'47 D4 sat outside all its life. Stuck in neutral, totally junk but was gifted it by FIL after it sat 15 years. Dumbly thought I would restore it. Took big Case endloader and lowboy winch to get it on the truck, took two old farm tractors to pull it back over the 'hump' to get it off. Sat outside for a couple of years. Took IH 450 to pull/push it with SC pulling it sideways to line it up with shop. Shop has a new 6" x 24" rebarred floor with very smooth finish. Pushed old crawler easily into shop rolling on old carpets. Sat on carpet for 10 years, tried to pull the crawler out with 450- wouldn't budge and floor too slippery to pull much.
Now question what went stuck. Steering levers move. Lifted and chained up dozer to clear floor. Don't want to spray kerosene or other all over trackage in this shop. Am trying to pull track with a come-a-long hooked to front frame back (with chain) over rear sprocket where track plates are separated enough to get a chain hook on it. Admittedly wimpy come-a-long but not much has budged.
Questions for anyone: what are the odds that it is seized tracks, or some internal seizure? I don't want to scratch/score my nice floor. There is 20' clearance in this quonset, would a semi truck wrecker be able to lift this 6 ton D4 enough to get some kind of wheels under it? I hope not to compound my stupidity any further : ( IaLeo
Now question what went stuck. Steering levers move. Lifted and chained up dozer to clear floor. Don't want to spray kerosene or other all over trackage in this shop. Am trying to pull track with a come-a-long hooked to front frame back (with chain) over rear sprocket where track plates are separated enough to get a chain hook on it. Admittedly wimpy come-a-long but not much has budged.
Questions for anyone: what are the odds that it is seized tracks, or some internal seizure? I don't want to scratch/score my nice floor. There is 20' clearance in this quonset, would a semi truck wrecker be able to lift this 6 ton D4 enough to get some kind of wheels under it? I hope not to compound my stupidity any further : ( IaLeo