I'm a non smoker, but I've got to be honest, when those 20 inch wide pads go on, I may need a smoke! That's going to be so frickin' hot! I was excited when I saw this video posted, thinking it was going to be the wide tracks going on already, and was a little bumed out when it was the original ones, but it all makes sense now. But, argh, the anticipation! LOL
Restorations do that: you take days/weeks/months/YEARS gathering information, gathering parts, ever so carefully rebuilding every sub-system and assembly. Come time to actually put the vehicle back together? Maybe a month, if that. Almost like an emotional letdown, you've worked damn hard for the past couple years, then all of a sudden, you're done.
Going to have to get a foundry to do a run of track chain links. Maybe Dakota would be interested since they did build that 150hp case steam engine from scratch using their castings
Oh man! The excitement is building! Can’t wait for the first time 5J113 motors around on her own. Have watched the pony motor/ diesel startup 3 times now and each time I get a huge smile when the pony motor fires and an even bigger grin when the diesel pops off!
After all the slog, and old parts cleaning, and new parts hunting, you're in the home straight now. And it's good to see you happy and excited. You've very literally earned every second of it. And I love that you've used your lathe-made pin driver enough to burr the end a little.
It makes sense to use those old original tracks! To me they still look like they definitely have some good running life out of them! Wow I can see her start to see her running now in my imagination! She’s looking beautiful!👌👍👏
At the risk of being offensive, I have to ask if the 20 inch wide tracks are the Caterpillar equivalent of those big 24" diameter chrome rims with the low profile tires on cars......... I like 'em, but not everyone does! What a feat - rebuilding the entire tractor - every component - all the way to this point! That's a lot of attention to detail, and the exercise of a LOT of knowledge!
This is so exciting. It's like I've been rebuilding this tractor with you, and I can't wait to see this ol girl running hard and working like she would have 70 years ago.
Absolutely Yes I understand why you need chains and grouser pads. But the way you keep taking us by the 20 inch swampers is just teasing us. I like it! I'm not afraid to admit that I'm shedding tears of joy. It's a beautiful day.
Looking good Squatch!! A friend of mine bought a D7 years ago and the left track was on backwards. We didn't notice until an older gentleman who was an operator stopped by and told us. He said the cleats don't clean out like they should. We switched it around and dependent on the soil you could see the difference
How come you make everything seem so easy? I'm looking forward to seeing this tractor doing some bed-in work, will be fantastic to see her in action. Thanks Squatch.
I've probably said this before but it deserves repeating- Your explainers on track wear are the best i've seen anywhere,ever. All the important info summarized down to a few sentences, plus that visual gauge = job done 😃
About halfway through (with the D2 on three jacks) you jacked up one corner of the D2 and it jumped a bit and I heard a “ting”… almost jumped out of my skin!
That master track pin is such a smooth design. I've seen videos where the track chains have been cut with a gas axe. Clearly some people don't know the secret of doing them. I don't see it being too long before you are motoring around.
You'll be able to take her moose hunting with the swampers installed. With the lower track pressure and the higher surface area of the grousers, you'll be able to go places a stock D2 has rarely been. Toby, you need to get a clothing sponsor. My mother has an old winter coat she has worn for decades while putting in fire wood, but that rag relic of yours has got her beat by far. The D2 looks so good sitting on her tracks. Her first days out moving around in the yard is coming soon.
I turned pins and bushings on an old D4 - 7U. What a job that was. It took me about 2 weeks. Worked out well. Kind of exhausting watching pinchpoints, but necessary. Great series by the way.
G’morning fellas! Just wanted to give you a shout and ask you where you like to get your Farmall operators, service, and parts manuals from. Just snagged a new to me 140 and wouldn’t mind having them. Was also wondering what your thoughts were on parts from Steiner and if you had any other go to’s for parts. Thanks so much for the help and for sharing all the awesome work you do with us! Aaron
Wow! Totally different tractor from when you rescued it from it's resting place behind that garage. Can hardly wait for the tins to be put into place, and tractor moving under it's own power. Neet!!!! Thanks for sharing....
