1942 Caterpillar D2
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2017
- This old Caterpillar is a neat machine. In it's day it was cutting edge technology, and very useful in farming, ranching, and logging. More Heavy Equipment here: • Heavy Equipment Will I...
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Thank you, be safe, and be grateful.
Starts on the 19th time everytime
Actually the bulldozer started on the first try. The pony motor is what took numerous tries. Teeeechnically lol.
Oh the memories. My dad somehow acquired a D2 cat that had a dead starter motor. We had a 76 chevy pickup that had been a little extra horsepower to pull a large 5th wheel trailer. We used to hook a towstrap to one of the hooks on the front of the truck, run it under the blade of the cat and hook it to the frame. Then I'd get on the cat and pull in both yokes, he'd put the truck in reverse, 4 wheel drive and we'll pull start it. The strap, since it was under the blade, would lift it enough to get it off the ground and then we could get going just fast enough that when I dropped the yokes, it would jump start the diesel motor.
rjtumble I'm gonna have to try this, still got one just like in the video
rjtumble good story! Thumbs up! I'd have enjoyed seeing that.
I wouldn't call it a safe method, but as a 14/15 year old, it was fun!
I absolutely love this channel, and the way you speak is perfect not only to learn about tools etc. but also to learn English. Greetings from Poland
Haha I got my 1938 D2 running this year. It had been sitting in a field for 10 years or more and it came with the property i bought. I was able to get parts for the fuel system overnight from caterpillar!
My Dad used to make sales calls at the Cat parts distribution center in York, Pa., and he was amazed at the size and efficiency of the operation. He said if you needed a tiny part for a 50-year-old machine they could ID it, locate it and have it in your hand in a few minutes. So much for just-in-time inventory...
Twister Technology
Do you have video getting it going?
+Gregory Malchuk I posted a quick video on my Instagram @twistertechnology before I got the pup going I had an aux starter motor. You'll see.
I belong to the Antique Caterpiller club. You ought to join.
Caterpillar is amazing for parts.
I work for Komatsu, whether its us, Volvo, etc. - Parts lets everyone down. How about 5 weeks for an O-Ring from across town?
i love how you have a buddy who's an expert in everything
As an owner of this exact same machine, i can tell you one tip that will save you that nightmare we watched of you and your buddy trying to get it started.....although we can all use the workout sometimes.
1. don't turn the pup motor off by the Magneto, always turn off the fuel supply and let the carb run dry. Once it dies off, you can reset your choke, throttle, and turn the Magneto off so everythings ready for the next time you want to start it up. Your carb is where the problem starts, and if you let that run out of fuel everytime, you'll have a 1-3 pull start every time.
2. Step 1 has never failed.
Boy did the footage of trying to get the starter motor going take me back 65+ years. Thanks for the time machine for my mind. Wish I could find one for my body!!
These old Caterpillar machines are treasured jewels. They should be restored and used whenever possible. The generation of mechanics and engineers who built this machine are no longer around, but their incredible work is a testament to the quality and durability that went into every
Machine they built. Try buying a new equivalent Caterpillar today and see what they cost. Well done and bravo.
Scott when I started work on coal strip mines we had a D9 Cat with a pony engine (that is what we called the 2 cyl. gas engine that started the diesel engine). No muffler and you could hear that engine from a good distance. 48 years ago and seems like this morning. Thank you!!!! Be safe and God bless you and your family !!!! Eddy
A family heirloom, how great is that and the fact that you got it running must bring you such joy. When most people get rid of old stuff, some of us see the value in the things of the past. Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas!!
Want!
love your videos man funny finding you here!
You're gonna need a bigger bucket for rust removal.
I was just about to say I wanted to see you get your hands on this!
Me too man! This is the first time I saw this video on the channel...... I’d love to have a beauty like that.
Both you fellas have kick butt channels!
Nice to see ya selling that crawler. Don't get me wrong here, but, if ya don't have a purpose for it... Nice to see someone willing to let the next guy have it than to just let it sink into the ground. It really gets me how some guys will just hold on to it till it's scrap "oh, I'm gonna fix it up some day". Better to give it a life. " If you love something, then, set it free" !
I wasn't even around for these I was born in 87 but damn I feel nostalgic watching this.
I’d like to humbly request more heavy machinery vids and a shop visit of Wes
My grandfather was asking me about a small crawler tractor like this the other day. Too bad you're so far away, that might have made a nice surprise.
