The best 60 minutes on TH-cam, bar none. So much to love, bush engineering, mum's cut glass jug for pouring in the oil, and a dogged refusal to allow the old beast to beat you! 100% top marks!
It reminds me, when my Grandfather had 2 Cat D-6 (both with rear Hyster spools). The first time I operated one of them was, at 5 or 6 years old. Mind you, Grand'Pa was sitting just beside me. The old Austin Western master 99 grader, was a blast too. One of the difference I see is, the D-6 had a forward and reverse independent from the transmission meaning, you could go forward or reverse, without changing the gear. (Leaving it on first gear, forward or reverse...etc...)
Check it out, 13 years crying in the bush alone & a few months later under the careful hands of Marty & his friend, it's working, thanks guys for the old iron revival working videos you make, they are the best.
Great job bringing that old girl back to life! In case you’re not aware of it, the left track is on backwards. The grouser bar should be at the leading edge of the track pad when looking at the top of the track. They are self cleaning that way.
What a perfect dozer! The right size, power, and maneuverability for the job. I was always a fan of those Cats with the heavy duty roll-cage on 'em. Great video's, keep it up.
@pete smyth our d69u is about 10 tonne I think,it would have to be a hefty rops to protect the operator,seriously though if you've put yourself in a position were there is potential for rollover,maybe you should be squashed.
The "nooooooooooooooo" from down the hill was priceless! lol I know very little about the old "heavy equipment" (never knew any of these used a pony motor to start them but it makes perfect sense... Good luck putting a rope-start on the main engine unless you're the Hulk lol) but I got a good chuckle thinking about having to hop out and start both motors. I'm highly impressed with how well it does for it's size!
Marty, We sure enjoyed your videos. We had a 1938 Cat D-2 at our remote fly in or boat in homestead in Alaska . Our was a real "beater" compared to yours. After watching your videos , I thank god that we never had any engine issues. I would have been at a loss even with the manuals. Our issue was with the magneto for the pony motor and weak track tension springs so it would throw a track off the front wheel once in a while. Finally sold it to a guy who came out by snow machine in the winter and drove it 60 kilometers over frozen lakes and tundra through the woods to his place. Took him over a week due to deep snow and getting stuck numerous times. It was fun to see the inner engine workings as you guys fixed yours. Good luck.
When you wake up one morning and watch the first three parts of this series and literally 1/2 hour later the final part is uploaded.... :) I did some Gorse cutting (by hand) in NZ a few years back. Nasty stuff.
@@davidp8157 was also good feed for sheep etc when young ,they actually planted it like a crop in some places, not good when it got away on them ,and the thorns got hard
Well done fella's, nice tutorial mechanics ... skill n 'know-how', good to see that dozer back in action...tino pai-raawaatu....awesome...frm an HD 21--Allis Chamber dozer operator.[NZ]...thx
for a little old machine it does a very good job.its easy to see why the pioneer machine operators took to them.you could clear more in an hour than a team of men would do in a day.thanks for the video.
I grew up about forty miles west and a little south of Birmingham Alabama. Al. Power was putting in a new lake and dam to gererate electricity. They started around sixty one and it filled to full pool in about sixty three or four. We had a front row seat to watch the equipment working. They even lost a big dozer, when it snak in a soft area overnight. When they found it the next day, it had snak so much that they couldn't start it and they tried to but failed to pull it out of that hole.
As an equipment operator and farmer in Saskatchewan Canada I love all your videos I Run a d7g dozer most of the time and when I started an old boy that was teaching told me the first rule of a bush cat operator is never back up unless you can’t turn around cause the trees you just drove over are now leaning towards you and can impale you through the guarding being young I thought it was an old wives tale sort of thing until a couple years ago it happened to a friend right in front of me so be safe out there
Yes I dreamed of operating and did it for 50+years, many hours sitting, back hurting, head ache from the noise and fumes no Air Conditioning no rollover protection and most of the time no roof. Nowadays is like sitting in your family room comfortable chair radio and the equipment almost operates its self. But I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. My wife once told me that I spent more time with machine than I did with her. She was a little jealous till the pay checks came.
60 year old dozer gets the job done. Best part is that it cost very little to get a free machine running again. That beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!!! A fun video to watch. I am happy these fellows were able to get the dozer going and make use of it.
This really is a rescued cat video. You found the poor cat sad and alone, neglected and abandoned by its owner. You brought it home, cleaned it up and took it to the vet. They did a bit of surgery and gave it some fluids. Here it is back out playing in the dirt and having fun!