Those were great designers back in the day. Designed a dozer with so much character, drafted on only 2d drawings...no CAD. And within that beauty they created an increasable piece of heavy equipment....and now sporting 20's.......to cool
wow that's HAWT!!! Not going to lie though as exciting as it is to see this beautiful machine coming back to life but it's kinda sad. been fun watching this build for 3 or 4 years now and with that brain of yours spilling out knowledge is amazing.
There are two issues with the wide feet One is accelerated track wear due to the grousers having more leverage on the track chains. The other problem is that, with those fat feet on, when you do get stuck the ground is too thin to walk on and too thick to swim in. Been there, done that. Far more times than I should have but I guess I'm a slow learner. They always look naked with out the tracks on.
Another great video! I've learned a lot about dozer track from these videos. I never knew they had a master pin. My experience with track is on tanks and APCs which is a very different system. I thought you were going to line the track in front of the machine,then pull forward.
My guess is those wide tracks are snow tracks, not meant for the dirt. It will be a lot harder to turn and will wear your steering clutches out quicker running them in the dirt. Id run the smaller set in dirt, you will get more pounds per square inch to the ground. Being too light is the weakness of small machines. JD MC JD420c Komatsu PC75uu-2 Yanmar YFW20-2
Aw I am the party pooper. Stay with standard track pads. In my opinion it will a car from the big city 32" shoved in the wheel wells of a new Charger or Camaro. Either way the S.L.V. is coming back to life!
You keep looking at those 20" swampers like that and your going to need a cold shower. LOL I see those and think of the places that I shouldn't go but might be too tempted to try to go. As always look forward to the next episode. Can't wait to see the old girl move under her own power and maybe even pulling a plow or disc once the weather breaks.
My late friend used to tell me that when you had to put it in 4WD, it was time to turn around and go home, Because there is “stuck,” and there is “4WD stuck.” I would hate to be “swamper pad Cat stuck!”
Really nice, that master pin design is properly genius, I hope I'll remember that one if I ever need to build something like that myself. Apart from that, I'd be afraid to damage the sprockets with that worn out chain, dunno how bad it actually would be during the run in period though and how much load and stress you actually need to put onto everything for that, I know you said it some.. what feels like half an eternity ago, but I don't remember :)
Really liking that approach on using the old tracks to break in the machine. Once you have the "swampers" on the machine you should try out those in a swampy area. Not saying drowning the machine but seeing if they perform as good as they are expected to perform.
Awesome video it's nice to see the cat sitting back on its own tracks again. The wide swamper pads will be a nice addition once every thing is dialed in. Did cat ever make like a half link for the chains or is that when you fire up the welder and build up the rails my old neighbor guy had a D8 46h and the tracks got loose so he made a plank floor on top of the concrete floor and drove it in his shop and opened up the tracks and welded all winter on the rails and put new grouser bars on it sure tightened the tracks up
I must say the pin engineering is simply fantastically ingenious
Great explanation on the pins and the tapers. Brilliant locking function and disassembly process. Those guys really, and you, know their stuff.
When the track goes toe in with a 20 inch pad the EPA comes knocking
That sassy little Kitty's back with her shoes on. She got some work boots on layaway though!! Can't wait to check that out
I'm a non smoker, but I've got to be honest, when those 20 inch wide pads go on, I may need a smoke! That's going to be so frickin' hot! I was excited when I saw this video posted, thinking it was going to be the wide tracks going on already, and was a little bumed out when it was the original ones, but it all makes sense now. But, argh, the anticipation! LOL
This is going to be a great day in my engines class. We are going to watch the tracks go on!!!....
Geekus Maximus on those 20’s!!!! Like gettin bigger tires on your truck or heep! Very very cool!
I am very impressed watching you do all the heavy work by yourself. You make it look easy. Thank You
This project is just flying together now! Those 20s will look awesome on Vi. Love this project. Can’t wait to see her strutting her stuff soon!
