At 13 liters they’re not your typical 4-cylinder are they? We’re still running a 3t on the farm. She’s tired, but she still moves a lot more dirt than the Bobcat will! A family heirloom, so she’ll become rustic yard art once she’s belched her final cloud because it’s highly unlikely I’ll ever part with her!
I was only a kid when I learned how to run the old cable blade D8 and D10. Pony start, pre combustion chamber engines that would lug down so far, you thought they were stalled, but they kept right on pushing. We used them to make logging roads just like in this film. Start at the top of the hill, work down. Push the trees and rocks out of the way.
At the end of WW2 Admiral 'Bull' Halsey credited the BULLDOZER as one of a handful of incredible machines & gadgets that were (directly responsible) for ending & winning The War in the Pacific Theatre...CAN-DO !
@@bigredc222 it has 2 cable controls on the back, basically like winches with clutches yes You use one for the front blade and if you had a pull scraper you use both of the cable controls to run it
And previous to that drank a pot of black coffee, ate a side of bacon , 6 eggs cooked in the bacon grease and then wiped up the pan with numerous cat head biscuits . God bless America!
We had a HUGE D7 at Ft Drum to push snow in the motor pool. It would EAT anything! We dumped our contaminated fuel in it...it can run on ANYTHING oil, paint anything...
I enjoyed this old commercial. I have loved stuff like this, since I was a toddler. I would bet the operator, who pushed the last tree over, would have felt a little better with a good cab over him. I know I would have.
And the heavy equipment operators industry introduced the Roll Over Protection System aka ROPS. And since then and because many other OSHA Heavy Equipment mandates evolved. Thus, Operator lives were saved and injuries prevented. Nothing we do on the job warrants the unnecessary loss of life or limb. Shake hands with danger, human nature, safety and Murphy’s Law comes to mind. USARMY 74-95 Engineer retired. ESSAYONS
Ok the D6 and D7 are great ‘Tractors’ in their own right , but the D8 from the 1940’s 8R up through the H series to the modern T series, the D8 is the real legend that’s basically shaped the modern world we know the 👑 of Dozers 🤟🏻
I’m 75… that said the operators back then would be totally lost with today’s equipment and technology. My father was a “cat skinner’ back then. Alcoholic as were most all men after WWII. And yes worked hard his whole life and died in his 50s from lung and liver cancer and left his large family with nothing. Yes sir the men were men back then for sure.
@@MilkMan608 I understand. However that type of statement completely discounts any all grief and suffering our men and women have and continue to suffer from in the current wars over the last 30 plus years. Don’t believe me ? Visit a VA hospital or Clinic.
Despite all the technology advances today many of the earthmoving methods remain the same . I began on a cable D9 very similar. And because those winches were so touchy you`d soon learn to just dab the lever to keep the cut going smooth. That kept the track from riding over rough bumps . The seats weren`t much more than a kitchen chair and there was no operator protection . I did get sconed a number of times. including concussion knockouts. Not good when your in control of a large dozer. I do remember the pilot start motors too . Glad when the electrics and hydraulics came along .What a different world we`d have today if not for dozers and chainsaws.
When I was a kid in the late 60s, we lived in Ft Walton beach, my dad was flying A1s in SEA, we lived on Cinco Bayou, This was when it was still mostly Magnolia trees and oaks, there was a housing project going in, me n my buddies would go watch the HEO drive his Cat D7, he would wave at us! a big ass bald headed fellow named "Bullet", sometimes he would let us sit in his lap while he was pushing dirt it was just awesome! Now if the guy did it he would probably be arrested. What a time to grow up!
I find the hats these operators wear in the video amusing. Good 1930's 40's hollywood villain hats. "Hey Bugsy, take da caterpillar an' cut me a road down to the fishin' hole. I wanna take da boys fishin'." "Sure boss."
