A friend of my bought a track loader like this in the early 1980`s........Built his road, skidded logs and dug the cellar for his cabin with it........Great Machines.........
I was ten year old where this Drott Driver would Have me Go to the shop for him: where often he'd sit besides me and show me on How the Controls worked: Finally One day back in 1959 He was to Tell me I could drive it on my own whilst he was Sat away from the Drott Having his Dinner: it was a regular thing where I'd shift a lot of Shale: One Day My 13 year old sister came up the Mount where she asked if she could ride in the Bucket: I'd Lift the Bucket as High as it would go where She was Looking over the side of the Bucket: The Mount was an old burnt out Slag Heap of which had a forty foot Drop: Being Now Expert at the Controls: I drove the Drott as Close to the edge and began to Tilt the Bucket slowly: I'd never do such a thing but I Shouted up at her and told her I was going to drop the Bucket where she'd Fall all the way down: What a Bastard I was ah ah: I finally Cupped the Bucket and then Reversed and with One foot Down on the Pedal I figure skated round and round: Finally I allowed her to Get off: she trusted me so much she wanted to have another Ride; I never went on to be a Drott driver or anything Like it: But if there is a Man out there that Could Just for one day fix it for me to Get onto a Dozer or a Huge Quarry Lorry I'd love to see what it's like
This was the first heavy equipment that I operated. I was eleven years old and had the job of stockpiling gravel on a road job with my dad. It was easy to operate.
Back in the 60dys,the bed 6 and the td9 were the perfect machine for site works,I drove a BTD6 with the 4and1 bucket,I levels lots of factory floors for concrate and left very little shovel work with MDW in Glasgow,DD.
I just love it. Used to watch one of these working in a gravel pit 1/4 mile from where we lived. Endless entertainment for a 6-year-old. Watching TV has nothing on watching one of these loading out gravel trucks.
Don't !! You !! Just !! LOVE !! THESE !! NINTEEN FIFTY SHOWS !!?? THEY ! SOUND LIKE !! AMERICAN !! MILITARY !! / VICTORY !!! MUSIC !!! ON THE ! LAND !! INSTEAD !! OF THE !!! PÀCIFIC !!!
This is very cool. I’m actually looking at one of these next week. It’s a 1959 TD3 for $1000. It needs some work but it will be a handy piece of equipment for what I’m going to use it for. I’m a big IH fan too so it’s another one for my collection
Oh the memories , again! I used to watch these 'wonderful' machines when I was a kid on my way to and from school. I didn't realize until I was older, just what a versatile loader/dozer these Drott's were. That music would 'kill you' today, but in those days, it was the 'bees knees'.! (haha)
Air cleaner intake precleaner bowl. it seperated out the larger dirt particles and being glass you see if it was getting full. It saved the aircleaner elements from getting blocked up early while working .
Back in 85', 1985, I worked for the highway department. When thr people needed work on drainage ditches they would ask if we'd send the "Drott" to their place. This one was a Hoe
My dad had one these plus cat 955 Sheffield United Kingdom in 50s/60s/70s shame he sold em to a man from America in 1977 I was not old enough to take over me bro was not interested them 🤔..I was
Huh. The caterpillar advertismebt mentioned the operator FAR more . like they are important or something.lol. is this company atill around ? I have never heard of it.
There's just nothing to beat these old things , they,ve dipped in & out of my life always , from my mates & me playing on a "dead " BTD8 that was sold 25 years later , & was anything but dead ( they pull started it with 2 counties & it roared back into life ) & it had a massive blade on the front , to the same guy using a smaller one , like this video , to clean out cattle housing & pull a disc harrow . This brings back great memories of a happy childhood . One gent I know still uses one for cattleyard manure cleanouts & says there's nothing to match it .
BTD-8. In Australia and New Zealand we imported the British built BTD-6, BTD-8 & BTD-20 crawlers. I believe these were excellent machines in their era.
It's so cool to think that the world was established with this kind of stuff. Now we have any fancy piece of equipment anyone can dream of that can be purchased by some people or rented by just about anybody to do any size job needed and now the only fantastic dirt moving we see is mining because most of the highways and canals we may need have been built
Early 60 often replaced by the IH Payloader, a wheel loader indeed,which their operators initially could not handle in the proper way.(notably their gear box)
Hi Allen I too just bought a T340 Drott international as shown in this video. I also need a new clutch, and brake adj. Do you know where to find the parts for this machine, and a manual> Thomas
F P Smith Tractor Parts. Fairfield, CA 94534 707-864-1122 They know their stuff and have all the parts. You can do all the clutch work from the top, but the flywheel work needs the motor pulled. Good luck.
