Interesting. I was fluffing about ebay this morning looking at things 350, and tripped across an auction for a 350C. Nothing odd about that, but what is odd is the SN tag pictured. I reads like a modern tag, not one from the mid 80s. Here is what it read:
*T0350CE721784*
CRAWLER DOZER /85
All is in raised lettering, except the /85, which is done with a metal stamp.
The S/N is below that for a 350D, but in the 7xxxxx range they went to for the 350D, not the 393401 and up range for a 1985 350C.
As I said: Interesting.
Was this a running change in the S/N scheme or could this be a ReLife unit? I would think a ReLife unit would say so, but may be they just used an obviously different S/N to denote one. I really do not know, having never seen a ReLife unit in person.
But, the listing says this was a Federal forestry unit, and those were prime for having been passed through the ReLife program. Listing also says it was refurbished, but by someone other than Deere. Did Deere have contract refurbish houses within the ReLife program? Again, possible and I do not know. Heck, I feel lucky that I even heard of ReLife at all when it was going on....
Edit: Looking at the pics some more, I have some doubts this was ReLife. Too many little things I would expect to be renewed are not. Probably just the things listed as having been redone, were redone, by the shop listed. It still leaves us with the S/N difference. Somewhere along the way, that was changed for the C....
So, some food for thought to go along with the morning coffee after the donut is gone....
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