1950's Caterpillar D8 weld repairs and pushing dirt

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JDS3

Жыл бұрын

Welding some cracks in the blade and front left idler wheel and then scraping some topsoil on my property.

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@Ray-lo4hr Жыл бұрын

I love that D-8 CAT.

@sheriffroylambifs894 Жыл бұрын

I FREAK~N AMERICA PROUD TO BE THE FIRST WON TO PUNCH THIS LINE...AND I SUBSCRIBED w/uh BOTH THUMBS UP ^^ !!!

@duanedale2505 4 ай бұрын

Now that’s a cat

@brianw4068 Жыл бұрын

Old Cats Rule!!!!!

@davidklopfenstein9097 Жыл бұрын

When you weld on the Idler next time you should put your welder ground right on the Idler. You got lucky this time! You can easily ark burn a bearing this way!

@jds3545 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately my ground clamp wouldn't fit anywhere on the idler so I put it on the chain right next to it hoping it would ground through the chain and not the bearings.

@bobsmith9329 Жыл бұрын

How can you weld without bending the electrodes like the Pakistanis?

@andrewklahold2880 Жыл бұрын

Where is the center rib on that idler?

@jds3545 Жыл бұрын

It's there, she's got alot of use on her

@andrewklahold2880 Жыл бұрын

@@jds3545 they make bands to replace them help my dad put a pair of center rib bands on a John Deere track loader once

@andrewklahold2880 Жыл бұрын

@@jds3545 oh I have been working on restoring a 1957 D8 have not gotten to the tracks yet might need pins and bushings turned but it does need grouser bars Lates I been working on is the cat 29 cable unit

@jds3545 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewklahold2880 If it becomes an issue I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the idea!

@jds3545 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewklahold2880 1957, what is the serial number? That's about the year mine was made.