Tanks for da laugh 😂 I know what you mean, I turned 58 this year and when I was a little kid I caught the tail end of this fashion for guys. A nice Stetson or Fedora was really prized especially by the working man, almost like having a Lincoln or Cadillac. Well, look at dese crazy broads and dair bullshit Gucci bags now? Da ting is da lids never cost tousands of greenbacks? 😂🤣 even wid da adjustment for inflation? 😁 I remember going up town and seeing all the men with hats, some with suits and some with blue collar clothes. I'd give almost anything to go back to those days now.
@@romangedz730 :: Right behind ya, at 55 I recall pretty much the same headwear in my youth... Thinking about it now, I’d be willing to bet my 87 year old father likely still has both in his closet to this day!🤠
@Michael Fisher:: Crack’n me up with the Bugs n Thugs inspired message! “So, he’s hide’n in the stove eh? Now if they was hiding in the stove, would I turn on the gas? Oh, you might rabbit, you might” Classic cartoon comedy gold👍🏼
The pre-hydraulic days. These dozers had dry clutches like a car. They were very operator intensive to operate. Lots of work managing the two track sides and the blade. Worst of all - no covered work space??- What were they thinking? Poor guys in the full sun all day. Todays Air Conditioned cabs are extreme luxuory by comparision.
They weren’t in the sun all day long. When I was a kid, none of those machines had a ROPS or cabs. What they did have was a bright yellow umbrella on a pole with a 90 degree bend near the top so the operator was in the shade. And of course that yellow umbrella had CAT and/or the local dealer’s name printed on one side in big black letters. I learned on a D7 E with a hydraulic blade with hydraulic tilt and manual angle. It had a pony motor. And I had an umbrella!
You see, a "bulldozer" is not a tractor, it is a _blade attachment_ . No one will accept that these days. But he even says "the first bulldozer _built by the manufacturer of the tractor it is attached to_ ".
Worse, they claimed the lack of roll-over protection as a feature, then promised the dozer was stable under all conditions. Ah, the good old days. When caveat emptor was king.
The first bulldozer I learned to operate was an old D7 built in the 40s and had the cable lift that operates the blade and was started with a pony motor that had a clutch to engage the bigger Deisel to start it was a long days work 10 hours on a bulldozer and I was tired when I got home.
Yeah they kept saying that over and over, lack of an A-frame. But felling that tree with the dozer blade...if it's rotten it will fall backwards, right on you.
@@mytech6779 I doubt it. You don't sound too smart yoursefl. Check Wikipedia. You may be confusing an A-frame on a tractor with what back in the day they called the cab on a dozer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollover_protection_structure
A-frame is what the winch cables ran on. They stretched from front to back of the tractor obstructing the view of the blade. No A-frame was an improvement for sure. Roll-over protection didn't come factory till much later.
I operated a D8 Cat in Canada 1974 with the donkey/pony engine start. The damn thing took the skin off your knuckles due to being too close to the smokestack.
You can always tell an ole equipment operator one of a few ways, they can start and operate anything, they can’t hear a word you said and they don’t ask a lot of questions.
Love the old cable d6s and d7s got many an hour running them before I got on a hydraulic tractor . Still prefer these old beasts ! Fingertip control my a$$! Get slapped off the machine first thing in the morning. Those old Latunue nylon forcing cone winches would remind you to make sure that it was in neutral on startup! After it whacked hell out of you it usually snapped the 75ft cable! Now that it's running , restring the cable and start working in a fine mood! Lmao! Yeah I have !
I cut my teeth on a '52 D8. Pony motor, Cable blade with one rock tooth on the side. That was the trail-blazingest unit ever made. Not the best for close finish work, but point it thru the woods, and you'd have a road in short order.
The narrator missed a golden opportunity. He should have mentioned that the blade’s design caused a rolling action while moving dirt. I certainly would have.
😮 dont 🎞 worry …. I’ll fix it 🤸♂️💥📽 …. 😞…. To those who served in the AV department of my middle school… I apologize for melting the film inside projector #37 in Mrs Fishbacks language arts class…..and the small blaze that ensued was because she insisted it would work itself out instead it piled film into the projector totally surrounding the red hot halogen projector bulb. So I saved everybody’s life that day when I pulled out the plug 🔌… albeit by the cord and not the end … so she yelled at me and said that’s not how you unplug things. But but but…. All Facts !!!
