I could listen to you explain a colonoscopy and I think I would be on the edge of my seat. Great narration.

Squatch253, I have been restoring W.W.2 trucks since 1995. The numbers across the hood are W.W. 2 Registration Numbers for the Unit it was assigned to. WRITE THEM NUMBERS DOWN AND SAVE THEM. You have a great piece of Tracked History. I can tell you that the first number, (9), is it's weight class. The rest, as I said, continues to make up the unit registration number. You may be able to find out its' history through Caterpillar with the serial number and the registration number. From what I've been learned, Cat was really good about keeping records of their machines. Good luck buddy!!

You have a real talent for presentation, thanks for sharing the RD with us!

What a neat old Cat. Those things are awesome to plow with. You wouldn't have the problems in the wet ground like you do with the Farmall. When I was growing up in the 50s and 60s my uncle had a WW2 vintage D8 on his farm. He had a field that you couldn't plow with a wheel tractor because it was too wet. The interesting thing was that after you ran a plow through it with the Cat the water would go right out of it. It seemed that it developed a seal on top over the winter and the water would not soak in. There was tile in that field and water ran out of it all year. He grew some awesome corn in that field.

Those engines are incredibly tough. The fact that it ran at all with that damage in amazing.

As soon as 1113 and the mm is done I look forward to this build.

Keep the long wind coming, I hope to see that piece in the field. Greg

If I just knew what you had forgotten about caterpillars, I would be a smart man!

The CCC was just before WWII during the depression. My father was in it as a young man stationed in the west fighting forest fires and apparently building trails, etc. He and all others had sent money home automatically to keep their families from starving. His sinuses were in bad shape from marching a long way in sub-freezing temps. When you get to reworking it you should consider the current automotive practice on putting on a clear coat to protect the original paint and stop further rusting.

Great walk around and story. This is what I like to see. Thanks again for this video.

Poor girl, but no worries - she's in good hands. You are correct about the patina. It looks awesome in certain situations.

Time is always what we don't have enough of.

CCC Tag is a cool feature of this machine. My dad was in the CCC building fire roads in N.H. and I imagine his crew used this type of equipment to move logs and push dirt. Great history lesson here. Thank you Squatch.

That connecting rod would make one heck of a conversation peice! Maybe a desk lamp for your work bench. Keep up the good work!

That's the way it goes Superman! It's hard to be doing 6 things in 6 places all at the same once! 😀😃🙂🙃😊

Always enjoy a good story!!

I really appriciate all the information you give on all your equipment, It's fascinating to learn all these details. I am retired now but I once worked in a classic car restoration shop and we were exstatic when we found a original build sheet for the cars we were working on.

I find this stuff fascinating, I gain more knowledge from every one of your video's. I lost my Dad four years ago and I know that if he was still here this is something we could work on together.

Awesome tractor! Thanks for the walk around and explanation. Can’t wait to see that one running again! Love the patina too! 🚜👍

Really nice old CAT, and really neat history too. It is neat to be able to see some of the history just in the paint and the CCC tag.

Bloody marvelous video Toby, again mate cant thank you enough for your efforts.

What a great story by a great story teller. Keep em coming. Love the over engineering on these old pieces of machinery. I'm subscribed and look forward to you adding to your running collection.

I have always loved old crawlers and wheatland tractors. Cant wait to see some more

Great video! I can't really say enough about how your videos want me to get my 3J going again. You've really driven my interest in old CAT equipment to a new level!

love these machines looking forward to the rebuild,great show, from down under...🤠

Such a great pleasure to listen to you talk. I didn’t even know these CATS existed! So very cool. Thank you 👍🏼

Great video, these old tractors are awesome- certainly built to last! Thanks for the story! Greetings from Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺

you have come a long way since 2012..great video..thx

Thanks for sharing ! Nice to be able to see a lot of the old Cat equipment that many of us don't get to see & having a very good explanation to go along with it, is just that much better ! Most enjoyable & interesting. Thanks again !!

Great story, and walk around. Amazing how fast projects can build up waiting on you to fix them. While you are in the middle of two or thee other projects already, more and more projects keep showing up. Nice video, thanks for sharing....

New subscriber here. Really enjoy your uploads and narration, I'll never own a Cat, but that doesn't stop me from living vicariously through you! Thanks for that

Great history on the RD, very interesting. I really enjoyed, brings back memories, way back there.

Great history on her.. look forward to any build series. One can learn so much from watching another person do hands on for repairs or builds.

What a bloody beautiful old crawler cannot wait for the pull down and repair Regards Stephen

Thanks for the walk around, great story.

