It says a lot about the maintenance of your machines when you haven't touched it in 2 years and it fired right up with no issues. It's nice to see some of the other equipment getting some action. Awesome stuff Squatch!
Before I was born dad had a rd6 and cleared all our pasture land of rocks. Don't remember how long he had it, but replaced a piston on it, I still have the piston that sat on the back of the work bench for all my youth.
Watched the whole video, then re-played it with eyes closed just to hear the audio alone the second time. That's some award-winning audio right there, including the outro music... nice choice.
This is ASMR for old mechanics watching that slow-turning old RD6 pull those trees down like they're nothing! Torque monster is right!! I doubt that thing ever gets much over 600 rpm tops. Great video capture of all this.. thanks!!😁👍
I think of how well built that these Cats were engineered .... The engineers and designers must of been so proud of their work... Now they are most likely smiling from heaven... I would be smiling as well considering that these Cats are 50 to 80 years old and still running.... The Cats have lasted for generations.... Things just aren't built like that anymore....
My dad was a gas mechanic for those old machines in the wheat fields of Washington during WWII .He was over 30 and banged up from coal mines so draft board rejected him.
#5J1113 with the 20" trackpads will look like the badass little brother of the RD6. The stance and torque of the RD6 lets everyone know that failure is not an option. It's so much fun to listen and watch her work. If you have some extra time, could you talk about your Kubota. It seems that it is a very handy piece of equipment. Great to see Senior again.
I learned to run an old Cat D-7 with no hydraulics. It was a late 1940s or early 50s model. The cables for the blade ran through an a frame on top and served as a cab of sorts. I learned real quick that if you stalled the engine out with the blade up it was almost impossible to get the crank into to pony motor to restart the beast. Oh did I mention I was 15 years old and weighted 130 pounds soaking wet. I cleared a lot of Arkansas hillsides to make pasture land for a small dairy farm. Most fun I ever had on a machine. I went on to become a licensed Operator at two different Nuclear Powered power Plants. A long way from the old Cat.
Great to see you two with machines running. This brings back lots of memories with my dad and grandfather clearing my parents place as a 7 year old kid.
Hey Squatch, a suggestion for your basswood wood craft and hobby stores sell basswood for carving. I'm not sure of the dimensions etc. but it might pay to investigate rather than digging a hole to bury it.
I love the sound of the three cylinder machine. I didn't have a doubt that she would fire up the way you take care of your machines. Keep up the great work 👍
The RD6 is a true champ. I can imagine that oak tree would make still nice decorations. Despite basswood is not the greatest firewood. The price of firewood has gone up and having your own wood grove might be a life saver in day's like these.
…and I thought my 3cyl ford diesel sounded good, man you can feel the power of that long stroke through the screen. That RD6 is thumping along like a clock thanks to your handiwork. Cheers from Texas
When I was 27 I wanted to clear some trees in a fence line on the farm I bought. Could not afford to hire the job done but was able to get a short term loan for $2750.00 and bought an RD6 and used it for about 2 weeks and sold it for $2750.00 before the first payment was due. Still on that same farm and semi-retired, I'm 69 now and this brought back a lot of good memory's of that old RD6!!!
Just for viewers info; As a reww frows, the first wood is Sap Wood. As three matures the innermost part of the tree becomes Heart Woo. Sap wood is almost immune to rot. Heart wood is very likely to rot if exposed. A lesson to be learned. Heart wood occurs when the Sapwood is about 2 inches thick. So if you prune a tree branch do it when the branch is 2 inches or less. Forester Jim. Don't let an Arborist or tree Surgeon tell you different.
this is a great channel. really enjoy seeing the old iron maintained and working and not sitting forgotten in a museum. those old cats will be around for another lifetime.
Now....how did I know you were going to drive through that water puddle? Your kinda like the 4 year old boy who has to stomp all the puddles after a shower.... Lol. Love your channel and your astute, if not, OCD attention to detail. We learn a tremendous amount from you. Thanks
A pleasure to watch. You do not "perform" for the camera, impersonating a great actor; you get down to the nitty-gritty without fuss and get the work done - with some most interesting kit, in this case, a venerable 3-cyl diesel with the slogging power of a great Blackstone factory engine!
