Fence Row cleaner upper...

dej(Jed) · Jul 11, 2013

Just picked up this R2Cat dozer to clean up some fence rows. I don't know much about them, but the owner says there weren't many made?

Bret4207 · Jul 11, 2013

I don't know about the numbers, but I see plenty on the Cat collector sites. The gas models were pretty popular back in the day. Rarity can be a good thing or a bad thing.

If the undercarriage is in good shape it should work fine for you. If it's not in good shape, you just bought a money pit.

rad · Jul 11, 2013

Check out the ACMOC.org website. The site is run by the Antique Caterpillar Machinery Owners Club.

Dick2 · Jul 11, 2013

Just watch that the tracks don't pick up a bunch of wire. Five minutes of wire winding up in the track can cause you a half day (or more) of work to cut the wire out.

Billy NY · Jul 11, 2013

They made 1150 and 1185 or so of each serial number run, wide gauge is 6J and narrow gauge is 4J series.

I can't tell judging by the photos, but Dick made a good point you don't want wire wrapping up around the sprockets, possible it can destroy final drive seals if it works into there, I think it was prevalent with tractors that have bellows type seals, not familiar with R2's or the next series D2's so don't quote me LOL !

They are collectible, given how many left and 2200 or so produced, some did military service, I have seen examples with LeTourneau cable operated dozer kits in the past.

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