That's a nice Caterpillar you've brought back to life. The one thing I'd weld on the blade, is a push bar angled about 30 degrees to start the trees over and keep them from coming back at the operator . 🙂😎
That dozer was a heck of a lot of work . But it was worth it in the end . You guy's certainly know your heavy engineering . D2 working like a dream now , got caught on some stumps a couple of times , but certainly done the job in the end . Engine sounding great by the end !
That's an awesome video both of you put a lot of blood sweat and tears and you fixing that and it's great to see that is back to work doing what was built to do great job
Wish I could go up in the Bush and find something like that..... I only ever find is old barbed wire and fence posts..... It's great seeing old machines rebuilt and used again.
Little CAT seems to be running pretty well!! That cage is pretty nice especially thrashing through the nasty brush. The stall reminds me of the old IH TD9 I had. If you stalled it you had to go through the whole routine of starting the gasoline part to restart the diesel.
Brings back memories of the old days when you had the next move planned now the equipment thinks for the operator. Memories pony motors, master clutches, standard shift transmission, cable blades takes me back , and I love it. Thank you.
The sound of that pop engine took me back to starting one on a 1959 D6 my Dad had. I used to jump off the track as a kid, while holding the starting rope to get the umph to start her. There is a trick or two to operating those little starting motors. One is two open the cylinder petcocks and spin it over to clear the cylinders if she has been sitting or if you flooded it with too much choke.
Nice work on merging the 2 cameras into the video Marty. I could watch hrs of this in episodes as your projects are completed. I look forward to your unique commentary as to what’s happening, so feel free to chat more 👍🍺🍺🍺
What a cute machine :) I wish i was blessed by finding a dozer or backhoe or anything else cool just by stumbling upon but i also know that then begins the fun part of getting to know if this is really abandoned or just neglected, finding an owner eventually and even IF it really is abandoned- is it really worth saving and by what cost. Man, ALL of You guys finding and saving stuff do a hell of a job not only keeping history alive but ACTUALLY save the planet in my books. But i think the little D2 did earn some new paint after all it´s been thru on its old days. I like the little creeper a lot. It´s still a dozer, not on steroids like the D10...
I keep expecting a swarm of Bees or Hornets, or Wasps, to just appear as you run over a nest! God i hope that does not happen to you, just be aware. She is a Beauty, and as long as you look after her, she wont let you down. Good job done too.
Great recovery project. Would be an excellent machine for clearing fence lines. That's nasty scrub around there, too small to be of any use. Thanks for posting.
Marty was running that CAT thru the woods. That engine was purring Neath the old yellow hood. He hit a big tree Which caused a big stall. Felt like the bull dozer had hit a brick wall. The pony was started With a big noisy blast. Revved up the diesel And gave it the gas. On thru the woods. Make the trail double wide. Marty’s CAT is a runnin’. We enjoyed the ride! Thanks for the fun. Hope we see Old Yeller again soon. 🤠
Jeffry Blackmon I can't work out the Caterpillar time line with the pony engines, i've seen what i assume are older machines that have cable lifted blades but that also have larger six cylinder diesel engines that are battery started with a starter motor, a pony engine for this little thing seems overkill to me.
@@WhiskeyGulf71 early cats could be ordered pony start or electrical start. Most chose pony start. For battery start a plate was installed where the pony motor fit and that became the battery tray.
@@WhiskeyGulf71 diesel caterpillars started on the 1920's with hand cranked versions, and hand cranked pony engines, the largely pull start pony's by the 1930s, some time in the 40's you could get an electric start pony motor by the 50's the main engine had electric start and a pony for back up, up through the 70's you could still get a new cat with a pony starter... batteries and wiring have always been an issue for dirt moving machines, switching to 24v helped most of that, but it can still be a pain at times.
The best 60 minutes on TH-cam, bar none. So much to love, bush engineering, mum's cut glass jug for pouring in the oil, and a dogged refusal to allow the old beast to beat you! 100% top marks!
It reminds me, when my Grandfather had 2 Cat D-6 (both with rear Hyster spools). The first time I operated one of them was, at 5 or 6 years old. Mind you, Grand'Pa was sitting just beside me. The old Austin Western master 99 grader, was a blast too. One of the difference I see is, the D-6 had a forward and reverse independent from the transmission meaning, you could go forward or reverse, without changing the gear. (Leaving it on first gear, forward or reverse...etc...)
Hell of an incline, a credit to the manufacturer and the repairer
Hitting back on the bush that held him prisoner for 13 long years 😉👍
Sven Nilsson rust poetry
Not to mention got him recently with LOT's of stickers! LOL :)
Check it out, 13 years crying in the bush alone & a few months later under the careful hands of Marty & his friend, it's working, thanks guys for the old iron revival working videos you make, they are the best.
