[AT] OT New Toy

[Phil Auten]

Man, you weren't kidding about the "red dirt" Cecil. That is a pretty 
nice (and big) machine!

Phil in TX


On 5/18/2019 8:28 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>
> 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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