Posted by white halftrack on October 18, 2012 at 18:46:46 from (69.80.123.107):
I went with my father to pick up an old Rock Island 2 hp engine he had purchased and the older gentleman started showing us some neat old iron. I saw this neat old crawler in the corner of his building and asked about it. He stated that it was purchased by a guy near him new to rip some low land ground for drainage, then used for an auger. It was supposedly not used much and then kept inside. He bought it for $600 a long time ago, he thought about 40 years, and used it three times as he had another crawler with a blade on it. One of the times he used it was to pull the other crawler out of a creek. Being stupid, I asked it if was available and he said that as he will never be able to use it due to his age and health, it was for sale. He thought that after he passed it would be sold for iron. He said that he had the manuals and dealer parts books for it and that it should fire up to pull on the trailer. He priced it around scrap price and I bought it. I believe that is original paint, but who knows. All original decals on it even a Caterpillar Diesel. I have not picked it up, and do not know much about it except it a D2, a 1952 model, not stuck either is the pony motor. What a fun day and an enjoyable time visiting with a talented old farmer. The father son bonding was great too as I even brought my 5 year old boy along. He really wanted to buy the CADDAPILLOW.
This old guy built a working 1/4 scale Case Steam engine from scratch. Pretty talented. A lot of knowledge out there being lost. Sad. Jason
ps. Anyone have experience on these animals. I will not post caterpillar stuff again on this forum, just this is where I post a lot.
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