"Not bad for a 60+ year old machine. " and the dozer did pretty darn good, too! Hahaha! Well done, fellas!
It is so nice to see the machine rescued, restored and working.
Great job bringing that old girl back to life!
In case you’re not aware of it, the left track is on backwards. The grouser bar should be at the leading edge of the track pad when looking at the top of the track. They are self cleaning that way.
One of the very best things about TH-cam is comments like this. Well done sir!
I can't believe I've missed that in all 3 videos
Instablaster.
I loved watching these when I was small , no difference now I'm older , still a good way to spend some time .
Thanks
What a perfect dozer! The right size, power, and maneuverability for the job. I was always a fan of those Cats with the heavy duty roll-cage on 'em. Great video's, keep it up.
@pete smyth our d69u is about 10 tonne I think,it would have to be a hefty rops to protect the operator,seriously though if you've put yourself in a position were there is potential for rollover,maybe you should be squashed.
So awesome to see the ol girl is happy to be pushing dirt again
Wonderful to see this great old Cat operating again ! You men have done a fine job of bringing it back to life !! Well Done !!
The "nooooooooooooooo" from down the hill was priceless! lol I know very little about the old "heavy equipment" (never knew any of these used a pony motor to start them but it makes perfect sense... Good luck putting a rope-start on the main engine unless you're the Hulk lol) but I got a good chuckle thinking about having to hop out and start both motors. I'm highly impressed with how well it does for it's size!
Love seeing this old girl back on the job
Marty, We sure enjoyed your videos. We had a 1938 Cat D-2 at our remote fly in or boat in homestead in Alaska . Our was a real "beater" compared to yours. After watching your videos , I thank god that we never had any engine issues. I would have been at a loss even with the manuals. Our issue was with the magneto for the pony motor and weak track tension springs so it would throw a track off the front wheel once in a while. Finally sold it to a guy who came out by snow machine in the winter and drove it 60 kilometers over frozen lakes and tundra through the woods to his place. Took him over a week due to deep snow and getting stuck numerous times. It was fun to see the inner engine workings as you guys fixed yours. Good luck.
When you wake up one morning and watch the first three parts of this series and literally 1/2 hour later the final part is uploaded.... :) I did some Gorse cutting (by hand) in NZ a few years back. Nasty stuff.
Is it native or invasive for you all?
@@davidp8157 was also good feed for sheep etc when young ,they actually planted it like a crop in some places, not good when it got away on them ,and the thorns got hard
@JoyDivision1976 Scottish import
@JoyDivision1976 Scottish import
Good to see her back to work like all the machinery you rescue
ای والله حرف نداشت از زحمتی که انجام دادید😍😍
What a beauty! Excellent restore. Congratulations.
Great video its truly amazing to see a 70+ year old machine still working.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this series videos. Thank you gentlemen for all your hard work and sharing the journey with us.!
If that thing had a face it would be smiling from ear to ear being put back to work like that. Brilliant job.
Nicholas Robinson Ha.. Thomas the D2!
Its happy purring away like a cat
Well done fella's, nice tutorial mechanics ... skill n 'know-how', good to see that dozer back in action...tino pai-raawaatu....awesome...frm an HD 21--Allis Chamber dozer operator.[NZ]...thx
Thank you for taking the time, effort and money in returning this lovely old workhorse back to being a functioning dozer.
fantastic work guys, great to see an old machine being brought back to life with love and passion
Excellent video, great to see the resurrection of an abandoned machine, even better to see it earning a living. Thanks.
for a little old machine it does a very good job.its easy to see why the pioneer machine operators took to them.you could clear more in an hour than a team of men would do in a day.thanks for the video.
I grew up about forty miles west and a little south of Birmingham Alabama. Al. Power was putting in a new lake and dam to gererate electricity. They started around sixty one and it filled to full pool in about sixty three or four. We had a front row seat to watch the equipment working. They even lost a big dozer, when it snak in a soft area overnight. When they found it the next day, it had snak so much that they couldn't start it and they tried to but failed to pull it out of that hole.
Yeah those big ones are hard to move when they start sinking, I suppose its still there to this day
@@MartyT Yep, everything but the cab top. They had to torch it off . And there's about forty feet of water over it.🐟🐟🐟🐟🦂🦂🦂
As an equipment operator and farmer in Saskatchewan Canada I love all your videos I Run a d7g dozer most of the time and when I started an old boy that was teaching told me the first rule of a bush cat operator is never back up unless you can’t turn around cause the trees you just drove over are now leaning towards you and can impale you through the guarding being young I thought it was an old wives tale sort of thing until a couple years ago it happened to a friend right in front of me so be safe out there
Wise words
Fantasy job fellows well done love work put in those great dozers
Every male on the planet dreams of owning and doing some heavy work in a dozer. : )
so true
I own a mining LHD, that's a good start. Wouldn't be surprised to wind up with a dozer at some point, either.