You just guaranteed that ill be watching your channel for many years to come 😎 I'll be looking forward to the teardown of the old girls engine. As always a very interesting story sir

It's sad to see that this engine has been through such an ordeal, but the upside is that it'll take a whole load more squatch videos to fix it!

Wow imagine the force it took bend that rod, amazing..

Looks like you have a good project ahead. Thanks!

That is a unique machine with an interesting past. Best of luck getting it rebuilt for the future.

Great video and a cool old tractor with lots of history.My grandfather was in ccc.Hopefully it will keep,time does run us all.!!!

Great video as usual, I've learned a lot ,thank you.

Thanks for the walkaround video and story, pretty interesting. That's a pretty cool old machine, hope to see it up and running one day.

I thought it ran at low rpm too in the other vid. Great explanation, learn something new every day.

The patina is beautiful! it really tells a great story on that machine, good detective work brother!

Interesting old tractors. Thanks. Hey, let's not forget #5J1113!

Wow - to bend a rod like that as well as peel a chunk out like a sliver of whittled wood - now THAT'S some serious torque. Thanks for the update.

I will keep my eye out for this rebuild. Very cool old tractor! I agree with you on keeping the patina in many situations. That old tractor earned every dent, rust spot and cost of paint. Clean it up and leave it alone!

Looking forward to seeing that engine rebuilt and in her former glory

Thank you for the video. Like the story behind the machine. The comments have a lot of interesting information too.

I just found your channel, watched you explain the engine, pull trees, then show this one. Very interesting stuff, and you have another sub.

I enjoy your videos. Been a tractor fan since a little kid.

Thank you for doing your video. I know it a lot of work filming and editing and uploading. Someday I would love to meet you. Awesome videos. Thank you!!

this old video is outstanding, with all the details and history behind the breed. i do have to apologize for not subcribing , i dont have the extra finances to contribute right now.

very interesting and if and when you ever get the time to bring her back to life would be a great series to watch.

Boy, would I love to have some yard art like that! Don't fret, you will get 'er done all in good time.

Can’t wait to see it get rebuilt!

What a great story!!! Thanks for sharing

Quite a story - will be glad to see it run sometime soon hopefully. FYI there are many RDs and D2 still working in small groves - avacados - out here in the hills of CA yet. CARB lets them be used less than 100 hours a year without penalty / destruction. You are an excellent storyteller and I enjoy your channel very much.

Spray it with a semi gloss clear. The look of the RD6 is beautiful! Thank you for all of the back story that you know.

Found an rd8 6 or 8 years ago with that same brass tag. Was not for sale and was scrapped. Thanks for sharing.

What a great project to look forward to in the future. I love your knowledge and explanation. Talk about the modern day Iron Horse a great Collectable in any body’s shed.

I have a 1936 RD4 wide gauge with a cable blade that was used to scale down the toy for GILSON RICKEY. Love ur videos!!

Only knowing old cats from your Chanel my favorite is definitely rd6

Hi, new to your channel but I have several comments if you please. 1. You have the style, rhythm and ability to speak to 'average Joe' of a natural teacher. 2. With all due respectI absolutely disagree that you might have gotten too "wordy". You enlightened a bunch of folks with a broad yet interesting understanding of the old girl; I can't think of a thing you should have deleted or shortened up. Keep up the great work and ditch the second-guessing, Friend; I can't wait to recommend your site to a variety of friends of the. "tired iron" pursuation!!!!!!

Looking forward to the rebuild!

I’m new to your channel. Wow great stuff. Thank you for taking us around. S

That was a good walk around. You have so many things to rebuild plus the road grader's to build . You be an old man by time you get everything done. Lol

WOW! That thing took a LICK all right and still hung together ! THAT is the amazing part. I remember button head grease fittings and shoveling out track frames on stuff in winter. The roller shell had just fallen off the shaft on the 8-H that had just gotten repaired and I started pushing pans and clearing with and the supporting shaft is around 3 inches in diameter, plus or minus. Take a wild guess when a new roller got put on. When the rails wore the shaft in two and rails dropped down on the slack adjuster cover. So maybe oddball stuff goes on everywhere. And you sure have some parts that need used for sure. Thanks, Toby and Hi 2 Pop as well!

Incredible background description! Thx!

Really like your 3 cyl cats. I'm like you, like to hear them "cackle" at loooow rpm!

