[AT] Need TD18A moving advice

[D8RMAN at aol.com]

Jim, I don't have a manual to scan but I wanted to comment that you are  
probably not going to find out if anything is frozen until you start to winch or  
push it onto a lowboy. Maybe John Parks can help you on the manual final drive 
 scan. What state is it in? I would say the more rain that has fallen on it 
(like  western WA.) would have helped to rust it up but if it is in sunny and 
dry  southern CA. it may not be frozen. Good Luck, Willard Smith

All:

I'm a complete newbie to your list, but I'm in desperate  need of fast
advice: I've found a TD18A dozer, sitting out in a field, that  I can pick up
for next to nothing. It's complete (even the headlights are  unbroken!)
except for the starter motor, and has about 1400 hours on it.  Here're the
problems: 1)it's been sitting for at least 15 years, and 2) it  needs to be
out of there in two weeks, or they will cut it up for scrap. I  can't let
that happen!

I need advice on how to move it. I've heard  that the axles connecting the
transmission to the final drive can be  removed, but I'm not sure exactly how
to do that. I don't have time to find  and order a manual... I can rent
something big to push it around, and a  low-boy to haul it, but I need the
tracks to roll. I'm assuming that the  brakes are locked at this point,
although I don't know for  sure.

Here's my hope: can somebody out there scan an exploded parts  view of the
final drive and e-mail it to me? I'm going back out to look at  it again on
Saturday, so anything that I can have by then would be  swell!

Please send anything you have (or feel free to ask questions or  send
advice!) 

Thanks!

JIM  :)


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