I love seeing old iron in its final resting place. Just imagining the machines history of hard work shaling the earth and all the stories it could tell. I grew up on the floor board of my dad d814a been moving dirt all my life so I guess that why lol
She's an old cable drop. I remember the first time I ran to D9 with hydraulic cylinders. Before the D10 came out. Oh my God what a wonderful feeling. I thought Caterpillar was God.
Common Squatch ,what an amazing project brother (and super expensive)lol ,go for it bro we are in ur corner, lots of ur u tube mates mite kick in a few bucks just to see this old bruiser come to life, think about it friend
There's a semi-retired/retired contractor up your way that gave me permission to enter his property with my camera. I counted 45 Cats, from 955 Traxcavators up to cable D8's. Many of them were parts machines but he had some nice-looking, complete D-6's. I couldn't figure out why he had a LeTourneau pull scraper though, especially in sand country.
I real like your channel but does senior have his own channel it was very interesting when hi was rebuild the mag and the time hi was spending to fix the carb . Thanks for are really interested channel
Iron is what built America. "Iron American Dream" on TH-cam America was built on iron and steam. The railroads, the shipping industry, mining, the automobile industry. From the steam locomotive to Grandpa's Colt to the bolt in my M16 take a ride across the Promised Land on the "Iron American Dream."
Remember, there's probably good reason they stopped running it in the first place. You're likely to find that reason just about the time you're in $10k deep and up to your armpits in grease.
Yes and no. 9 times out of 10 it's still cheaper to fix up something old than it is to buy new. That and it's just fun to bring old machines back to life.
Surely I can't be the only guy watching this and thinking" yeah,I could get that old beast running again"? Might be a good you tube channel? Have a team find a genuine old machine find like this and see what it takes to get it going again?
I'm sure it could be made to run, but then what? It probably needs a whole undercarriage. All the clutches are probably frozen and need to be replaced. It doesn't appear to have a blade or the cable controls or anything that would make it useful. Looks like it's right where it belongs as sad as it may be.
Wes Johnson don't know till you have a go. Good soak with wd40 and a few clouts with a sledge hammer going to loosen things off. Watched Tony Beets bring a gold dredge back to life that has sat in the cold and wet for maybe over hundred years. It would be a real feel good moment just to hear it roar! I have manage to start a tractor that sat outside ignored for fifty years! Took a lot of penetrating oil and hammering but got it going!
It cost him $1 million and I'm sure Discovery Channel footed a lot of the bill. If you can get a cable TV network to sponsor you fixing up that Cat, I'll tune in.
Wes Johnson as long as it was kept real. Not team of guys in the background with tools made of unobtainium doing all the work. Got to be real mechanics rather than media personalities using simple hand tools and oily rags. No silly deadlines or sub stories just good old fashioned skills and genuine achievable results.
That's a long way away from me I'd still like to see what he has. !!!!! I'm up in Washington State 90% of old crawlers have been recycled into something less interesting. They are getting next to extinct here.
Man those are strange looking tracks. I'm no tractor expert, but I've never seen any tractor or tank tracks that look anything like that. They look almost too narrow. I can see them sinking deep in mud or soft ground.
This old girl has done her time and is well worn out and she is now in her resting place.....the blade looks like she,s been pushing Scrapers quite a bit.
@@squatch253 Thank you for the reply. That one is way out of my league! I have done a couple of Cub Cadet garden tractors and that was enough for me. Thank you for all you do!
I love seeing old iron in its final resting place. Just imagining the machines history of hard work shaling the earth and all the stories it could tell. I grew up on the floor board of my dad d814a been moving dirt all my life so I guess that why lol
Looks like a 1958! Needs some tender love and care!
That D9 looks pretty rough. It's had a long, hard life and needs someone to show it a little love. It's totally worth it, for the right person.
Just imagine how proud the original owner of that old girl was the first day he brought her home
Hell, I'd be proud to own it now.
That would be a interesting rebuild
She's an old cable drop. I remember the first time I ran to D9 with hydraulic cylinders. Before the D10 came out. Oh my God what a wonderful feeling. I thought Caterpillar was God.
Common Squatch ,what an amazing project brother (and super expensive)lol ,go for it bro we are in ur corner, lots of ur u tube mates mite kick in a few bucks just to see this old bruiser come to life, think about it friend
Saw one like this pull a tractor trailer out of an interstate median in BC on a TV show. Did not look like it struggled to move the load.