You weren’t lying about the basswood! I’m used to trying to dig out hedge with a backhoe about twice the size of that Kubota and it’s all I can do on roots that size too get them cut. The old RD -6 is a true power wagon.
What a fantastic sound that tractor makes. When I was about 7 (1953) I used to visit a gravel pit that had crawlers with rope operated scrapers and blades. They sounded like yours. It really brings back memories that I thought I had forgotten. (UK)
Squatch said it all. The RD6 don't care. I would imagine anything you hook it to there are only 2 outcomes...either it will pull it, or it will break the tow cable. That thing is a BEAST.
My cousin used to buy basswood in large quantities for wood carving, but he's gone now. You might put an ad out there for wood carvers. Just depends on how badly damaged the wood is. Had a friend with furniture made from it. The furniture was really light weight. P.S. When Basswood became unavailable, he bought a "forest' of Kataupa. His entire (small) back yard was filled 12-18" diameter pieces 10 feet long, standing straight up.
Back in the late 60's my Uncle Bill had an Allis Chambers HD5 3 cylinder Diesel bull dozer. Pushing brush, he could stall it, release the clutch and it would start back up under its own compression. It sure had lots of torque at low RPM. I am impressed with your RD-6 with the same merits. A perfect machine for that sort of work.
Great technique on that startup. The relative ease betrays a LOT of hard work keeping it up and learning it's behavior!! Love to watch your gear in action.
I did a rough count and that oak tree was between 75 and 90 years old. Dead wood is excellent bio mass for a forest and the micro organisms such as fungi. You will do the remaining trees and the micro organisms and insects and the birds a great favor if you leave some of the broken branches and dead wood spread out in the woods.
We have some big basswoods likely 100 years old and yes they start to get core rot, and the crown is so big they come down in storms. Actually had a forester give us a name of a guy that harvest them for the veneer market. We had our wooded family property in Todd county surveyed and put a chunk of it under a forestry plan, really cuts the property taxes as it's now ag and not recreational use. I could use a dozer and a cable for a day or two to clean up some big widowmakers and open some roads!
Thanks for the video. It sure would be nice to store that beauty in a barn or shed. I hate to see nice machinery sitting outside. I have a little room… I can store it for ya! Lol! 😄
Ever heard of a Hugelmound? Dig a big trench. Drop your wood into it, heavy stuff at the bottom, brush on top. Cover with the soil you dug out. You will start with a mound but in a year or two the trees will have rotted and you will have a rich vegetable garden.
Dunno bout you lads, but my dad and i, we are gearing up to pull in a crapton of firewood. With furnace fuel already past $2.30 CDN/Litre, we need to burn much more wood for heat. Given how harsh this past winter was, we are takin no chances. Rough guess, gonna be 14 cord we bring in this summer. Still snow in the bush though, stuck waitin on the worst time of year - fall time, ride the quads till theres enough snow for the sled; but now? Cant do either. Stay outta trouble eh?
I believe when I was a kid you used to hear those RD6s off in a distance doing crawler work 🤔 such a distinctive sound !!!!! I believe Bork will burn 🔥 any thing for heat 🔥 😊😊😊🌎🌞🤔👍👍👍
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The cackle of that 3 cylinder is pure music. Maybe cooler than an old Jonny popper ;)
> maybe
Definitely cooler than a JD
It says a lot about the maintenance of your machines when you haven't touched it in 2 years and it fired right up with no issues. It's nice to see some of the other equipment getting some action. Awesome stuff Squatch!
Before I was born dad had a rd6 and cleared all our pasture land of rocks. Don't remember how long he had it, but replaced a piston on it, I still have the piston that sat on the back of the work bench for all my youth.
Oh man !!!! That echo from that 3 lunger …it’s just….. aghh ….and it sounds so ….. words simply can’t describe it 😎👌
Wow......THe purring of a CAT and cracking timber......closing off with the frogs!!! You live a VERY blessed life!! Good Stuff!!
I love how it sounds like it's never above an idle.