Restorations do that: you take days/weeks/months/YEARS gathering information, gathering parts, ever so carefully rebuilding every sub-system and assembly. Come time to actually put the vehicle back together? Maybe a month, if that. Almost like an emotional letdown, you've worked damn hard for the past couple years, then all of a sudden, you're done.
Going to have to get a foundry to do a run of track chain links. Maybe Dakota would be interested since they did build that 150hp case steam engine from scratch using their castings
Oh man! The excitement is building! Can’t wait for the first time 5J113 motors around on her own. Have watched the pony motor/ diesel startup 3 times now and each time I get a huge smile when the pony motor fires and an even bigger grin when the diesel pops off!
Wow, that was really something to see, it will be a little BEAST with those wider tracks!! Thanks so much for your wonderful, stupendous episode!!!!!
gunna have to find me a d2 to restore or renovate, Squatch you are an inspiration, thank you for the fantastic series
After all the slog, and old parts cleaning, and new parts hunting, you're in the home straight now. And it's good to see you happy and excited. You've very literally earned every second of it.
And I love that you've used your lathe-made pin driver enough to burr the end a little.
It makes sense to use those old original tracks! To me they still look like they definitely have some good running life out of them! Wow I can see her start to see her running now in my imagination! She’s looking beautiful!👌👍👏
Great old videos, Squatch I am watching them again to improve the algorithm
At the risk of being offensive, I have to ask if the 20 inch wide tracks are the Caterpillar equivalent of those big 24" diameter chrome rims with the low profile tires on cars......... I like 'em, but not everyone does! What a feat - rebuilding the entire tractor - every component - all the way to this point! That's a lot of attention to detail, and the exercise of a LOT of knowledge!
You should be excited about (and proud of) this moment! This has been... and still is a GREAT series.
Well done!
Little by little the goal is being reached. Always love the learning and great information you share. My old D6 4R series Cat has 20” pads.
Another explosion of progress! Congrats again. Your excitement and pride are infectious! Bring on the test runs!
If and when I ever have to have surgery. I sure hope that the operationing room is as clean as Squatch's shop!!
This is so exciting. It's like I've been rebuilding this tractor with you, and I can't wait to see this ol girl running hard and working like she would have 70 years ago.
I'm with you on the twenty inch swamp pads! She's going to look great. Cheers squatch253
I finally figured out why you love the D2 so much. You can manhandle parts around. I’d like to see you do a D8 track by hand. 😆
Absolutely Yes I understand why you need chains and grouser pads. But the way you keep taking us by the 20 inch swampers is just teasing us. I like it!
I'm not afraid to admit that I'm shedding tears of joy. It's a beautiful day.
When you laid those chains under the CAT and the looped them around, that was a defining moment!
I love your enthusiasm 👍it put a smile on my face while watching you eyeing the 20" tracks on the D2. Great job!
So close to seeing 1113 motor out of that garage under her own power! This is so exciting!!
Enjoying every minute Squatch !!
Looking good Squatch!! A friend of mine bought a D7 years ago and the left track was on backwards. We didn't notice until an older gentleman who was an operator stopped by and told us. He said the cleats don't clean out like they should. We switched it around and dependent on the soil you could see the difference
He He, the excitement you had about the 20 inch tracks! :) You turned into a ten year old for a few seconds there!
How come you make everything seem so easy? I'm looking forward to seeing this tractor doing some bed-in work, will be fantastic to see her in action. Thanks Squatch.
4/9/22; Squatch, saw you drooling over those 20" tracks 👣 but...your 1step-at-a-time assembly schedule is right way to go...👍😊🚜🧑🔧
The 20" are going to be great, coming together nicely, big thumbs up 👍👍.
Thanks Squatch. I learned something today. I've driven a few tracks, but never knew they came apart like that.
I've probably said this before but it deserves repeating-
Your explainers on track wear are the best i've seen anywhere,ever. All the important info summarized down to a few sentences, plus that visual gauge = job done 😃
what a lovely day to use the hose outside
20 inch pads.