Since I was 10 I've wanted to own something yellow that says Caterpillar on the side.
Yes I dreamed of operating and did it for 50+years, many hours sitting, back hurting, head ache from the noise and fumes no Air Conditioning no rollover protection and most of the time no roof. Nowadays is like sitting in your family room comfortable chair radio and the equipment almost operates its self. But I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. My wife once told me that I spent more time with machine than I did with her. She was a little jealous till the pay checks came.
I'm trying to get a skid steer just for fun lol
This whole series has been outstanding! Greetings from Southern California, USA.
I owned one a ‘42 model. Not much on power but it was handy. Put a starter generator off a lawnmower on it. Heck with pull starting that pony engine.
60 year old dozer gets the job done. Best part is that it cost very little to get a free machine running again. That beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!!!
A fun video to watch. I am happy these fellows were able to get the dozer going and make use of it.
The old Bugger is working quite nice! Good job guys!!
The D2 series was great! I really enjoy your equipment rescues, thank you!
This really is a rescued cat video. You found the poor cat sad and alone, neglected and abandoned by its owner. You brought it home, cleaned it up and took it to the vet. They did a bit of surgery and gave it some fluids. Here it is back out playing in the dirt and having fun!
That's one happy Cat! Back to doing what it does best after being asleep so many years!
WELL DONE FOR THE D2 RESCUE - NOW IT WILL WORK FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS !!!!
That's a nice Caterpillar you've brought back to life. The one thing I'd weld on the blade, is a push bar angled about 30 degrees to start the trees over and keep them from coming back at the operator . 🙂😎
great MOD!!!!!!!!!!!
She’s still got some guts. Wishing I was there to see fellas getting it done. ( Maine, USA)
Yep. wish it WAS in Maine USA, since I am in New Hampshire
Another Mainer here!!!
I wish I was a ether of the 2 ,coming that I am in comishussetts, lol
Hey neighbor :) I like to imagine clearing the snow off my private road/driveway with that, if it would start in the cold!
Larry R. Johnson could of used it today we got 14 inches of snow in that storm and then a bunch of wind. Had huge drifts burying the farm.
That dozer was a heck of a lot of work . But it was worth it in the end . You guy's certainly know your heavy engineering . D2 working like a dream now , got caught on some stumps a couple of times , but certainly done the job in the end . Engine sounding great by the end !
Great to see you'll getting it running and back to work again. Boys and there toys! Have fun and Thanks for sharing!
Hello from across the ditch. Well done for saving this thing. I can't stand to see things thrown away when they can be saved and used again.
What and achievement - well done and thanks for the video - lovely little machine - well designed and looks right!
Nice job on saving the old girl.The pony motor is louder than the diesel.
Seems a little light for the task at hand.
Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful to see you fellas bring that machine back to life, well done.
Excellent! A job well done!
It's great to see that little dozer working again. I bet the guy that parked it never imagined it would be doing what it's doing now!
That's an awesome video both of you put a lot of blood sweat and tears and you fixing that and it's great to see that is back to work doing what was built to do great job
Wish I could go up in the Bush and find something like that..... I only ever find is old barbed wire and fence posts..... It's great seeing old machines rebuilt and used again.
Only thing i ever find is bloody tampons and cigarette butts. Sometimes a used condom if i venture deep in the bush.
watched all of them bring this back to life, and loved it.. thanks for posting these!
Little CAT seems to be running pretty well!! That cage is pretty nice especially thrashing through the nasty brush. The stall reminds me of the old IH TD9 I had. If you stalled it you had to go through the whole routine of starting the gasoline part to restart the diesel.
The roll cage is a bit funny. It's almost too stylish for such an old girl 😅 Nice work
Brings back memories of the old days when you had the next move planned now the equipment thinks for the operator. Memories pony motors, master clutches, standard shift transmission, cable blades takes me back , and I love it. Thank you.
The sound of that pop engine took me back to starting one on a 1959 D6 my Dad had. I used to jump off the track as a kid, while holding the starting rope to get the umph to start her. There is a trick or two to operating those little starting motors. One is two open the cylinder petcocks and spin it over to clear the cylinders if she has been sitting or if you flooded it with too much choke.