Whether it's a video about a Stanley Tape Measure or some awesome old iron like this...This channel never disappoints!
My dad has an original gas John Deere 1010 dozen. He bought it new and it is amazing what I have seen that man do with that old stationary blade. Great video.
Meaning no tilt and angle blade
Kinda misty eyed here remembering my grandfather and his bulldozer.
We did a LOT of work with it, and it was a cornerstone of his construction business from the 40's through the 90's.
Also had to snicker... pony motors can be such a pain to start...
I learn something new from every single video you make. Thank you, and please never stop!
Really fun to see. My dad used one just like it to disc my grandfather's pear orchards in the Rogue Valley. He took me for a ride on it in the '70s as a little kid and he had the same trouble starting it. I think it still sits on one of the orchards today. Thanks!
Awesome, you kept it in the family, and great to have friend's like wes.
We are SO spoiled in our instant gratification, push-button world. This was great. As always, thanks for sharing.
Steve
Gotta love these old rigs. So cool it runs so well all things considered.
Love it. Just a tip if you don't already know you should always turn the gas off to the pony motor and let the carb run dry after starting the diesel motor.
Scott - There's a series of kids books with anthropomorphized tractors called Tractor Mac. One of the characters is a Cat just like that one. If your grandsons like tractors or farm/logging work, you might look them up.
I truly enjoy your channel and it inspires me to keep working on my old house, truck, and other hobbies after my 9-5 IT job.
Cool little dozer, and it reminds me of the ones used in the movie "Fighting Seabees". My last ship (Rescue/Salvage) was diesel-electric propulsion, and there were four D399 Cats in the main engineroom. The #1 Cat was affectionately called the "rock crusher", and my bunk was located in the compartment directly above it. No sleeping when that thing started-up! :)
Greg Jackson: What sort of ship were you on? An ATA? ARS? ASR?
I was on an ATF. Good ship except for the exhaust ports. I still dislike the smell of diesel. Anyway we did a lot of good work. I'm proud of my service, including 2 WestPac cruises.
Michael Dougfir ARS-41, LCRK Va.
Love it! After you cranked that jewel, I suddenly realized I was smelling the exhaust. I'm not sure whether that was psychological or related to the fact that I was operating my diesel tractor this afternoon. But I no longer smell that beloved odor now that the video is over. I guess you could say I really get into your videos. :) Thanks for sharing!
I appreciate the still pictures for several seconds each with the engine sound running!
Beautiful old iron!
Brings back memories of vibrating compacting house pads in Wash. D.C. in the early 70's. What a time to be alive.
Incredible! I have one at my family's ranch, been indoors it's whole life. Would love to find someone to refurbish it. It's probably the nicest unrestored 42? d2 you'll ever see
Were any swear words edited out while trying to start the CAT up? I get the impression you're the trades version of Mr. Rogers. My version would be one long bleep censor sound.
I've worked as an equipment tech in quarries that had some ancient equipment. Swear words while starting are called out in the owners manual as mandatory.
I agree. I think you gotta cuss it to get it started... Its like a choke.
You've gotta convince it you're serious.
Philip Morris total gentleman can let one slip on a deal like this, make the Pope cuss
Scott, until now I have thought your video's showed the most important details of a project. Without a minute long cursing tirade or a distance that the rope was thrown, I am now having concerns.
I love the sound of Cats from the 20,30,and 40s especial when their lugging .
Same. Nothing can compare. And the exaust smells like nostalgia. Lol
The new ones sound the exact same to this day. Im a heavy equipent operator NCCER certified. My word is as good as any. Stop blabbering about the past. Things werent made better back then and our quality of life in this field have improved greatly.
Awesome to see it running thanks for sharing!
Wow! Nearly 75 years old, and still running. They sure built things with regards to a higher standard, in those days. Seems like until the 80's (As manufacturing began to shift overseas) things were built in such a way, that if something went wrong or broke, you would fix it. Now we just scrap it and start fresh. It saddens me that we don't fix things anymore. And on that note, I think thats why your channel is so fantastic. In "throwing away" and not fixing things anymore, we lost the "craftsman" attitude. It's great that your channel is reviving the craftsman to the few of us who believe in fixing and in the art of craftsmanship.
There's a fair bit of confirmation bias involved - all the poorly built tools and machines from that age have broken down long ago, so the only ones left are the ones that were well built, like this one - I'm sure there were plenty of other Cat D2's that didn't work nearly as well as this one, and we'll never know. I don't think you can extrapolate from these successful remnants that everything from back then was built "with regards to a higher standard". We'll only know in 75 years, when we can compare with how many 2017/18 tools are still going!