If you just repair the clutch, raise the loader bucket and secure it. You have to clear the clutch actuating shaft from the loader lifting arm for removal. The loader frame has holes in it but the lifting arms get in the way. A thorough cleaning of the bilge area will reveille any lost parts. Some parts of the clutch are not iron, so when you drop them into the engine skid pan area, You'll be pissed.
I have owned several Drott buckets on Case machines as they bought Drott, really useful. Since I retired I sold them but since came across a Massey Ferguson crawler with a Drott bucket, it had a frozen engine because someone removed the injectors and never finished. I rebuilt it and restored the machine. Great for my 15 acres. Coming to youtube one day. Right now just on tractorbynet.
Cool old film. This was shown to potential buyers by IH back in the day. Small by todays standards. A BobCat would be a new replacement for this old girl.
A friend of my bought a track loader like this in the early 1980`s........Built his road, skidded logs and dug the cellar for his cabin with it........Great Machines.........
I was ten year old where this Drott Driver would Have me Go to the shop for him: where often he'd sit besides me and show me on How the Controls worked: Finally One day back in 1959 He was to Tell me I could drive it on my own whilst he was Sat away from the Drott Having his Dinner: it was a regular thing where I'd shift a lot of Shale: One Day My 13 year old sister came up the Mount where she asked if she could ride in the Bucket: I'd Lift the Bucket as High as it would go where She was Looking over the side of the Bucket: The Mount was an old burnt out Slag Heap of which had a forty foot Drop: Being Now Expert at the Controls: I drove the Drott as Close to the edge and began to Tilt the Bucket slowly: I'd never do such a thing but I Shouted up at her and told her I was going to drop the Bucket where she'd Fall all the way down: What a Bastard I was ah ah: I finally Cupped the Bucket and then Reversed and with One foot Down on the Pedal I figure skated round and round: Finally I allowed her to Get off: she trusted me so much she wanted to have another Ride; I never went on to be a Drott driver or anything Like it: But if there is a Man out there that Could Just for one day fix it for me to Get onto a Dozer or a Huge Quarry Lorry I'd love to see what it's like
My great grandpa John drott invented that
Where is he from? Drott Mfg in Wausau WI pioneered the excavator it was sold to JI Case
This was the first heavy equipment that I operated. I was eleven years old and had the job of stockpiling gravel on a road job with my dad. It was easy to operate.
Another IHC first ,still the best machine for construction sites etc, leaves a bobcat for dead.
Always liked these factory promotional films.
Back in the 60dys,the bed 6 and the td9 were the perfect machine for site works,I drove a BTD6 with the 4and1 bucket,I levels lots of factory floors for concrate and left very little shovel work with MDW in Glasgow,DD.
I just love it. Used to watch one of these working in a gravel pit 1/4 mile from where we lived. Endless entertainment for a 6-year-old. Watching TV has nothing on watching one of these loading out gravel trucks.
Don't !! You !! Just !! LOVE !! THESE !! NINTEEN FIFTY SHOWS !!?? THEY ! SOUND LIKE !! AMERICAN !! MILITARY !! / VICTORY !!! MUSIC !!! ON THE ! LAND !! INSTEAD !! OF THE !!! PÀCIFIC !!!
Boy, they work great in that type of soil, don't they? Good film.
Matchbox toys had a drott as one of its' toys
I know ! I had CATERPILLAR 977K TRAXCAVATOR !! IN ITS BOX !!! K - 4 ! AND THE WHITE PLASTIC MAN ! AT THE CONTROLS !!
wow that takes me back, my dad had a 1962 TD9, learned to run it when I was 7.
funny how it looks so small now! thanks for the videos.
My dad had one it was addicted to aerostart to fire it upl but quite a good dozer
This is very cool. I’m actually looking at one of these next week. It’s a 1959 TD3 for $1000. It needs some work but it will be a handy piece of equipment for what I’m going to use it for. I’m a big IH fan too so it’s another one for my collection
Can never have enough clam.
a friend of mine told me has a TD6 for sale , i may have to check it out
Oh the memories , again! I used to watch these 'wonderful' machines when I was a kid on my way to and from school. I didn't realize until I was older, just what a versatile loader/dozer these Drott's were.
