Dandy Dave Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Posted many years ago Photos of my Caterpillar Model 12 Grader. It is one of only 56 built with a gas engine. Serial is 6M17. It has survived 75 years of avoiding the Junk mans Torch. It has had a few hardships but is finally going back together. If it were not for these vintage machines, we would have any roads to drive our cars on. Yup... That is a 2-7/8ths socket to get the axle nuts off. After 75 years it needs some brake work... Edited June 11, 2015 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Got the Grader frame mounted on the Tandems and drive train today with a little help from my Model 41 Hanson Shovel. Next, to get the motor attached and working... Actually, the worst is over as the hard part was replacing the differential case and clutch housing. She blew a hole right though the case and was split right around the middle about 10 to 12 years ago. Tapered rollers are about 8" in diameter and 2" wide. More photos to come. Stay tuned. Dandy Dave! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrytravler Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) WOW, Dave! That is so neat!!Saw this in a junkyard the other day. An International shovel. Starts on a gas motor then switches to Diesel.It still runs and drives. Edited June 11, 2015 by countrytravler (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Brass Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Hi Dave, I served my time with IH and then went to work for Cat so CE is in my blood. I even did a few spells looking after machinery in Antarctica in the early 70's, looking after Cat gear for the USN. I was made an Honorary Seabee. I have worked on plenty of graders, even the odd Auto Patrol. Al Edited June 11, 2015 by Al Brass (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Local scrap yard had a 1939 Cat D8 dozer with a cable operated 14' blade. He used it to crush cars. Crank start pony motor to start the big engine which I remember as being gas but more likely diesel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Looks like a TD-35 or TD-40. I've had my hands on a few of those old IHC's years back. I have a T-20 out in the shed. WOW, Dave! That is so neat!!Saw this in a junkyard the other day. An International shovel. Starts on a gas motor then switches to Diesel.It still runs and drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 So you know what it takes Al. You should have seen me yesterday running around between the old Hanson 1/2 yard shovel, And the Massey 30D (Buick SnowMaster around here. LOL.) Too get the frame set on the Tandems/ drivetrain. Took a good part of the day to get set up. Bush hog weeds, Get the shovel running, Ect. Antarctica must have been an interesting adventure to say the least. Hi Dave,I served my time with IH and then went to work for Cat so CE is in my blood. I even did a few spells looking after machinery in Antarctica in the early 70's,looking after Cat gear for the USN. I was made an Honorary Seabee. I have worked on plenty of graders, even the odd Auto Patrol.Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Yup. Gas powered Pony to swing a Diesel. A 1939 would have been an RD - 8. Quite a machine back in the day. Helped a friend get a 1941 8-R series D-8 running many years ago. Local scrap yard had a 1939 Cat D8 dozer with a cable operated 14' blade. He used it to crush cars. Crank start pony motor to start the big engine which I remember as being gas but more likely diesel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Big old crank coming out the the top of the hood to start the pony. Dad actually bought it when the scrap biz fell on hard times, hooked it to an old cable operated bottom pan and used it in a low budget excavating job he was doing. This would have been in the 1970's. No idea what eventually happened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrytravler Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 WOW, Dave! That is so neat!!Saw this in a junkyard the other day. An International shovel. Starts on a gas motor then switches to Diesel.It still runs and drives.Is there are market for something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrytravler Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Wait till you see the Navy yard Steam shovel made in 45. He uses it around the junky still. Will post a video later. Engine is a Crysler flat 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) More Photos. I got the engine out of hibernation. Also have the trans and rear bolted to the frame. Edited June 18, 2015 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 Is there are market for something like this?Yes, There are collectors for this Stuff. HCEA is one organization I belong to. http://www.hcea.net/ Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 Wait till you see the Navy yard Steam shovel made in 45. He uses it around the junky still. Will post a video later. Engine is a Crysler flat 8.Yup. I know where there is a Unit shovel sitting with a Chrysler Industrial Flat Head 8. Also ran an Insley with one installed a number of years ago. Looking forward to the video. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 All very cool stuff. Dave did you ever get your radiator back? Love to see projects like this here also. History of equipment is just as relevant as the cars to many of us. More photos please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 (edited) No, I did not. I had to contact other collectors and vintage machinery yards to come up with enough pieces to be able to piece a radiator together. Luckily the D4600 Diesel radiators do interchange. I still have to assemble it. I did however find out who took it but too late. It was scraped for drug money. I let them know if they come back they'll be eating lead. More photos to come. Dandy Dave! Edited June 19, 2015 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Coyote Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Geez Dave, playing with some heavy metal there. You think you will have it up and running for when the white stuff starts to fly again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 All of this is precisely why my wife won't consider letting me move from my 50 foot lot in the suburbs. Of well, maybe in my next life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Geez Dave, playing with some heavy metal there. You think you will have it up and running for when the white stuff starts to fly again? We are coming along. The Hard part is over. She will be running again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 All of this is precisely why my wife won't consider letting me move from my 50 foot lot in the suburbs. Of well, maybe in my next life!I dreamed of owning a Junk yard as a youngster. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Did I mention that there were only 56 Gas powered Cat Model 12 Graders ever built. This is one of only two known to still exist. It is estimated less than 100 of these G-4600 engines were built. Several were used in the Cat R-6 Crawlers Which were like a D-6 only Gas powered. I have heard that at least one R-6 was dumped in the ocean at the end of WWII. Others produced were used as power units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Al Brass Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Hi Dave,We had a gas 922 wheel loader in our area. I believe it was a Continental though, not a Cat engine. I'm picking your engine would have been Cat made. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) I went to an old machinery show and really enjoyed the fascinating types of equipment through the years. This one brought memories of old cartoons when I was a kid a couple of years ago. Edited June 22, 2015 by Joe in Canada (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hi Dave,We had a gas 922 wheel loader in our area. I believe it was a Continental though, not a Cat engine. I'm picking your engine would have been Cat made. Al Yes Al. Cat Built. Based on the D-4600 Diesel Some parts interchange. Basically it is a diesel design converted to a gas engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) I went to an old machinery show and really enjoyed the fascinating types of equipment through the years. This one brought memories of old cartoons when I was a kid a couple of years ago.Looks like a Buffalo Springfield. About 30 + years ago, our local mailman had one. He kept it on his farm and would fire it every once in a while and run it around his back fields. That could even be the same one as it was sold many years ago, and Archie passed on long ago also. Dandy Dave! Edited June 23, 2015 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 No idea who the fellow is driving it. Saw it at the Milton Steam Show that was well worth going to. Got there late and never seen the whole show. Hope to go back this year. There is a pile of old machinery in the Canadian Artic when a machine got stuck in the muskeg it was left behind. My father was in Inuvik in the 80s and sent back a pair of hydraulic cylinders off a D9 that the back half had sunk in and left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31 HUPMOBILE Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) This is my big project. A 1947 Huber M-150 Maintainer.The first owner of this grader was GMC Truck division of General Motors.It has a rebuilt Hercules engine with less than 10 hours on it.I have some replacement and NOS parts for it.I purchased the grader several years ago while I was working for Huber construction Equipment.I was the only one in the plant that actually owned a Huber.I have too many projects and this is one that needs to move on to the next owner.If any one is interested contact me. Edited June 27, 2015 by 31 HUPMOBILE (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Coyote Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Hey Dave! Found you another one. http://tucson.craigslist.org/hvo/5093482521.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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