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<p>Man, you weren't kidding about the "red dirt" Cecil. That is a
pretty nice (and big) machine!</p>
<p>Phil in TX<br>
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<p>Here is a couple of pictures of my new toy. It doesn't really
do it justice.<br>
Cecil</p>
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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>
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