It's like when I was young and bought that 69 Chevelle and put 60's on the front and 50's on the rear.
She be looking NICE!!!
About halfway through (with the D2 on three jacks) you jacked up one corner of the D2 and it jumped a bit and I heard a “ting”… almost jumped out of my skin!
I’ve never heard a man get so excited about a set of wide track pads!😂😅🤣🇺🇸
That master track pin is such a smooth design. I've seen videos where the track chains have been cut with a gas axe. Clearly some people don't know the secret of doing them. I don't see it being too long before you are motoring around.
This is just wonderful! Thank you so much for this. I have a John Deere crawler and this is a tremendous help.
You'll be able to take her moose hunting with the swampers installed. With the lower track pressure and the higher surface area of the grousers, you'll be able to go places a stock D2 has rarely been. Toby, you need to get a clothing sponsor. My mother has an old winter coat she has worn for decades while putting in fire wood, but that rag relic of yours has got her beat by far. The D2 looks so good sitting on her tracks. Her first days out moving around in the yard is coming soon.
Very cool! Understanding the master pin finally came watching your video. Thank you.
I turned pins and bushings on an old D4 - 7U. What a job that was. It took me about 2 weeks. Worked out well. Kind of exhausting watching pinchpoints, but necessary. Great series by the way.
Not going to lie it will definitely be cool looking. Keep up the great work Squatch.
Really is fun to watch you put this old dozer back together!! I think you need to buy an old D8 next!!
Very informative and interesting video! Thanks.
G’morning fellas!
Just wanted to give you a shout and ask you where you like to get your Farmall operators, service, and parts manuals from. Just snagged a new to me 140 and wouldn’t mind having them.
Was also wondering what your thoughts were on parts from Steiner and if you had any other go to’s for parts.
Thanks so much for the help and for sharing all the awesome work you do with us!
Aaron
I like the engineering of that master pin design, very cool indeed. A pink handled sledge, well it shouldn’t walk away on you.
This is by far the best channel on TH-cam! Man I can’t wait to watch this start moving again.
Wow! Totally different tractor from when you rescued it from it's resting place behind that garage. Can hardly wait for the tins to be put into place, and tractor moving under it's own power. Neet!!!! Thanks for sharing....
Those were great designers back in the day. Designed a dozer with so much character, drafted on only 2d drawings...no CAD. And within that beauty they created an increasable piece of heavy equipment....and now sporting 20's.......to cool
Also the tracks are on the appropriate sides. Cat is looking great. Thanks for sharing.
Great work " Back on track " looking forward to seeing it coming together 👍
Getting closer and closer to the big moment we have all been waiting for.
wow that's HAWT!!! Not going to lie though as exciting as it is to see this beautiful machine coming back to life but it's kinda sad. been fun watching this build for 3 or 4 years now and with that brain of yours spilling out knowledge is amazing.
There are two issues with the wide feet
One is accelerated track wear due to the grousers having more leverage on the track chains.
The other problem is that, with those fat feet on, when you do get stuck the ground is too thin to walk on and too thick to swim in. Been there, done that. Far more times than I should have but I guess I'm a slow learner.
They always look naked with out the tracks on.
That master pin with the plugs is pretty clever
Best track video on TH-cam.
Those 20” pads are monsters!! That’s going to look soooo cool.
Wow, its a tractor again! Can't believe the amount of work (and knowledge) it takes to rebuild one.
This thing is really taking shape! Great work!!!
she will be sweet with wide tracks can't wait to see it.
It sure went together quickly!!! You’ll be out roaming the fields before you know it!!!
That went better than I thought,I've never had to change steel tracks,and the swampers are gonna look kick butt.
Another great video! I've learned a lot about dozer track from these videos. I never knew they had a master pin. My experience with track is on tanks and APCs which is a very different system. I thought you were going to line the track in front of the machine,then pull forward.
