Dozer · price guide 2026
Cat D8T Price — What It's Really Worth
A used Cat D8T is currently listed in Australia at $445,000–$630,000 — typical asking $490,000, from 9 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 D8T is the mainstream heavy dozer of Australian mining and bulk earthworks, sitting a class below the biggest pit machines but well above general civil gear. Typical buyers are mining contractors, large civil firms and quarry operators pushing production dirt or ripping rock. Used examples are almost always set up with a semi-universal blade and single-shank ripper, and many come out of mine fleets with full guarding, fire suppression and the paperwork to match. Supply skews to the eastern mining states, and the price spread is unusually wide: tired high-hour units trade at a fraction of what late-model, low-hour or rebuilt machines fetch. Undercarriage condition, ripper wear and rebuild status matter more than build date, so component hours and service history are the first things to check.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All years | All hours | $445,000 | $490,000 | $630,000 | 9 |
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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Pre-purchase inspection checklist
The checks that separate a good buy from a money pit — undercarriage percentage, final drives, powertrain hours and service history.
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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 →