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Cat D series
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I know we have various items on the D series Cats but thought it a good idea to group them in to one thread to make it easier to locate items of interest, so to kick off heres a tractor taken in Italy around November 1943 towing a Athey tracked trailer in turn towing a CMP quad( should this also be in the in the background thread)
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Well that was a good start anyone regonise the difference between a welding unit and a D8, lets have another go
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Cat D4
Hello Les - nice pic
I have a Caterpillar D4 2T Lend-Lease currently under restoration. I would be very interested in finding out more about the original markings the Cat may have worn while in the service. It would appear to have been used for hauling duties or with a letourneau scraper unit. The whole machine had a coat of dark olive lustreless but so fay no sign of the markings or number has been found. Any pics of Military D4's at work would be welcome Cheers Phill |
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G,day Phill
I will check and see what i have meantime have you seen this particular data sheet on the D4 cheers Les |
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Not sure if you have seen this Les but some great pics of early Cats here.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/277490/Con...n-Highway-1942 Graeme |
The tractor pulling the Athey is a D7.
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Great story
That Alcan Hwy story was areal treat.
The stories about the muskeg bogs reminded me of Rottnest Island here in Western Australia. During the war there was a sizeable garrrison of Coastal artillery, Engineers and even an underground Hospital installed on the Island to protect the approaches to Fremantle. During the construction of the roadways across the island it is rumoured that a caterpillar bulldozer sunk in a swamp and was never seen again. To this day there is a prominent feature known even on maps as 'bulldozer swamp'... Makes you wonder ? Cheers Phill |
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3 photos of D now are they 7 or 8
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First and third are D7, second is a D6 I think. The rounded back to the bonnet is the giveaway for the D7.
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This Cat appeared at the Great Dorset this year, as to which model it is, I'll leave that to the experts !
Regards Keith |
It's a D8, probably an 8R, towing a LeTourneau box.
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cat track
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Got one near here.
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Ask and you shall receive. I dug through my photo files and came up with a number of images that may qualify. As I wouldn't know a Cat D from a wet dog I would be grateful for identifications of these models.
#1 http://www.servicepub.com/images/img_0833.jpg #2 http://www.servicepub.com/images/file4698.jpg #3 http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc00905.jpg |
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http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc00908.jpg #11 Pushing a Bailey bridge into place http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc00682 neg 12095.jpg #12 http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc00526.jpg |
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#16 Armoured Cats
http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc06308.jpg #17 http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc06307.jpg |
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Are there any of those armoured cats still around?
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Those are British armoured D7s with 1T serials. There is one complete survivor with another in parts that I am aware of, both in the UK.
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Clive the 10 ton 6 wheel lorry is a Leyland hippo Mk1 pictures as rare as rocking horse ----
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There are only six people in Australia that know less about dozers than I do. But! The crawler in photo 7 is a Cletrac 7 ton high speed airfield tractor as built for the USAAF. These are quite a unique vehicle with rubber tracks and a number of accessories such as a compressor to supply high and low pressure pneumatics, an auxiliary generator to power the aircraft and/or run hand tools and a 10,000LB Garwood pto winch. They were powered by a Hercules WXLC3 404 Cu Inch engine and were capable of around 22 MPH.
David |
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