Caterpillar was the tractor company, this is a sales pitch for the bulldozer, the attachment to the tractor, the blade has its own model and serial number and parts book as well. as did the winch that controlled the blade. Fun to watch , worked on several of that vintage,
At the opening of the film, the first credit says "Caterpillar Tractor Co. Presents". The "Caterpillar" name is easily visible on top of the dozer blade.
@@DK-sw6xx I have relative who is pres of local Antique Cat chapter, it's great to see his Sixty run. My point was the narrator never says the word Caterpillar.
Not until around 1960. First cats were pony motor with a torque converter. To steer u pulled a lever and brake pedal to steer. At idle won't move rev up to go. Not as reliable as late 50s wet clutch standard cats
No, the A frame mentioned early in the film was the support that lifted the blade before this design. The A frame might have offered some roll over protection in very firm surfaces. Nothing on soft surfaces. The frame would just sink. Protection or not, you weren’t likely to survive a roll over unless you jumped clear. ( unlikely) You would be much like the marble in a spray can.
@@itsthatguy5742 I knew what the A-frame was for, but I figured it had to offer some protection from trees, maybe not big trees but, I figured it was better than nothing. I think it said that this was the first Cat that the blade and tractor were designed to go together, does that mean that those A-frames were sold by aftermarket companies?
these puny dozers never encountered the rough land in Oregon. Guaranteed the blades would be dull and their clutches would be burnt up and in need of service 😂😂😂 Oh yeah, I didnt know "fingertip controls" required you to throw in your whole shoulder.
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This is my grandpa in the video he worked for Michigan state land development for 46 yrs he was one of the best operators there was I always heard
That's really awesome. Thank you for sharing that!
Wow!.cool!.
Thanks guys I'm an operator myself and Everytime I get behind the sticks I think of him maybe one day I'll be half the operator he was
@@chrismooremusic4383 Gotta keep that Caterpillar blood in the family!.Love hearing stories like this and I’m glad this film was preserved.✌️😎
He's on the D7?
now that's a real machine, no plastic. if you still have one, keep it in working order
3T D-7 one of my favorite old tractors to operate. Big bore, 4 cylinder naturally aspirated engine have a beautiful exhaust note.
At 13 liters they’re not your typical 4-cylinder are they?
We’re still running a 3t on the farm. She’s tired, but she still moves a lot more dirt than the Bobcat will! A family heirloom, so she’ll become rustic yard art once she’s belched her final cloud because it’s highly unlikely I’ll ever part with her!
@@sawsurgeon it's always worth restoring if it runs, drives, and operates.
Love that wonderful smell of fresh-turned earth!
...as well as the smell of smoky diesel fumes and hot hydraulic fluid...aaghhh.
Don’t forget the sound of the turbo!😂👍
I was only a kid when I learned how to run the old cable blade D8 and D10. Pony start, pre combustion chamber engines that would lug down so far, you thought they were stalled, but they kept right on pushing. We used them to make logging roads just like in this film. Start at the top of the hill, work down. Push the trees and rocks out of the way.
Don't think U will find a D 10 any where in the world with a cable blade, no such thing.
No such thing as a D10 with “an old cable blade”
The D10 only came out in 1977. Fully hydraulic.
Sounds like you are making up this story. Lol 😂
At the end of WW2 Admiral 'Bull' Halsey credited the BULLDOZER as one of a handful of incredible machines & gadgets that were (directly responsible) for ending & winning The War in the Pacific Theatre...CAN-DO !
I have an old cable 7. Still runs, it’s a beast. No plastic or electronics
Is it a 17a?
@@graemedalgleish8944 No, it’s a 3T
@@justingarretson2054 I was just curious. I've never run a cable controlled unit. My 7E is all hydraulic.
