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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>
Cecil<br>
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