![]() The engine number is engraved onto an adhesive and a riveted type plate. Engine Number:ģ.1.1/3.1.2 Location of the engine number on wheeled and crawler excavators The type plates contain the following data:ĬE Mark Example taken from a Type 145 Example taken from a Type 284 3. The type plate with the VIN is fixed on with rivets and is located on the front part of the vehicle on the right, as seen in the direction of travel Example of the type 284Ģ.2.1/2.2.2 Composition of the type plates on wheeled and crawler excavators Top Bid relies on the experience and judgment of its analysts and other professionals in the business to verify information long in the public domain.2.1.2 Location of the type plate on crawler excavators ![]() Many manufacturers in this Serial Number Guide are no longer in business and therefore cannot be contacted. ![]() The notes shown for these manufacturers will clearly explain how to interpret serial numbers. Top Bid’s staff has gone to great lengths to contact manufacturers and verify their codes and formats. A = 1987, B = 1988, etc.) or several digits to note a month and year (e.g. ![]() Examples of these may be the use of a letter to indicate a year (e.g. There are many manufacturers of equipment, past and present, that embed codes or use unique combinations of numbers in particular places in the serial number string to designate the year of manufacture. In these cases our team of analysts uses UCC filings to determine the most accurate cutoff points possible. In some cases, because of the system a manufacturer may use to assign numbers, it is necessary to assign an arbitrary cutoff to the range of numbers for a given year. Numbers are listed lowest to highest for known numbers assigned to machines in each given year. The format of the Serial Number Guide follows the standard practice of listing serial numbers either by a machine’s make and model (and in some cases, Caterpillar being one, by serial number prefix) or by its manufacturer only when one set of numbers covers all categories and all models in a product line. The use of this exclusive source of information makes this Serial Number Guide the most comprehensive resource available. ![]() Also, an extraordinary effort has been made to verify, categorize and interpret serial number data from several million records of UCC filings. ![]()
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