A bit of your life seems to be “what big boy toys will I be playing with today.”
Watched the whole video, then re-played it with eyes closed just to hear the audio alone the second time. That's some award-winning audio right there, including the outro music... nice choice.
Always love hearing that throaty D6600 engine loading down for a pull - brings me back to my childhood.
Hearing those 3 cylinders lugging away is absolute music to my ears!
This is ASMR for old mechanics watching that slow-turning old RD6 pull those trees down like they're nothing! Torque monster is right!! I doubt that thing ever gets much over 600 rpm tops. Great video capture of all this.. thanks!!😁👍
The RD6 didn’t even break a sweat. He yawned when you pulled the little maple out. Then a little playing in the mud! Boys and their toys! Good times!
That old long stroke engine sure has a pretty sound!! Nice job to you both.
Squatch and an old cat roaming free through the woods.
I think of how well built that these Cats were engineered .... The engineers and designers must of been so proud of their work... Now they are most likely smiling from heaven... I would be smiling as well considering that these Cats are 50 to 80 years old and still running.... The Cats have lasted for generations.... Things just aren't built like that anymore....
Love it when the barking dog makes the Cat purr.
My dad was a gas mechanic for those old machines in the wheat fields of Washington during WWII .He was over 30 and banged up from coal mines so draft board rejected him.
Hey Squatch, there’s always “just one more” !!
Great to see the machinery running and both of you working together.
That old tractor. Makes the new ones seem like toys!!
just love simple times of working around the property.
sunny spring day, trees to cut down, and bouncing up down on RD6.
yippie
Love the sound of those old Cats. When that thing lugs down that's "sticker pecking out" stuff!
#5J1113 with the 20" trackpads will look like the badass little brother of the RD6. The stance and torque of the RD6 lets everyone know that failure is not an option. It's so much fun to listen and watch her work. If you have some extra time, could you talk about your Kubota. It seems that it is a very handy piece of equipment. Great to see Senior again.
I learned to run an old Cat D-7 with no hydraulics. It was a late 1940s or early 50s model. The cables for the blade ran through an a frame on top and served as a cab of sorts. I learned real quick that if you stalled the engine out with the blade up it was almost impossible to get the crank into to pony motor to restart the beast. Oh did I mention I was 15 years old and weighted 130 pounds soaking wet. I cleared a lot of Arkansas hillsides to make pasture land for a small dairy farm. Most fun I ever had on a machine. I went on to become a licensed Operator at two different Nuclear Powered power Plants. A long way from the old Cat.
Nice video👍🏼 Can’t beat the combination of a little logging and an old Caterpillar!! Thanks for bringing us along for the ride!
13:55 Yeah, this is a nice shot.
I think I could listen to those three cylinders grunt all day long. Thanks for sharing this.
You know it’s a manly machine when it has a couch as the seat!! 💺
Great to see you two with machines running. This brings back lots of memories with my dad and grandfather clearing my parents place as a 7 year old kid.
Is the RD6 just a puller or does it take a blade too?
I like the sound of a three-cylinder diesel.
Listen to a tractor called the BM 350 Boxer at some point.
Three-Cylinder Torque Monster 😄
Man, I love to hear her load up! ..."the RD-6 just doesn't care".
Hey Squatch, a suggestion for your basswood wood craft and hobby stores sell basswood for carving. I'm not sure of the dimensions etc. but it might pay to investigate rather than digging a hole to bury it.
I love the sound of the three cylinder machine. I didn't have a doubt that she would fire up the way you take care of your machines. Keep up the great work 👍
Hi Sir: What a lovely engine sounding when she gets load. We need to Hear some Rd6 more often.
That it starts this easily is a testament to to your ownership.
Always good to hear the RD-6 at work, but I also see some soft ground that's good for showing off the D2 swamp tracks.
There is something that's downright intoxicating about the sound of that RD-6 at work.
Just love watching RD-6 footage. Best sounding of the CATs.
Impressive! That made it so much safer using the RD-6. Thanks for sharing the experience!
Listening to that 3 cylinder bark is like talking to an old friend.