How is the cable driven? It looks like it may be driven off of the front of the engine, I assume through a clutch.
@@bigredc222 it has 2 cable controls on the back, basically like winches with clutches yes
You use one for the front blade and if you had a pull scraper you use both of the cable controls to run it
I operated a D8 of this vintage in the early 90s, some injector issues but nothing major,ran great
Diesel cleaners work great in these old machines
Just drove my 1949 D2 yesterday. Still getting the job done.
This man chewed down four Pall Malls during the recording of the voice over.
And previous to that drank a pot of black coffee, ate a side of bacon , 6 eggs cooked in the bacon grease and then wiped up the pan with numerous cat head biscuits . God bless America!
@Bill Telfer Probably had a flask in his back pocket too
LMFAO
And lived to be a hundred, Never went to a doctor or spent a day in the hospital!
On the weekends he probably downed a case of beer and a fifth of whiskey!
We had a HUGE D7 at Ft Drum to push snow in the motor pool. It would EAT anything! We dumped our contaminated fuel in it...it can run on ANYTHING oil, paint anything...
D7 is Huge!??
I enjoyed this old commercial. I have loved stuff like this, since I was a toddler. I would bet the operator, who pushed the last tree over, would have felt a little better with a good cab over him. I know I would have.
And the heavy equipment operators industry introduced the Roll Over Protection System aka ROPS. And since then and because many other OSHA Heavy Equipment mandates evolved. Thus, Operator lives were saved and injuries prevented. Nothing we do on the job warrants the unnecessary loss of life or limb. Shake hands with danger, human nature, safety and Murphy’s Law comes to mind. USARMY 74-95 Engineer retired. ESSAYONS
Ok the D6 and D7 are great ‘Tractors’ in their own right , but the D8 from the 1940’s 8R up through the H series to the modern T series, the D8 is the real legend that’s basically shaped the modern world we know the 👑 of Dozers 🤟🏻
I thoroughly enjoyed this old video. Love seeing the old equipment.
This is back when the men were men and the boys were men too!
I like to say when men were steel and ships were wood.
I’m 75… that said the operators back then would be totally lost with today’s equipment and technology. My father was a “cat skinner’ back then. Alcoholic as were most all men after WWII. And yes worked hard his whole life and died in his 50s from lung and liver cancer and left his large family with nothing. Yes sir the men were men back then for sure.
@@TheMilwaukieDan Those men saw and experienced things during the war that no one should have to endure. God bless them!
@@MilkMan608 I understand. However that type of statement completely discounts any all grief and suffering our men and women have and continue to suffer from in the current wars over the last 30 plus years. Don’t believe me ? Visit a VA hospital or Clinic.
Despite all the technology advances today many of the earthmoving methods remain the same . I began on a cable D9 very similar. And because those winches were so touchy you`d soon learn to just dab the lever to keep the cut going smooth. That kept the track from riding over rough bumps . The seats weren`t much more than a kitchen chair and there was no operator protection . I did get sconed a number of times. including concussion knockouts. Not good when your in control of a large dozer. I do remember the pilot start motors too . Glad when the electrics and hydraulics came along .What a different world we`d have today if not for dozers and chainsaws.
Have operated up to D-8 cat with gas poney motor to start the BIG engine!! Love caterpillars!!
When I was a kid in the late 60s, we lived in Ft Walton beach, my dad was flying A1s in SEA, we lived on Cinco Bayou, This was when it was still mostly Magnolia trees and oaks, there was a housing project going in, me n my buddies would go watch the HEO drive his Cat D7, he would wave at us! a big ass bald headed fellow named "Bullet", sometimes he would let us sit in his lap while he was pushing dirt it was just awesome! Now if the guy did it he would probably be arrested. What a time to grow up!
I find the hats these operators wear in the video amusing. Good 1930's 40's hollywood villain hats. "Hey Bugsy, take da caterpillar an' cut me a road down to the fishin' hole. I wanna take da boys fishin'." "Sure boss."