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

to me, since I was born about the same time as this tractor, I would save in pristine shape these labels. They to me are worth about as much as the machine while on the machine. I am not a crackle paint fan though, with the old labels and new caterpillar paint, This machine would look wonderful. But to each his own view. I just like it to look like it did back in the day, not weathered beyond description. The fact that you love it is good enough for me. good job. My older brother drove a 6 back in the early 60's, and he said a d7 in the crew would hardly pull itself up a steep hill, so to get this on the trailer means it is a good one.

Paint looks awesome

Just an OUTSTANDING video here, Squatch! Comparin' yer' D6/narrow to the 74" D6 (the way you immediately switched between the 2 track widths), conjured up in my head a comparison between a US Army Sherman & a Wehrmacht Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger !

This RD6 will be a really interesting watch when you are able to get to it....I'll keep watching, as will we all !!

Love to see the videos of repairing this.

Very interesting. Can't wait. 😊

Thanks toby! I had a '36 Rd4, What is crazy is mine was a four cyl 4 and yours is 3 just displacement i guess. Mine still had the original fiber gears where they were utilized within the engine and were extremely difficult to find replacements for. Good luck sir. Cant wait to see further video's!

Great walk around and story

It just reeks with history doesn't it. It's like having a history book made of steel. Awesome.

I often wonder if that was #2 in collection ready for d2 finished and see Minneapolis done but a great project Next on my bucket list !!👍👍🚜

Where I live in NY state, there is a lake and campground built by the CCC, and I knew an old timer who worked on the construction. Nice connection to your tractor way out in Minnesota! Good story.

That things a sweet piece I'll have to watch and wait

My dad was in the three c's and they were guys who didn't make the cut for the military. My dad was too big a man at six foot seven and three hundred seventy five pounds of muscle. No uniform would fit him... he joke about going to tent and awning to get shirts and pants. Size seventeen shoe.. and I got the receiving end of it several times growing up. He ran equipment like that building bridges and roads. When other kids were growing up with you Squatch, they bought cars and you were looking at dozers and tractors/LOL. I can kinda relate only I loved trucks that were big rigs. I got my first one when I was twelve. It ran good, a B51 Mack gas truck. I know cause I thought all big trucks used diesel and I was pouring diesel in the tank so I could drive it home and the guy just laughed and then when my jug was empty, he told me it ran on gasoline and sure enough I lift the butterfly hood and there was six spark plugs so I drained the fuel out and then refilled it with gas and added the oil it needed, greased the front axle and drivelines so I could drive it home. The motor was worn out but it got me home and I built the motor myself. I think it could of been better but it did run good when I was through but then I thought I was going to rebuild the transmission but a logger near me gave me one in good condition for five dollars and said that was good enough. It lasted all the logs that I hauled with it. Single axle and hydraulic brakes with a vacuum booster. Vacuum brakes on the trailer and I did the brake shoes in that old mans shop with him teaching me how

Let the old 1768 sing again, Toby. Next project for a long winter to come.

I hope you get the time to repair it. I'm sure I speak for the rest on this channel where we would like to see the rebuild. Great video!

Oh how i wish time could be borrowed, donated and shared. You can have a lot of things but you need time to enjoy them

I enjoyed the video, as usual.

awesome tractor cant wait till you do the motor up

Very interesting project i hope you find time for it some day.

great vid!!!! when pull starting D 2 5 U 3369 I would pull it in 5th gear with compression released for a good distance to blow out any feul or coolant that may be in a piston. A short piece of rope and you can engage compression from opreator seat. Currently have starting motor off of D 2 5U 3369 to repair crank. Keep up informing us!!!!!

The number on the hood reminds me of military I.D. Hmm. Ex military pawned off to civ. conser. or municipal service...

Great story, when I did my first oil change on the 1928 or1929 60 Cat that I drive Labor Day weekend I found parts laying in the oil screen (4 bolts , retaining clips and a metal plate). I spent 2 hours trying to figure out were they went. A number of people came by and were stumped then a Cat Mechanic came by and told me to stick my hand up the cylinder and feel above the wrist pin and I found a loose plate in # 2 cylinder and a missing one in #3. I spent another hour removing the loose one cause I could not tighten it. It's been running that way for over ten years now. ( I do not own the tractor, but wish I did)

New to the channel. Keep going. You keep my attention all the way through.

She will make a great future rebuild video !!

Love the history of her and that your going to keep it "origonal". If you were to completely "show room" restore her I would do her um on CCC colors.

greetings form the UK.. Great vid keep it up and keep the patina too on this RD6

Ignore the the 10 that put the thumbs down in Australia we think your great keep the vids coming.

I could listen to videos like this all day. Please keep them coming. How many more years until you can retire and do this kind of stuff full time?