Two Stones Totally, well said. This PeteBillings character sure comes across as a self-aggrandizing windbag.
This is amazing! I love the earlier made equipment, it was simple. Simple to run, simple to work on and fix, and above all made well. Not like today's heavy machinery that you need a degree in mechanics and software to run and have no chance of working on yourself
OMG! Wish I had run across this earlier! I would buy that in a heartbeat! Brings back great memories. Spent many many days using one of these as a kid plowing fields. We had a dozer blade on ours that was great for roadwork and moving a little dirt around.. Still got it? BTW a little starter fluid in the pony worked wonders along with consistent use but you always had to pull it at least 5-10 times..
All I'm really operate on a D6H 1962 model and brings back a bunch of memories love the video keep up the great work!
Jim-East Tennessee
Incredible machine, it seems you are having a lot of fun, congratulations, great experience see it working
Drove one of those on a friends farm back in high school. Fun times!
I grew up driving on after school. My dad farmed vegetables in south Florida. Bought it new. Cat ran a full page ad featuring it working plowing 8 foot sawgrass.
Thanks for me memories.
And than Damnable starting motor was always hard to crank. We pulled it off with a 4x4 Jeep most of the time.
Fogging oil is your best friend for starting those spray it right in the plug hole and pull
You need a starter for your starter, lol.
Voted BEST COMMENT by the academy of one--------me. Cheers
Later years had electric starters for the pony motors.
@@jimcarter4929 Our D4 cats (49 & 53) had electric starters on the pony motors. Much easier than the rope.
@@terryrafter4116 Always got a kick out of starter for a starter.
Awesome! I have a 1948 D2 and and 1953 D4 sitting in the field behind my house. They belong to my neighbor. He uses them weekly.
Not to tell an old dog new tricks, but you could weld a large nut to the starting wheel/rope pulley so that you could just use one of those cordless impact guns to start it up. Save your back, enjoy your tractor!
This trick can be used with all manner of pull start/kick start motors. How i used to do it when I fixed small motors back in the day.
There's a nut holding the crank pulley on but it's a large one if memory serves. BUT they make big sockets too.
I will have to remember that one
Smaller motors like 4-5hp briggs/stratton can get by on a cordless drill.
I don't use an impact gun because of the shock, I use a 9" Angle Grinder.
Works great for a lot of things from stubborn lawn mowers on up......
Nice.
US Navy Seabee used these to build stuff in WW2
It feels like Christmas everytime I get a Notification from you
DEG I agree!!
That's a fact I look forward to his videos
thanks
Probly cuz subconsciously he reminds you of the grown up version of the boy of the Christmas story. You'll shoot your eye out
I love equipment that is built to work and work forever
I saw a D6 sitting in some scrub land. It had a sassafrass tree growing through the block. No I can't spell. Thanks for noticing. The land owner said it was there 20 years earlier when he bought the place. I commented how sad it was in such rough shape as it would be helpful making the improvements he had planned. After 2 years over seas, I went to see him. He was digging out a cattle pond with a D6 that looked suspiciously familiar. He explained that he had cursed my name several hundred times for suggesting how it could help but he couldn't stop working on it. You just can't kill the good stuff.
This is great, I think its funny how the old gasser took forever and the Cat diesel took right off haha!
I love Wes and how he took a beer break.😹😹
Boy oh Boy , I`d buy that in a heartbeat if only I lived nearby ! What a great little tractor to `play`with !
Learned to push dirt on one of these beauties. A real arm and leg workout. D2 dance!
Gotta love a 1942 machine. It was "born" the same year as I. Thanks.
Music to my soul!
That is an awesome machine. Thanks for sharing...I'd like to see it in action some more.
Nice machine! Thanks for the great video. 👍🇺🇸
Those are so awesome. I’ve worked on a couple. Haven’t got any own yet
Great video. Hilarious start up.
Now that's cool! Little cats need love too.
A lot of the D series were brought to Australia by the US military during the Pacific campaigns during WWII. A man here purchased a few 'for a song' after the war and put them into service clearing land for farming along the Darling Downs, South East Queensland during the late forties early fifties when farmers opted for the quicker grain crops of the era. That man was Joh Bjelke-Petersen and he used the fortune he made from this enterprise to fund a well timed campaign to successfully become Premier of Queensland (Governor). His wife, Florence (Flo) Bjelke-Petersen became famous for her Pumpkin Scones recipe. I would like to say these magnificent machines are preserved as a monument to their reliability and serviceability but alas I fear they are nowhere to be seen now.
