This 3T has been in the family since the early '60's. I am wondering if someone knows how old it really is.
It was made in 1949, I love the seat, by the way.
Ditto on the seat, that's riding in style. They were and still are very good dozers.
That's the very rare, high-back bucket seat, factory option. It's obvious the "deluxe" version box was ticked on the order, too - it has armrests, as well.
Check out the A/C and the sterio sound coming out of that exhaust pipe was beautiful in those days.
What kind of track pads are those?
Don, they look to me like they're those famous, "Miss Universe" type track pads - the ones with the most curves packed into the shortest piece of material. :falldownlaugh
You can hear a 3T working for miles.... there is no other sound that is that sweet,,,, I think maybe Harley Davidson copied it...lol
OzDozer, I really haven't seen those kind of pads before, but I've only seen snow a couple of times.
Don, I have no info in any book, brochure, catalog, or Cat microfiche I own, that shows or tells me anything about those weird pads with the curvy grousers. I'm as curious as you. They have to be some kind of aftermarket pad, maybe?
I've seen brochures for aftermarket pads like that, there were also pads with grousers in a full "U" shaped and pads with two short grousers in a 45, supposedley to help with compaction and side slip, seem to me it would be awful hard to turn with the others though.
It's definitely something new to me. I like it.
I got 2 3t's one is a 49 with no floorboards and the other is like a 53 and has an oil clutch
Tidy looking old dozer for its age, would be good to see it going. Brings back memories of when I was starting out operating learning on a HD 14 & a D8 8r with cable blade & logging winch. Cheers RDG013
This old machine had not been started for several years... about a month ago, poured some fresh gasoline in the pony motor tank and jumper cables to the electric starter motor. Lo and behold, fired off and sang like a song! grandpa By the way, the track pads are aftermarket... I believe Berco is the company that produced them.
Those pads look like they would help when running on icy ground. Much better than stock stuff my grandfather had a cat ten slide down a hill sideways dragged by a trailer loaded with logs because normal pads are like ice skates.
This machine is in Arizona where ice isn't much of a factor I am pretty sure those pads were purchased because they were cheaper than genuine Caterpillar.
Just makin an observational statement