Tanks for da laugh 😂 I know what you mean, I turned 58 this year and when I was a little kid I caught the tail end of this fashion for guys. A nice Stetson or Fedora was really prized especially by the working man, almost like having a Lincoln or Cadillac. Well, look at dese crazy broads and dair bullshit Gucci bags now? Da ting is da lids never cost tousands of greenbacks? 😂🤣 even wid da adjustment for inflation? 😁 I remember going up town and seeing all the men with hats, some with suits and some with blue collar clothes. I'd give almost anything to go back to those days now.
@@romangedz730 :: Right behind ya, at 55 I recall pretty much the same headwear in my youth... Thinking about it now, I’d be willing to bet my 87 year old father likely still has both in his closet to this day!🤠
@Michael Fisher:: Crack’n me up with the Bugs n Thugs inspired message!
“So, he’s hide’n in the stove eh? Now if they was hiding in the stove, would I turn on the gas?
Oh, you might rabbit, you might”
Classic cartoon comedy gold👍🏼
It's called a fedora. That's just what people wore.
My father wore a fedora every day. Men wouldn't leave the house without a coat, tie, and hat. We can thank the hippies for changing that, thank god.
In 1964 learn how to operate at the age of 15, from my uncle. Who was a seabed in Korea. Did alot of seat time for years on a D6 and D7.
Can-Do !
_Alot_ is a town in India. "A lot" is more than one of something.
I was there when it was camp drum in the 60's. Yup in the motor pool
Well that was intriguing.
The pre-hydraulic days. These dozers had dry clutches like a car. They were very operator intensive to operate. Lots of work managing the two track sides and the blade. Worst of all - no covered work space??- What were they thinking? Poor guys in the full sun all day. Todays Air Conditioned cabs are extreme luxuory by comparision.
I still run one,,, so true ,,
Still better than a pick and shovel.
@@JRBUISEXCAVATING
I have a hickory stick backhoe operating license also...
Kept you in shape no Fat operators lean and mean when Americans were tuff now we got the Snow Flakes
They weren’t in the sun all day long. When I was a kid, none of those machines had a ROPS or cabs. What they did have was a bright yellow umbrella on a pole with a 90 degree bend near the top so the operator was in the shade. And of course that yellow umbrella had CAT and/or the local dealer’s name printed on one side in big black letters.
I learned on a D7 E with a hydraulic blade with hydraulic tilt and manual angle. It had a pony motor. And I had an umbrella!
well that's going on my Christmas list
this music was used in everything back then from cartoons to horror movies
You see, a "bulldozer" is not a tractor, it is a _blade attachment_ . No one will accept that these days. But he even says "the first bulldozer _built by the manufacturer of the tractor it is attached to_ ".
thanks.
If you ever worked with pick shovel and wheel barrel you would really appreciate these beauties. TONKA!
Its amazing how they did all this work with no roll over protection and no air conditioning , lol !
Worse, they claimed the lack of roll-over protection as a feature, then promised the dozer was stable under all conditions.
Ah, the good old days. When caveat emptor was king.
His air conditioning was a fedora.
No radio either 😁
Heartier stock of people back then. The only snowflakes seen back then were the ones falling from the sky in winter.
The first bulldozer I learned to operate was an old D7 built in the 40s and had the cable lift that operates the blade and was started with a pony motor that had a clutch to engage the bigger Deisel to start it was a long days work 10 hours on a bulldozer and I was tired when I got home.
Back when America was normal.
You think no operator protection is normal?
If these operators would see how well the 2022 dozers are equip they would flip out. With the heater, the A/C, the joystick, etc... :)
Note the blade is moved by cables and pulleys, not hydraulics, which came later.
And you had to manually turn the link (turnbuckle) one way on one side and the other way on the opposite side to angle the blade
@@flasher1663 that would take a little while to get used to, planning how you'll move the dirt so that you minimize your wasted time
I used one of those Dozer's to take care of my 2nd Ex Wife. They work extremely well . 😉🇺🇸
Yes, many trees were harmed during the making of this film……..