That music would 'kill you' today, but in those days, it was the 'bees knees'.! (haha)
I used to watch one of these in the early sixties,I am sure it had a glass jar on the hood. Anyone tell me what it was for? Thanks
Air cleaner intake precleaner bowl. it seperated out the larger dirt particles and being glass you see if it was getting full. It saved the aircleaner elements from getting blocked up early while working .
A funny video, in todays world track loaders are used very little to never is most areas.
Once have been reading,that the BTD-6 was the British version of this TD-9
True??
Drott first 4n1...glass jar a prefilter for intake ...farm tractors also had this.
Great videos.... love the Old IH promo videos
Super, was man da alles mit machen kann! (wenn mans kann )
Back in 85', 1985, I worked for the highway department. When thr people needed work on drainage ditches they would ask if we'd send the "Drott" to their place. This one was a Hoe
My dad had one these plus cat 955 Sheffield United Kingdom in 50s/60s/70s shame he sold em to a man from America in 1977 I was not old enough to take over me bro was not interested them 🤔..I was
same model crawler my great grandad henry had to do land scapeing whit
Huh. The caterpillar advertismebt mentioned the operator FAR more . like they are important or something.lol. is this company atill around ? I have never heard of it.
Anyone know where to buy parts for these if possible
There's just nothing to beat these old things , they,ve dipped in & out of my life always , from my mates & me playing on a "dead " BTD8 that was sold 25 years later , & was anything but dead ( they pull started it with 2 counties & it roared back into life ) & it had a massive blade on the front , to the same guy using a smaller one , like this video , to clean out cattle housing & pull a disc harrow . This brings back great memories of a happy childhood .
One gent I know still uses one for cattleyard manure cleanouts & says there's nothing to match it .
BTD-8. In Australia and New Zealand we imported the British built BTD-6, BTD-8 & BTD-20 crawlers. I believe these were excellent machines in their era.
Yup! every body go out and buy it!
I had a Lesney Matchbox model of one of these.
It's so cool to think that the world was established with this kind of stuff. Now we have any fancy piece of equipment anyone can dream of that can be purchased by some people or rented by just about anybody to do any size job needed and now the only fantastic dirt moving we see is mining because most of the highways and canals we may need have been built
Very handy machines. Fast and versatile.
Early 60 often replaced by the IH Payloader, a wheel loader indeed,which their operators initially could not handle in the proper way.(notably their gear box)
I love it! great vintage film Right on!
I own one. Just put a new clutch in and will work it into my grave, used it to dig the hole. My kids will learn to operate it.
Hi Allen I too just bought a T340 Drott international as shown in this video. I also need a new clutch, and brake adj. Do you know where to find the parts for this machine, and a manual> Thomas
F P Smith Tractor Parts. Fairfield, CA 94534 707-864-1122 They know their stuff and have all the parts. You can do all the clutch work from the top, but the flywheel work needs the motor pulled. Good luck.
Thank you Allen
If you just repair the clutch, raise the loader bucket and secure it. You have to clear the clutch actuating shaft from the loader lifting arm for removal. The loader frame has holes in it but the lifting arms get in the way. A thorough cleaning of the bilge area will reveille any lost parts. Some parts of the clutch are not iron, so when you drop them into the engine skid pan area, You'll be pissed.
Can't afford not to buy it!
Great video, thank you
I have owned several Drott buckets on Case machines as they bought Drott, really useful. Since I retired I sold them but since came across a Massey Ferguson crawler with a Drott bucket, it had a frozen engine because someone removed the injectors and never finished. I rebuilt it and restored the machine. Great for my 15 acres. Coming to youtube one day. Right now just on tractorbynet.
Hola,soy de México y compre un Drott pero me tiro el aceite de reten de la trasmicion,si podre conseguir las refaciones aún?
pretty darn clever!
Cool old film. This was shown to potential buyers by IH back in the day. Small by todays standards. A BobCat would be a new replacement for this old girl.
Not necessarily.
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My grandmother Jenny Drott invented that
to keep water out of the exhaust