Caterpillar D6 Plowing

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2 жыл бұрын

Got the D6 out to try plowing with a case 4 bottom. had issues with the trip mechanism and getting the plow in the ground. Need to work on the trip mechanism and try again later. #farming #plowing #caterpillar

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@karlk6860 2 жыл бұрын

My Dad had a 1962 D6 SP (Special Purpose) it was made for pulling Farm implements in the field. A farmer he knew had bought the CAT just before 4 wheel drive tractors were coming out and had used it a couple years then he bought a 4 wheel drive tractor and the D6 was parked in his machine shed and never farmed again. The farmer would take it out once or twice a year essentially to run the engine and keep the clutches all lose and everything operable. One day Dad came home and said he had bought a CAT that afternoon and it was the one the farmer had. It had under 900 hours on it was 100% original and in just about perfect condition It had the starter motor and all worked as it should it even had the original tool roll and the pull rope for the starter engine in case the battery was dead. Dad and I used it primarily for pulling stumps and we figured out immediately that a 3/8 chain was not even close to enough after the first chain was stretched straight and hard as a board. The next chain he got was a 3/4" and it was so darned heavy it was a hell of a work out hauling and rigging that for a pull. One day he got a call from a fellow from the east coast who wanted to buy it and he wanted to pay almost 4 times what Dad paid, they struck a deal and it was gone! It was a beautiful old CAT!

@ForsmannClassics 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the story. I always enjoy hearing about others memories on old cats!

@hillbilly4christ638 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like a d2. You can’t kill an old d2.

@nmgreg11 Ай бұрын

Man, that's a sweet ride.

@tutekohe1361 2 жыл бұрын

Love that 3 cylinder sound!

@ForsmannClassics 2 жыл бұрын

It's a unique sound!

@jackdaicole7595 Жыл бұрын

Just wow love that old machine glad it's kept up

@ForsmannClassics 5 ай бұрын

It's the pride of the collection!

@rhondasmith6444 11 ай бұрын

Luv. It. Looks like a RD 6

@ForsmannClassics 5 ай бұрын

It is just after they dropped the R from the RD6 in the late production of them.

@paulbrooks2024 2 жыл бұрын

Cat is just sitting on it , long stroke , nice

@ForsmannClassics 2 жыл бұрын

The little 4 bottom wasn't even making her work. Hope to have the issues with this plow fixed soon.

@Larryt2kanz3007 2 ай бұрын

Poor Ole farmer

@michaeldunagan8268 2 жыл бұрын

The video I watched before this one had a F6 pulling a 9-bottom plow through damp gumbo....

@stephensaasen8589 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Looks like Eastern Washington. That old red combine beside the shed - is that an old Harris? Maybe a hillside model with leveller?

@ForsmannClassics 2 жыл бұрын

Near Grangeville Idaho. The old combine is a 403 International Harvester level land, wish it was a hillside model!

@stephensaasen8589 2 жыл бұрын

@@ForsmannClassics wow! I almost guessed a 403 at first. We started out farming in Eastern Washington in fall of 1983 and did our first harvest in 1984 with a 1971 403 Hillside. I loved that thing! Had the 4-way leveling system. We ran it until 1993. We got a second one in 1992 to finish harvest because our original one had a break in the hydrostatic control in the main pump. We ran both in 1993 then dad bought a JD 6602. I think my eye caught a Gleaner in the shed, either a C or G?

@ForsmannClassics 2 жыл бұрын

Yea there is a GH Gleaner in the shed too.

@stephensaasen8589 2 жыл бұрын

@@ForsmannClassics those were good combines. Get them set up right and they can harvest some really clean grain. A friend down the road had a GH. He had a CH set aside for cutting seed if he needed. He said the CH cut clean enough to put it directly into the seed drills. Love that old stuff.

@ForsmannClassics 2 жыл бұрын

My grandpa had a CH. I am trying to find it or another CH for our collection.

@jamesnotter4535 4 ай бұрын

That's all that can pull

@ForsmannClassics 4 ай бұрын

We just play around with it. It could probably pull more.

@robertodebeers2551 2 жыл бұрын

Won't that D-6 pull more than four bottoms?

@ForsmannClassics 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, a D6 can easily pull a 5 or 6 bottom. We had just pulled this 4 bottom out of a fence line and were trying to get it working again. The trip mechanism need to be taken apart and cleaned, then it should work well.

@robertodebeers2551 2 жыл бұрын

@@ForsmannClassics Thanks for the come-back.