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<p>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.</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p>Phil in TX<br>
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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!!!!<br>
Cecil<br>
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