My guess is those wide tracks are snow tracks, not meant for the dirt. It will be a lot harder to turn and will wear your steering clutches out quicker running them in the dirt. Id run the smaller set in dirt, you will get more pounds per square inch to the ground. Being too light is the weakness of small machines.
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Yanmar YFW20-2
@@squatch253 Sweet man! I havnt touched any CATs yet. I got the old iron restoration bug tho. lol
Looking good. When you get it done with the 20 inch pads you should take it over by Rick and test it in the swanp.
Yah. Toby rollin in da hood ridin' dirty on his 20s
Gettin the wheels on is always a watershed moment.
save that track chain though even when worn out......standing on edge they make terrific looking flower planters.........
Aw I am the party pooper. Stay with standard track pads.
In my opinion it will a car from the big city 32" shoved in the wheel wells of a new Charger or Camaro.
Either way the S.L.V. is coming back to life!
If he is actually going to use it in the fields the wider track compacts the soil far less.
It's just such compulsive viewing. Can't wait for the next one!! Martin.
I'm in trouble, dinner's going to be late again. Still, worth it to see the great progress.
damn got up to this video waiting and it didnt disapoint. 20" pads squirrel moment was awsome
Just love your passion, i'ts contagious.
Man, it feels like just yesterday you were starting to tear apart the engine, even with the long break to work on the Farmall!
Great to see 5J1113 back on track
Fantastic to see it coming together
You keep looking at those 20" swampers like that and your going to need a cold shower. LOL I see those and think of the places that I shouldn't go but might be too tempted to try to go. As always look forward to the next episode. Can't wait to see the old girl move under her own power and maybe even pulling a plow or disc once the weather breaks.
My late friend used to tell me that when you had to put it in 4WD, it was time to turn around and go home, Because there is “stuck,” and there is “4WD stuck.” I would hate to be “swamper pad Cat stuck!”
@@charlesward8196 my father got scamper stuck, all you could see was the top of stack and roll cage.
Good job as usual !! You didn't show the assembly of the washers with the master pin. which can be problematic. A loyal subscriber.
Really nice, that master pin design is properly genius, I hope I'll remember that one if I ever need to build something like that myself. Apart from that, I'd be afraid to damage the sprockets with that worn out chain, dunno how bad it actually would be during the run in period though and how much load and stress you actually need to put onto everything for that, I know you said it some.. what feels like half an eternity ago, but I don't remember :)
Other channels it is mentioned, to have the edges of the grousers 90 degrees, as at the ends of the grousers is where the grip occurs.
A nice place to get fingers pinched if not careful !
Really liking that approach on using the old tracks to break in the machine. Once you have the "swampers" on the machine you should try out those in a swampy area. Not saying drowning the machine but seeing if they perform as good as they are expected to perform.
Patience my man, patience. You know the line, good things come to those who wait. :))
5/8 bolt ? Rick Bork has you beat, LOL
Looking forward to your video on why track chains can't be reversed! Interesting stuff!
5U7066 is a great example for how worn you can run your track chains
Get it done and dont complain the "sunday coat". come on, we are expecting that gem! keep up!
As this series is getting close to finished….I vote we rip it down and do it again!!!
Another great presentation, thanx Toby.
That little devil is a handsome little fella wet film to protect the remaining paint
It appears to me as if he has done this once or twice...;-). Enjoyed watching.
Looks Well Squatch. 👍👌🍻
the 20s make a world of difference my 5u has them on it and it just looks mean
Awesome video it's nice to see the cat sitting back on its own tracks again. The wide swamper pads will be a nice addition once every thing is dialed in. Did cat ever make like a half link for the chains or is that when you fire up the welder and build up the rails my old neighbor guy had a D8 46h and the tracks got loose so he made a plank floor on top of the concrete floor and drove it in his shop and opened up the tracks and welded all winter on the rails and put new grouser bars on it sure tightened the tracks up
"Back on track" I get it.
Now she's lookin like a tractor 💪 everyone feelin the same sense of excitement for the moment she rolls on her own 👌