The RD6 is a true champ. I can imagine that oak tree would make still nice decorations. Despite basswood is not the greatest firewood. The price of firewood has gone up and having your own wood grove might be a life saver in day's like these.
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1 thing, don't take a crawler across a concrete bridge in anything but low gear at an idle. The vibration will cause damage.
…and I thought my 3cyl ford diesel sounded good, man you can feel the power of that long stroke through the screen. That RD6 is thumping along like a clock thanks to your handiwork. Cheers from Texas
That sound echoing through the woods is life-affirming.
That old RD6 purrs Like a Kitten! Your D2's and builds are Awesome Thanks for the Memories. TGP 55 Yr. IUOE 520 Retired
When I was 27 I wanted to clear some trees in a fence line on the farm I bought. Could not afford to hire the job done but was able to get a short term loan for $2750.00 and bought an RD6 and used it for about 2 weeks and sold it for $2750.00 before the first payment was due. Still on that same farm and semi-retired, I'm 69 now and this brought back a lot of good memory's of that old RD6!!!
Just for viewers info; As a reww frows, the first wood is Sap Wood. As three matures the innermost part of the tree becomes Heart Woo. Sap wood is almost immune to rot. Heart wood is very likely to rot if exposed. A lesson to be learned. Heart wood occurs when the Sapwood is about 2 inches thick. So if you prune a tree branch do it when the branch is 2 inches or less. Forester Jim. Don't let an Arborist or tree Surgeon tell you different.
MAN ALIVE, WHAT FUN TO WATCH AN OLD OX PULL DOWN BIG DYING TREES! ENJOYED THE THE WHOLE VID! 👏😉
The real hero of your channel is the Kubota tractor loader backhoe! Haha! It’s a very handy machine!
this is a great channel. really enjoy seeing the old iron maintained and working and not sitting forgotten in a museum. those old cats will be around for another lifetime.
Great stuff man. That's exactly using what u got to get it done. Safely at that
Yet another fine example of a job done with preparation and thought going smoothly, squatch (and senior) style.
Beautiful. I'd like to see a side by side comparison of the rd6 next to the iron mistress and maybe the lil 10 in there too. Lol
You've left quite a hole in the sky... Has it really been two years since the 6 has breathed fire? hmmmm... doesn't seem that long. Good job men!
Ah, the majestic CAT awakens from a long hibernation.......miiiiint!
It's nice to see the ol 3 jug lug doing some work!
Now....how did I know you were going to drive through that water puddle? Your kinda like the 4 year old boy who has to stomp all the puddles after a shower.... Lol.
Love your channel and your astute, if not, OCD attention to detail. We learn a tremendous amount from you.
Thanks
And that folks is just how easy it is to start them with a pony no dead batteries no jump starting no burt cables
A pleasure to watch. You do not "perform" for the camera, impersonating a great actor; you get down to the nitty-gritty without fuss and get the work done - with some most interesting kit, in this case, a venerable 3-cyl diesel with the slogging power of a great Blackstone factory engine!
Man that D6 did not even grunt pulling those trees down! Love watching old iron work.
Nice 'break' from rebuilding the D2. Good to see the RD6 working again outdoors.
You weren’t lying about the basswood! I’m used to trying to dig out hedge with a backhoe about twice the size of that Kubota and it’s all I can do on roots that size too get them cut. The old RD -6 is a true power wagon.
Awesome video the RD 6 started nicely and sure runs nice and pulls good too.Keep up the great videos Toby
Love the sound of the RD 6. It made pulling those trees down look like kids play. Like the touch at the end of the video.
What a fantastic sound that tractor makes. When I was about 7 (1953) I used to visit a gravel pit that had crawlers with rope operated scrapers and blades. They sounded like yours. It really brings back memories that I thought I had forgotten. (UK)
My Grandpa had a D6 with is a pot pot engine and he got read of it and bought a dozer with a Direct electric engine .
I could listen to that engine lugging down deep all day long.
Squatch said it all. The RD6 don't care. I would imagine anything you hook it to there are only 2 outcomes...either it will pull it, or it will break the tow cable. That thing is a BEAST.