Excellent! Because I can't go to sleep until I've driven my earth-moving equipment!
Nothing like an experienced union heavy equipment operator to get the job done safely, quickly and expertly.
My Dad worked for CAT for over 40 years. WAS a great company.
I love how having no ROPS is a feature. LOL!!!
Yeah they kept saying that over and over, lack of an A-frame. But felling that tree with the dozer blade...if it's rotten it will fall backwards, right on you.
@@raylopez99 An A-frame isn't ROPS smart guy.
@@lwilton Well I guess you've made the world a better place haven't you. LOL!!!!
@@mytech6779 I doubt it. You don't sound too smart yoursefl. Check Wikipedia. You may be confusing an A-frame on a tractor with what back in the day they called the cab on a dozer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollover_protection_structure
A-frame is what the winch cables ran on. They stretched from front to back of the tractor obstructing the view of the blade. No A-frame was an improvement for sure. Roll-over protection didn't come factory till much later.
I operated a D8 Cat in Canada 1974 with the donkey/pony engine start. The damn thing took the skin off your knuckles due to being too close to the smokestack.
You can always tell an ole equipment operator one of a few ways, they can start and operate anything, they can’t hear a word you said and they don’t ask a lot of questions.
That is one trippy sales promo.
Man love those old classic cats!👌🥰👍
Power vs Drudgery @16:20 that was the phrase that pays!
Love the old cable d6s and d7s got many an hour running them before I got on a hydraulic tractor . Still prefer these old beasts ! Fingertip control my a$$! Get slapped off the machine first thing in the morning. Those old Latunue nylon forcing cone winches would remind you to make sure that it was in neutral on startup! After it whacked hell out of you it usually snapped the 75ft cable! Now that it's running , restring the cable and start working in a fine mood! Lmao! Yeah I have !
"Boss of the bulldozer"
Allis Chalmers~ "hold my beer"
I cut my teeth on a '52 D8. Pony motor, Cable blade with one rock tooth on the side. That was the trail-blazingest unit ever made. Not the best for close finish work, but point it thru the woods, and you'd have a road in short order.
My little D2 has fantasies about being a D6......
By today's standards it makes this commercial hilarious 🤣
Excellent video - thanks!
Squatch needs to see this
I suggested it to him earlier this morning, he acknowledged it.
@@squatch253 glad to know you are here when we’re reminded of you by the past, LOL! 👍
@@squatch253 frick yeah
I’m sold.
Take my money
More than a few people killed pushing tree over without a canopy.
Made in USA
The narrator missed a golden opportunity. He should have mentioned that the blade’s design caused a rolling action while moving dirt. I certainly would have.
lol
Hahahahaha yeah wonder why he never mentioned that??
Ease of fingertip operation.
Really cool old video thank you
A magical time before all the pesky regulatory and enviornmental impact issues were a concern...
Yeah; God forbid we do anything carefully.
Watch a funny film called " Earth worm Tractors" 1930s about this.
I would like some more information on the truck and trailer used to haul the dozer.
It looked like a letourneau , but I definitely not an expert. Hopefully this gives you a place to start though.
It was a Cat DW-10 scraper tractor. No idea on the trailer.
Maybe a Hyster? Cat dealers sold those back then.
😮 dont 🎞 worry …. I’ll fix it 🤸♂️💥📽 …. 😞…. To those who served in the AV department of my middle school… I apologize for melting the film inside projector #37 in Mrs Fishbacks language arts class…..and the small blaze that ensued was because she insisted it would work itself out instead it piled film into the projector totally surrounding the red hot halogen projector bulb. So I saved everybody’s life that day when I pulled out the plug 🔌… albeit by the cord and not the end … so she yelled at me and said that’s not how you unplug things. But but but…. All Facts !!!
3:15 no environmental concerns here.
Awesome!
How surely it goes about its business...
Super cool
beautiful ❤
Used to tun a couple of these, very little power but at least they had a closed cab
I love the sound track
Wonder how many soldiers died pushing trees during the construction of the Alaska Highway in 1942? They learned to operate on the job.