Running like a charm great job fixing it I would love to find some thing like that 👍
Those old machines are hard on the back and kidneys. Thank for sharing.
That is a great save on that old beast. Glad everything worked out for you guys.
The little D2 runs great
Nice work on merging the 2 cameras into the video Marty. I could watch hrs of this in episodes as your projects are completed.
I look forward to your unique commentary as to what’s happening, so feel free to chat more 👍🍺🍺🍺
Great series of videos
Thanks for watching
Love the content man! Digging the frequent uploads as well!
What a cute machine :) I wish i was blessed by finding a dozer or backhoe or anything else cool just by stumbling upon but i also know that then begins the fun part of getting to know if this is really abandoned or just neglected, finding an owner eventually and even IF it really is abandoned- is it really worth saving and by what cost.
Man, ALL of You guys finding and saving stuff do a hell of a job not only keeping history alive but ACTUALLY save the planet in my books. But i think the little D2 did earn some new paint after all it´s been thru on its old days. I like the little creeper a lot. It´s still a dozer, not on steroids like the D10...
That must be satisfying after all that hard work.
I keep expecting a swarm of Bees or Hornets, or Wasps, to just appear as you run over a nest!
God i hope that does not happen to you, just be aware.
She is a Beauty, and as long as you look after her, she wont let you down. Good job done too.
I like it when old things are brought back for some more service.
You guys did a GREAT job.....thanks for posting.
That's great that you guys got the old tractor going but then you take it out and tear up Forest land when your Forest are already shrinking
i hope you realize you are living my dream life. all the best from kalamazoo, michigan. be well
Great recovery project. Would be an excellent machine for clearing fence lines. That's nasty scrub around there, too small to be of any use. Thanks for posting.
Now that's a thing of beauty Marty.
Bulldoze all that thick nasty brush!!! 👍👍 Jay.
What an awesome machine!
Love watching these old girls come back to life!
Nice!! I'd say the old girl has earned herself a fresh coat of paint!
Good to see the cat back to work . Thanks for sharing
Great job. Enjoyed watching the entire series.
It sounds happy.
Awesome series. What a cool find. Perfect size machine and sounds great.
Nice Job getting the old Cat working again.
great to see someone fixing something , saving it from rusting away
Good to see the old girl pushing again love it
What a little gem, would love to have that for my place.
Im envious of the mechanical abilities of these two men.Im jealous :)
It's amazing how much quieter the big main engine is.
What a great find I hope I find a D2 one day too.
Marty was running that CAT thru the woods.
That engine was purring
Neath the old yellow hood.
He hit a big tree
Which caused a big stall.
Felt like the bull dozer
had hit a brick wall.
The pony was started
With a big noisy blast.
Revved up the diesel
And gave it the gas.
On thru the woods.
Make the trail double wide.
Marty’s CAT is a runnin’.
We enjoyed the ride!
Thanks for the fun. Hope we see Old Yeller again soon. 🤠
Love your work mate
It's nice to see people keeping the dream alive.
Love your work mate. Watched all your videos I think.
This is the second time I've seen a pony engine at work. It's a workhorse!
Jeffry Blackmon
I can't work out the Caterpillar time line with the pony engines, i've seen what i assume are older machines that have cable lifted blades but that also have larger six cylinder diesel engines that are battery started with a starter motor, a pony engine for this little thing seems overkill to me.
@@WhiskeyGulf71 early cats could be ordered pony start or electrical start. Most chose pony start. For battery start a plate was installed where the pony motor fit and that became the battery tray.
Back when electric starters were feeble. Same went for early JD diesels.
@@brownwrench I'd love to know the history of JD making diesels before they started buying them from Yanmar.
@@WhiskeyGulf71 diesel caterpillars started on the 1920's with hand cranked versions, and hand cranked pony engines, the largely pull start pony's by the 1930s, some time in the 40's you could get an electric start pony motor by the 50's the main engine had electric start and a pony for back up, up through the 70's you could still get a new cat with a pony starter... batteries and wiring have always been an issue for dirt moving machines, switching to 24v helped most of that, but it can still be a pain at times.
All kinds of awesomeness there buddy!!! So cool repair then put it to work, good video
This is so awesome ever since you got the digger I've been watching and looking for a find like these so awesome thumbs up my friends
Great to see the old girl up and running again!
Did a great job. Love old machines
What a little beast!
Great vid love watching old machines working
Awesome...
Now that is what we need to teach our kids, skills. Lots of skills.
That Crawler never ran that good when it was brand new! i bet someones wife will want to drive it now....
I see it's doing a good job
I love the fact that you salvaged this old beast, and now are putting it to work. Well done!