[AT] "First" diesel crawler w/ Blade

[Dave Merchant]

The "Diesel" would be a Diesel 60, 1C series.
This grew into the Diesel 65 etc.

There were 2 at Brownsville several years ago...
http://www.nesys.org/HCEA/BV99/BV99.html
...way down the page, I really should turn it into a thumbnail page.

My understanding is that only one of these is original, the other is a 
repowered gas 60..

Since blades were aftermarket at the time, it's anyone's guess when
someone first hung one on a diesel Cat.

The same page shows a repowered 60 "Felix" with a cable blade.

Parallel was the Diesel 40 -> 45 -> RD6 progression,  3 cylinder.

There is an RD-6 in this shot from the 2004 HCEA National in Saegertown.
http://www.nesys.org/HCEA/PONY/PONY2004/DSM06152.html
(L-R: Gas Sixty, RD-6, Gas Thirty,  D2)

Dave Merchant



At 02:07 PM 3/16/2005, Larry D. Goss wrote:
>Another source is "Ultimate American Farm Tractor Data Book: Nebraska
>test Tractors 1920-1960 by Lorry Dunning.  ISBN 0-7603-0477-7.  This
>book has a chapter called "Power Test Timeline" that lists all the
>firsts in the series.  I get the impression from reading Dunning that
>the "Diesel" and the Cat. 65 tractors are one and the same.  But what do
>I know?  The Cat. 65 is listed as test #208.
>
>Larry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:10 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] "First" diesel crawler w/ Blade
>
>Looking through the Nebraska Tractor Test book,  the first Diesel
>Crawler
>they tested was Test No. 208 in July 1932.  It was a Caterpillar
>"Diesel"
>(apparently Diesel was the model name). The next one they tested was in
>July
>1932 and it was a Cat model 65.
>
>It that wasn't the first diesel crawler it was most likely the first
>reliable diesel crawler.  Nebraska tested it's first crawler in 1920 so
>if
>there had been any out before the Caterpillar they most likely would
>have
>tested it.
>
>According to Norm Swinfords AC construction equipment book,
>Monarch tested an Atlas Diesel in a model 75 in 1927 and it was tested
>in
>Montana as late as 1930 but never put into production.
>
>Reference for the librarian:
>   Nebraska Tractor Tests Since 1920 by C.H. Wendel.
>
>Allis Chalmers Construction Machinery & Industrial Equipment
>Norm Swinford,  Crestline Publishers,  ISBN 0-7603-0485-8
>
>Charlie Hill
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "JParks" <jkparks at flash.net>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:08 AM
>Subject: [AT] "First" diesel crawler w/ Blade
>
>
> > Below is a copy/paste of a question I rec'd from a librarian in hopes
>of
> > helping an inquiring patron.  (very helpful library!)  The question
> > involves
> > not just the "first" diesel powered crawler tractor, but the qualifier
>
> > that
> > it be a "dozer", so the blade attachment comes into question too.  All
>I
> > have is a WAG with a +/- of several years margin of area.  Can ya'll
> > supply
> > a more definitive and authoritative answer.  I will pass along all
>your
> > replies to the librarian.
> > Thanks
> > John Parks
> > Boise, ID
> > My name is Tonia Totten and I work at the Bristol Public Library and
>I'm
> > writing to you on behalf of a library patron who has a question that
> > hopefully you will be able to answer. The patron wants to know when
>the
> > first diesel powered bulldozers were made
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Dave Merchant
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