain excellent, underpinning strong resale.
Price by Year & Hours
Advertised asking ranges from public Australian listings, verified 5 July 2026. Negotiated sale prices typically land below these figures.
| Model year | Hours | Low | Typical | High | Spread | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2012 | 5,000+ hrs | $272,500 | $275,000 | $322,450 | 3 | |
| 2013-2015 | 5,000+ hrs | $295,900 | $394,900 | $429,900 | 9 | |
| All years | All hours | $292,500 | $382,400 | $442,400 | 24 | |
| Year unlisted | Hours unlisted | $254,500 | $269,000 | $382,000 | 3 |
What Moves the Price
Undercarriage remaining
Undercarriage is the price-maker on tracked gear: a machine at high remaining percentage is worth dramatically more than the same unit run down to steel.
Rippers & blade spec
Multi-shank rippers and the right blade for the class widen the buyer pool and lift the price — bare-back dozers sell to fewer bidders.
Mining & fleet auctions
Bulk fleet and mine-site disposals set the floor. Civil-spec machines with history recover a clear margin over auction pricing.
Powertrain hours
An engine or final-drive rebuild is a six-figure conversation on big dozers — buyers price component hours before anything else.
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How we price. Current ranges on this page are compiled from genuine on-model asking listings on public Australian marketplaces — attachments and wrong-model results are filtered out by hand. Sold-price ranges are published per model as verified sales clear our data-density gate. Prices are estimates, not valuations or financial advice. Full methodology →