Those ol' slow-banger D7's were as reliable a tractor as was built back in those days and not much has come close to them since either. The bare tractor would back out of wet spots that the dozer complete with blade would just bury itself in nose down as you tried to back out. It was sometimes possible in such a situation, if you had nothing else around to give you a pull, to disconnect the blade at the push trunnions and maybe let the blade lift rope go too and back the bare tractor out to firm ground then pull the blade out and re-attach it. Cat 426 or equivalent Compactor Cat 816B or equivalent Dozer - Cat D7 or. Ive got an old D7 (3T) that I have not run in several years and with scrap. with work alternating between new and old sections of channel to keep the. The Caterpillar D7 is a medium track-type tractor manufactured by Caterpillar Inc. It does not have hydraulics, but instead operates all of its attached/towed implements via a Cable Control. Just be careful in wet areas 'cos they tend to drive in just fine and then not back out. The Cat D7 hydraulic crawler dozer is a medium bulldozer manufactured by. This is my Grandfathers old 1950 Caterpillar D7-3T. You will find dozers deployed in all sorts of situations, from quarries and mines to construction sites and military engineering projects. Mind you, most dozers of that era were a little nose heavy 'cos crawler tractor designers were still coming to grips with the change from crawlers being pulling machines used for drawbar work to crawlers being pushing machines used for dozer work.Īs I said, it's not something that you can't get used to fairly easily. Dozers are tough, heavy machines dedicated to pushing earth and other materials around. Caterpillar D7 Dozer, Cat diesel Eng, 127 Blade Width, 22 Single Grouser Tracks, cable operated, NOT OPERATIONAL DAY OF LISTING, SN: 3T5446.

Yes, the early D7's, RD7 through to 17A/D7C-D were a little nose-heavy but it wasn't something that you couldn't get used to pretty easily.

Old d7 dozer