Its clear that you can appreciate machines as I do; literally as works of art. Like TS Elliot wrote about, casting his poem upon the sea of humanity to see how it would fare, I've always been fascinated by the process of literally casting new machines, tools, and structures, works of art, upon the sea of entropy to see how they fare. When there are signs of age and persistant functionality, that is beautiful to me.
A couple of years ago I worked at a Heavy stamping factory that probably made parts for that machine. They and Caterpillar grew old together. While it is still running I hope whoever buys it does a full rebuild.
that is a beautiful sound.... its also what my 2002 vw golf gas car sounds like (The manifold is leaking)
I spent six months on a construction project in Grant's Pass. Southern Oregon is an incredibly beautiful place.
Even if I'm too old and crippled up to think about things like that.........
You are breaking my heart !
Hope you sell it fast, cause if it hangs around very long, it'll break your heart when it does go !
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍
That angry emoji got me laughing :D
Love it! I’d like to have an International TD crawler, but this is sweet. Nothing could force me to part with that. Yanking on that pony motor reminds me of starting a Gravely-a real Gravely-with the strap at my age. A couple of pulls and I’m on eBay looking for a starter kit.
Senselessly beautiful
I need to figure out how to loop the engine sound as a lullaby, so soothing!
Good looking little horse! I'm amazed at how good the undercarriage looks. Can't see much of it from the vid, but the rails, pads, grousers, rollers, idlers and drive sprockets all look good. The pony motors have always been temperamental. :)
Very nice old Cat. That is history right there! Sure it will be hard to see it go.
That’s amazing! I run D11 dozers and this little fella looks like a lot more fun👍🏻😊
Great video!!!
I see it has the optional "Vise Grips" choke lever. Nice. ;)
Such a beautiful thing.
The best thing I got for my D2 was a tank heater that warms up the coolant. Pony and main start up easier and quicker after plugging it in.
That's a beautiful machine👍
That is far too much fun thanks
Getting that starter motor to kick over reminds me of handpropping and old J3 Cub or similar. The church where I grew up had a Ford 8N with a crank start for when the battery was dead. I suspect it was a workout.
A very nice looking 5J!
Love this channel! Remembered the old joke about the lawnmower salesman telling the preacher to try cussing if it wouldn't start. Preacher said he didn't know any cuss words. Salesman said, "Keep pulling that rope - they'll come to you!"
Very cool little yellow beastie.
Now everyone is discussing cursing. I'm just glad to see the tractor running.
It has a good sound as you say.
You guys are living the dream.
Love those old Cats, have had a few, run them and used them. Have a D-4 currently, and a 14E grader. I had a D-8 (14A), a 977 track loader, and a 941 trackloader. Would dearly love to own that D-2, I do not even know why do not know how I would use it. Cool old machine.....looks to be in decent condition.
i really love this channel man!
Man I would love to have restored that wonderful d2 cat deserves to be used again
So cool.
Now that was just plain awesome...
Awesome thank you for sharing
cool old stuff
Man every vedja you come out with i love your channel more and more
Love that sound
as a teen i worked on a farm that had a 1942 d2 that he bought new, and he still used it on his farm for plowing the fields, he was old school, and didn't want to get a new tractor. and he had 250 ac that he farmed, with it.
also at some point the pony motor was up dated and had a 6v starter attached to it, and a batt. still could pull rop it if it went dead. ( no charger/alternator.)
fun fact he told me that when they was selling them ( the salesman's ) would place an egg on the ground and then spin around it, and then run it over all with out cracking it, and it was to show how agile it was.
Price is Right sound effects, love it!
Ha, starting an old tractor that’s been setting around. Ben there! Great video.
My grandfather used a chainsaw motor with a pulley on it. He would wrap the starter motor with a belt to start it with the chainsaw motor. Might help you in the future.
Using an engine, to start an engine, to start an engine.
scythelord that's just awesome in my book.
So, how do you start the chainsaw?
With your bicycle of-course...chain from pedals to chainsaw :p
Man it would be sweet to see that thing fully restored.
My favorite is the D9H
Mine's the D8h, D9 pushes more, the D8 is just so fast & agile.