1948 Caterpillar D8 First Start 2012 

Thats so wonderful this evokes a memory. Im glad you liked it.

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed.

mario zermeno .

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Wow, I got two stories in one video. Thanks.

Yeah, I think some were silenced though.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed.

There is one of those sat in a hedge near my house in Hampshire... been there for 15 years.... massive great beast, I wish the owner would let me have her.

she wanted to do more!

Heck yeah.

Yeah, smooth runners.

Reg Sparkes I was watching a video an abandoned d8 was in the forest and they started it with no muffler on the engine but in the comments it was said these are quiet running once the pony motor is turned off and I see that is very true nice machine

It took me a while to realize that's what was running at first...

Thanks, she is dearly loved around here.

That's a big engine.

Thats the slidebar model is it not

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed.

I changed employers. Old machine was a late model d8 all power assist. New machine was a D4. No power assist . Next morning, when I awaken I could not move. .... Sore all over.

This machine seems to strike a chord with a lot of folks, that makes me really happy.

Absolutely, it is a skill that just isn't found in fly-by-wire controls nowadays.

Absolutely, and a very Happy New Year to you as well.

Takes 2 to operate?

Lucia Conn nope only 1

She had a pretty good life, now she enjoys retirement all the while pleasing crowds.

Amazing considering it is unrestored, original.

Couldn't arm wrestle that and not be careful

Absolutely! Their contribution to our current highway system alone is incredible.

Surprisingly clean.

That is wonderful to hear, thanks for watching.

Thanks.

Need to tell the guy cranking that pony motor to only pull on crank it wont break his arm that way . All it takes is a wet mag to backfire

Your right, in fact it is still owned by the county on the off chance they need a little ultra heavy pulling done.

Thanks. Hope we can be in touch again.

My father was born in 1938 tells me stories on the farm, bet you have some you share.?

Aw, just think of it this way, you where both built to last👌

Glad you enjoyed.

hugolafhugolaf Good times.

Gotta love the DEF always breaking.

For sure, I will have more of her in action in the future.

Hello there from Canada, this D8 was actually used by the local county until fairly recently despite it's age, so they did great work maintaining it and shedding it every night.

@@Rainhill1829 thanks for the heads up. G'day!

Yep, all original believe it or not.

Those two old farmers are probably in their late 40s.

Lol.

4 gauge - Let’s be honest; you could probably teach a little kid to run one of these things. The whole point of them is that they’re as tough and simple as a sledge hammer.

Danke.

Sadly, parts for the starting systems are hard to come by on these units.

Not to sound rude but how hard would it be to take one apart and recast the parts of a good motor?

Tim Forbrook Expensive but not impossible!

David Markham i can believe that and here's where I'm going with it in my mind would rather spend the extra money to have a few extra parts on hand rather than trying to fix the impossible

Tim Forbrook I often wonder if that old tractor is still there but I am retired now and have no use for it anymore. At the time I found that I could lease a new machine for 8500$ a month that could surpass it in power and comfort which is what I did till retiring . It was quite a machine though to operate!

Lots of levers, she demands some skill.

Volunteer's always welcome, good times had by all :)

I do believe sir that you are confusing your animals. Its a Cat, not a dog 😉

Thanks.

She is well taken care of... and rarely worked hard.

Yeah it has a heck of a rap to it.

The only pony. Starter. I had. On 8. Cat. Was. A. Gas. Starter with. A chutch to the cat motor

Well then, welcome to Gearhead Alley.

Yeah I've heard they where advanced designs.

I have had both cat and td 14 and td 18 ihc crawlers are junk my d7 did most of my land clearing with no breakdowns ihs were always brokedown

Wilma McDermott What problems did you have exactly? Ours had over 40000 hrs and only had cylinder sleeves and clutch replacement.

@@interman7715 from hyd pumps cracked heads bearings in final drives water pumps rollers aluminum bushings in rollers breaking up and falling apart cracked final drive housings just about anthing u can think of just a good lower end in motor is all i can say the rest was fucking junk my d7 17A cleared mor land in 6 years than ihs cleared i 14 yers

@@interman7715 40000 i dont think so my father in law liked his 18 babyed it had new sleaves pistons and bearings rebuilt the trans and both final drive v it took 20 years fof fixin that shit to clear 160 achers of land

Lots of iron.

What a job that must have been, especially in the winter.

And if you've ever been in Edmonton's winter's, grew up seeing -50 + winter's, yet he did this in a open cab Cat, for 26 year's.

Kevin Millar Oh yes I believe, I just spent a week in Edmonton, she was cold.

Kevin Millar If you at least had a rops on it then you can tarp it up and be really quite warm with engine heat blowing back at you.

I see you are a man of good tastes

Mate I don't think you know how tractors work, because there was absolutely no chance of that thing moving anywhere

True, gotta be sure she is in neutral before cranking.

Well.….I thought it was funny.

Nothing like a large displacement naturally aspirated diesel.

YEAH! :-)

And still very handy when something heavy needs to be pulled.

TheTomyossarian that’s generally what winter is like. This video was uploaded in May so I’m guessing the block was mostly warm from the temperature outside.

nott tellingyou Truer words never spoken, love the Farmall's, got one myself. Thanks for watching.

it just fired up the pup motor lol

¡Vaya, eso da miedo!

The sound is unmistakable.

Actually you can see it pointing straight up out of the hood just in front of the air cleaner. It is routed through the intake manifold to preheat the incoming air, sort of a pre glowplug feature.

***** thanks for explaining it.

***** Daddy had a RD-8 from the '30s, serial # was like 2006 I think ( I was around 12). The pony was cranked from the front,you had to climb over the blade to get to it. Also the pony had a common water jacket with the diesel. In the winter, start the pony and let it run a couple minutes. Next put pony tranny in low and turn the diesel over for about 5 minutes to get oil loosened up. Next was put pony in high gear and the compression release half way,( it had 3 settings 0-1/2- full). Let it run another couple minutes until water temp started moving up,throw comp to full, throw the fuel leveron and it was running on the first revolution. We had a Letourneau cable pan from a D-7 on it. That would give you a workout!

Yes indeed, this one has the casting hole for the front start crank but it is not fitted, I believe it was an option. This one shares coolant with the main engine as well, but we don't often cold start it. I have seen pictures of units used in the war with the front start, I wonder if this was to keep personnel out of the line of enemy fire? Fascinating machines none the less.

That little engine also would heat the engine oil to the big engine and circulate it,which was handy in the winter time during arctic weather conditions when it was like minus 40 below zero,it would heat the engine oil up before the big diesel would start.

Nailed it.

Darn I'm in Chestermere Alberta, I'll be going next year with dad.

Awesome, see you there.