There's a semi-retired/retired contractor up your way that gave me permission to enter his property with my camera. I counted 45 Cats, from 955 Traxcavators up to cable D8's. Many of them were parts machines but he had some nice-looking, complete D-6's. I couldn't figure out why he had a LeTourneau pull scraper though, especially in sand country.
I worked for a company that had six D9's running around...a couple were 18A's
I real like your channel but does senior have his own channel it was very interesting when hi was rebuild the mag and the time hi was spending to fix the carb . Thanks for are really interested channel
Some very unique tracks on that Dozer
The grouser's are missing.
Iron is what built America.
"Iron American Dream" on TH-cam
America was built on iron and steam. The railroads, the shipping industry, mining, the automobile industry. From the steam locomotive to Grandpa's Colt to the bolt in my M16 take a ride across the Promised Land on the "Iron American Dream."
Remember, there's probably good reason they stopped running it in the first place. You're likely to find that reason just about the time you're in $10k deep and up to your armpits in grease.
Yes and no. 9 times out of 10 it's still cheaper to fix up something old than it is to buy new. That and it's just fun to bring old machines back to life.
@Juha Tuomala yes wet sleeves
I would love to follow along with a series on something like this. would you 1113 it or do a painted finish on this one?
Looks like spent its life pushing rock in a quarry ... Could be a good machine. You'all goinna get and fix it?
Seems odd they cut the grousers off, when the chains are relatively good and they could have taken the whole tracks.
Probably had major problems is why it was junked to start with. Not worth fixing.
Surely I can't be the only guy watching this and thinking" yeah,I could get that old beast running again"? Might be a good you tube channel? Have a team find a genuine old machine find like this and see what it takes to get it going again?
your not i am too! those cats are awesome!
I'm sure it could be made to run, but then what? It probably needs a whole undercarriage. All the clutches are probably frozen and need to be replaced. It doesn't appear to have a blade or the cable controls or anything that would make it useful. Looks like it's right where it belongs as sad as it may be.
Wes Johnson don't know till you have a go. Good soak with wd40 and a few clouts with a sledge hammer going to loosen things off. Watched Tony Beets bring a gold dredge back to life that has sat in the cold and wet for maybe over hundred years. It would be a real feel good moment just to hear it roar! I have manage to start a tractor that sat outside ignored for fifty years! Took a lot of penetrating oil and hammering but got it going!
It cost him $1 million and I'm sure Discovery Channel footed a lot of the bill. If you can get a cable TV network to sponsor you fixing up that Cat, I'll tune in.
Wes Johnson as long as it was kept real. Not team of guys in the background with tools made of unobtainium doing all the work. Got to be real mechanics rather than media personalities using simple hand tools and oily rags. No silly deadlines or sub stories just good old fashioned skills and genuine achievable results.
There is a guy down here in Virginia that has acres of all kinds of old equipment he sales here and there.
That's a long way away from me I'd still like to see what he has. !!!!! I'm up in Washington State 90% of old crawlers have been recycled into something less interesting. They are getting next to extinct here.
where in va?
Poor old girl. Looks as if she's had a hard life.
Is it hard to get permission to check out this old equipment. Doing my watch minutes for the day. Haha
wow its a old cable pickup, you dont see them to often
Man those are strange looking tracks. I'm no tractor expert, but I've never seen any tractor or tank tracks that look anything like that. They look almost too narrow. I can see them sinking deep in mud or soft ground.
The track pads were removed. What you see there is just the chains.
your kidding. Right?
i like this pick.
This old girl has done her time and is well worn out and she is now in her resting place.....the blade looks like she,s been pushing Scrapers quite a bit.
hahaha just ignores the old dude voice-bombing the video hahaha
Take a lot of work but Squatch you can do it.
get it!
I would bet the pads were sold for scrap?
now if you found a working one with all the pieces that would be a real find
When are you going to start on this one???
@@squatch253 Thank you for the reply. That one is way out of my league! I have done a couple of Cub Cadet garden tractors and that was enough for me. Thank you for all you do!
We have a land fill near were I live and on that site there is a 20 acre graveyard of hundreds Cat dozer's big dozer's like this one and bigger
Hola. que motor es el del D9 19A por favor
What year ?
Bet the old girl has liner protrusion issues
Die schöne cat das tut einem richtig weh :-(
19 eh don't cha know lol
Scrap metal