[AT] OT New Toy

[Cecil Bearden]

Here is a couple of  pictures of my new toy.  It doesn't really do it 
justice.
Cecil


On 5/16/2019 11:54 PM, Phil Auten wrote:
>
> Dozers are really amazing! I had worked on the tank on my place 
> several years ago using a 5' box blade on the back of my Farmall M. I 
> was able to make a little headway getting rid of a ridge that created 
> a shallow end and smoothed it out enough that I was satisfied. Took me 
> two weeks working on it after work till dark.
>
> Enter my neighbor that leased my pasture. The drought had the tank 
> down to a puddle about 20'X8' and maybe a foot deep. He hired a man 
> with a dozer who went to work making the tank deeper and scooping out 
> the shallow end so it matched the deep end. This more than doubled the 
> capacity and also got rid of all the willows that surrounded the tank 
> and sucked up water like a sponge. Took him about 3 hours. I was 
> flabbergasted! George wouldn't tell me how much it cost, but I am 
> guessing it was $2,500. Amazingly, 3 days after the work was finished 
> we got a huge rain and it filled the tank. Talk about luck!
>
> Phil in TX
>
>
> On 5/16/2019 10:23 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>> Took delivery of a Cat D6D yesterday.  My early Father's Day 
>> present.  It has a cab, but w/ an air conditioner that is gonna need 
>> a lot of work...   My old dozer was a D6 8U series about 1952 
>> model...  This is like the difference between a 4020 and a TO-30!!   
>> Our old red clay is a pain to try to move with anything, but this 
>> machine can move a bunch of it.  I have been busy with building 
>> crossings over the creeks.  the cows use them more than I do.  It is 
>> so wet here that cattle go down to their knees when within 6 feet of 
>> the water.   Worked about 5 hours today with the D6D and the 944 
>> loader and built a crossing about 4 ft above the creek and 100 ft 
>> long with a 24in pipe.  I dug fill out of a 100 yr old railroad 
>> embankment with the dozer and hauled it with the 944...     I love 
>> Cat equipment, its the gift that keeps on giving!!!!
>> Cecil
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