I have a 1956 D7C 17A pretty much restored minus paint
Interesting that they never say the name of the manufacturer through the whole movie. Of course it's Caterpillar but they don't say it.
They didn't NEED to say it. The dozer in action says it all.
Caterpillar was the tractor company, this is a sales pitch for the bulldozer, the attachment to the tractor, the blade has its own model and serial number and parts book as well. as did the winch that controlled the blade. Fun to watch , worked on several of that vintage,
At the opening of the film, the first credit says "Caterpillar Tractor Co. Presents". The "Caterpillar" name is easily visible on top of the dozer blade.
@@FAngus-ly8lk Yes, that's true. But the narrator never says the word Caterpillar
@@DK-sw6xx I have relative who is pres of local Antique Cat chapter, it's great to see his Sixty run. My point was the narrator never says the word Caterpillar.
My dad said that the D-7 was best one to use for you do the work of a D-8 for the cost of a D-6.
Don't forget to wear your OSHA-approved Fedora when on your Dozer!
Fingertip controls
"Powershift trans-what? Never heard of it."
Not until around 1960. First cats were pony motor with a torque converter. To steer u pulled a lever and brake pedal to steer. At idle won't move rev up to go. Not as reliable as late 50s wet clutch standard cats
Beautiful lines with a sexy plow lol
You got any videos of the D2 ag tractors working on a farm
In the days before hydraulics!
I run a d7 and d8 cat love them
They removed the overhead protection so they could fit under bridges easier?
No, the A frame mentioned early in the film was the support that lifted the blade before this design. The A frame might have offered some roll over protection in very firm surfaces. Nothing on soft surfaces. The frame would just sink. Protection or not, you weren’t likely to survive a roll over unless you jumped clear. ( unlikely) You would be much like the marble in a spray can.
@@itsthatguy5742 I knew what the A-frame was for, but I figured it had to offer some protection from trees, maybe not big trees but, I figured it was better than nothing.
I think it said that this was the first Cat that the blade and tractor were designed to go together, does that mean that those A-frames were sold by aftermarket companies?
That would be fun.
Cat.....the one and only dozer
Nice
In these bulldozer and grader videos, I've often heard the term side draft mentioned. To what does this refer?
I know where a nearly intact abandoned one of these is. Are these desired by collectors?
Cable dozer didn't have down pressure on the blade.
Doesn;t seem to effect the performance much. The blade weighs a few thousand pounds, plenty for most purposes.
@@justforever96 sure...back then. When they started using hydrolics, it changed a lot. Finally the motor graders caught on.
Were these bulldozers built at Caterpillar's, long gone, East Peoria assembly works?
Alaskan highway is now open haul road as well get ready for crude oil coming down the mountain through the Alaskan and Canadian pipelines
we have 1 of these cable operated cat dozers at work....i was trying to guess the year of it....it looks just like this 1....
The 3T series D7 was built from 1944-1955
What is the name of the truck in the beginning that is pulling the trailer? Thanks
The earth rolls
Killdoser movie
Not one rock in these dozer films.
Roberto were you not paying attention towards the end of the film???
Hmmm.... no rocks?🤔
Interesting hearing Wagner playing if this came out in 1946. He was eulogized by the nazi's.
He was and still is one of the most important composers of all time. Nobody back then gave a damn what the NAZIs thought.
@@lwilton I teach music at a state university and I have colleagues that refuse to cover Wagner. I appreciate his work myself.
these puny dozers never encountered the rough land in Oregon. Guaranteed the blades would be dull and their clutches would be burnt up and in need of service 😂😂😂
Oh yeah, I didnt know "fingertip controls" required you to throw in your whole shoulder.
D9 1980 ماكينةجبارة
These old ads are corny as hell.
They sound like the propaganda movies at the time. And the training movies, and the commercials.... Hyperbole, patriotism, and manifest destiny.
This ain't no bull