My cousin used to buy basswood in large quantities for wood carving, but he's gone now. You might put an ad out there for wood carvers. Just depends on how badly damaged the wood is. Had a friend with furniture made from it. The furniture was really light weight. P.S. When Basswood became unavailable, he bought a "forest' of Kataupa. His entire (small) back yard was filled 12-18" diameter pieces 10 feet long, standing straight up.
When you see a tree with a split going all the way to the top of the trunk, It's often a lightning strike..
Got some grunt for a three cylinder great machine
Back in the late 60's my Uncle Bill had an Allis Chambers HD5 3 cylinder Diesel bull dozer. Pushing brush, he could stall it, release the clutch and it would start back up under its own compression. It sure had lots of torque at low RPM. I am impressed with your RD-6 with the same merits. A perfect machine for that sort of work.
A most enjoyable video! The sound of the engine exhaust at low RPM echoing through the woods is terrific. A great video.
Great technique on that startup. The relative ease betrays a LOT of hard work keeping it up and learning it's behavior!! Love to watch your gear in action.
Three cylinder cackle is always good.👍
Like the wide gauge.
I love to hear that RD6 working hard...
The RD6 seems so quiet!
Those old low RPM put put Cat tractors were sooo overbuilt and tough ( the D7 was 841 cu in ??!!)so impressive the great strength and reliability
Squatch you were really having so much fun.
Nothing surpasses like machinery of the past..
I did a rough count and that oak tree was between 75 and 90 years old. Dead wood is excellent bio mass for a forest and the micro organisms such as fungi. You will do the remaining trees and the micro organisms and insects and the birds a great favor if you leave some of the broken branches and dead wood spread out in the woods.
It is also possible to turn it into bio char, and to spread it across the woods.
We have some big basswoods likely 100 years old and yes they start to get core rot, and the crown is so big they come down in storms. Actually had a forester give us a name of a guy that harvest them for the veneer market. We had our wooded family property in Todd county surveyed and put a chunk of it under a forestry plan, really cuts the property taxes as it's now ag and not recreational use. I could use a dozer and a cable for a day or two to clean up some big widowmakers and open some roads!
Love it when working hard the old long stroke crawlers bark 👍
Thank you....stay well
Much nicer than a snarling chainsaw.
Great video! Love the stack music from that big bore 3 cylinder Cat! Such a great old machine!
If any of the bass wood is any good, saw it into blanks, for carving. I made all my cub scouts a neckerchief slide from bass wood.
Enjoyed the video! It's always good to see and hear the RD6 in action!
Thanks for the video. It sure would be nice to store that beauty in a barn or shed. I hate to see nice machinery sitting outside. I have a little room… I can store it for ya! Lol! 😄
Great content, Toby! Gotta love the the echo of a 3 cyl Cat in the woods!!
Ever heard of a Hugelmound? Dig a big trench. Drop your wood into it, heavy stuff at the bottom, brush on top. Cover with the soil you dug out. You will start with a mound but in a year or two the trees will have rotted and you will have a rich vegetable garden.
Wow, you don't need a tachometer for the engine, you can count every rotation😄
I love the sound of that 3 cylinder Cat Diesel!
Dunno bout you lads, but my dad and i, we are gearing up to pull in a crapton of firewood. With furnace fuel already past $2.30 CDN/Litre, we need to burn much more wood for heat. Given how harsh this past winter was, we are takin no chances. Rough guess, gonna be 14 cord we bring in this summer. Still snow in the bush though, stuck waitin on the worst time of year - fall time, ride the quads till theres enough snow for the sled; but now? Cant do either. Stay outta trouble eh?
That RD-6 is my favorite.
I love the sound of that engine when it gets lugged down. Thump thump thump. Sorry to say fellas but you have a lot of work ahead.
I believe when I was a kid you used to hear those RD6s off in a distance doing crawler work 🤔 such a distinctive sound !!!!!
I believe Bork will burn 🔥 any thing for heat 🔥 😊😊😊🌎🌞🤔👍👍👍
Of all your machines the hairy chested RD6 is my favorite.
The RD6 "just don't care"...
Fun, fun, fun………….always great to see those tracks moving!