Here a couple pics of my old farm cat in exellent running condition,Can use a paint job though
Detroit with a straight pipe. Bet she sings a nice song. Neat old dozer.
Its got a muffler,you can see it just under the hood.Its hard on the ears anyway.
Years ago I had a neighbor that farmed with one of those. Always waited on a cold morning to listen to him start. He had an either cup on the air horn and would pour some either in it, get in the seat and pull back the throttle, step on the starter. She'd make about two revolutions and fire and before the govenor backed off he would haul in the clutch and be farming. Always waited for it to blow up but never did.Can't hear too well now but will always hear that sound as long as I live. Either didn't come in spray cans then. It was in a can as a liquid or little gelaten capsuls that looked like a calf nut.
This cat had been sitting for 8 yrs without it having turned over once.8 yr old fuel in the tank. i put a batt on the track and booster cables to the starter and frame,i stepped on the starter rod,she cranked over for 15 sec and of she went,no ether used, she hardly even smoked,even i was amazed And that with 13000 some hrs on the clock.
I learnt to operate on an HD 14 with the same Baker blade set up as that, bout 45yrs ago that was. Just curious as to what the arm thats on the RH side is for? Cheers RDG.
Its a home build fence post pusher,hydr fore and aft adustment. I cleared and build 15 mls of buffalo fence with this old clonker,it never complained once,never had an issue.
Thank you for the pictures! Loved seeing them. My grandfather was an AC dealer then (before my time). Did they all have that huge side with upward structure blade with overhead almost ROPS on them? Sure looks strange to me. Great story of waking an old dozer.
Yair . . . It's interesting that style of "C" frame pivoted about the centre of the sprocket. It meant it could be built massive and stiff like that, it didn't have to flex. The "conventional" later style "C" frames attached to trunnions forward of the pivot point have to flex as the track frames oscillate. Some folks have welded and plated cracks and wondered why how ever strong they make it they can never get it fixed. Cheers.
Not much of a ROPS i tell ye,that top cross bar was just over the dash and was no protection for falling trees. I had a few of them fall from the side right in my lap,i had once a 3" dia spruce come up from underneath trough the floorboards past the cutch bar and headed straight in my belly,the clutch was jammed solid by that pole,my only option was to pull the fuel stop,one sec later and i could not have reached it no more and i would've been skewered like a kabob,...i still wonder how come i'm still alive! BTW i sold that old girl last year
Bison, you are so right things unexpected can happen fast in the woods. I will now always remember your almost-Shish Kabob experience and plan to pass it on as an example of an unpleasant possible surprise when training my son and other next-generation operators.