[AT] OT New Toy

[Cecil Bearden]

It has so much power compared to my old D6 that ran on 5 cylinders, I 
don't hardly realize it is digging until it is too late.
Cecil

On 5/18/2019 11:51 AM, Phil Auten wrote:
>
> 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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