1973 Caterpillar D8H Tractor At Work. 

Pushed many a pan with one.

I have a amt model of one

He is building a ramp,gunna jump it when he is done

Lewie M.... Hello There!!.... gee, we run into each other all over the place... wherever there's equipment, trucks, Diesel engines, etc, etc... lol

@@Romans--bo7br Hi, Pal and looks like we like the same stuff! I even get into generators! BLESS U!

@@lewiemcneely9143.... lol, me as well... in fact was just watching one a few minutes ago. How about trains (especially Steam, 1st & 2nd Gen. diesels - especially EMD powered / 2 cycle) and drag racing, hot rods and antique cars & planes?

@@Romans--bo7br Hi, Pal! Planes? not so much and I drive antique stuff but not nice stuff in the public eye. My S-10 is an 89 and leaves a lot to be desired. But it gets me where I need to go and has a fine a.c. and heater. Steam is so-so, mainly stationary engines. Diesel is a YES. EMD which Cat had to buy out to get 'their' train engine which if you look at 'their' locomotive has an

@@lewiemcneely9143.... Hey, my friend!.... my apology for not answering sooner, I wasn't even aware that you had replied again, just now found it as I was watching this video one more time. : ) 89 S-10's are neat trucks... I drive an 02 GMC 2500HD / Duramax with a 125hp chip (just in case I ever "need" it.. lol), but otherwise it's "stock" except for an aftermarket and 4" exhaust system.... and has the ZF 6spd manual (rare) in it, with a HD Southbend single mass flywheel (stock was a dual mass fiasco), clutch & pressure plate. I don't (never have) "abuse" it in any way, shape or form... now has about 312,000 miles on it, and other than the newer / upgraded injectors (originals were recalled in 02), and my own upgrading of the aforementioned parts, the only thing that I have had to replace was the water pump and fuel pressure regulator... other than that, it's completely original... and not a leak or weep on it anywhere, from the radiator to the rear end. Oh... I did upgrade the suspension on it about two years ago... put hd KYB shocks on all four corners (over $108. per shock - my cost, just for the shocks) when I had a custom set of new leaf springs made for the rear, by a friend of mine out in southern CA. who makes all the suspension systems for almost all of the CA. rural fire departments as well as for many other applications, including various racing forms. The originals were a 4+ 1 set-up and I changed it to a 5+ 1 with a custom "spring rate".... handles and rides like a dream. So, your a fan of the UK Deltics, huh?.... personally, I always considered the design was wayyyy over complicated and hard starting, but of course... that's just my own opinion from a design standpoint (formally studied Diesel Engine Design & Theory, for 4 & 2 cycle - but specializing in 2 cycle, for 4 years back in the mid 1960s - 63/67). I guess I'm just not a fan of the Triangulated ("Delta") design. FairBanks Morse used the opposed Piston design as well in their 2 cycles, but they were of an In-line vertical design and horrendously more reliable than the Napier Deltics. As far as railroad prime movers, the EMD's had & have the simplest and best design of any of them, as well as most reliable, world wide.... with the possible exception of the very earliest 567's with the "U" & "V"decks... which proved somewhat troublesome, especially the "U" decked engines that had issues with the top deck cracking but it didn't take too long to get it sorted out and EMD had a prime mover "change out" program by 1943 / 1944. Steam... though much more "labor intensive" to maintain... is considerably more powerful than diesels are.... with the probable exception of the largest Wartsia Sulzer Marine diesels, like the RT96c series (2 cycle, like All the large marine engines producing over 50,000 hp.).... but then again, they've never produced a steam power plant capable of producing equivalent power, before the technology changed over to diesel. I guess what I like about steam engines in Any form, but especially with steam locomotives, is that you see & hear a "living, breathing" machine, with all of its mechanical operations in full view... and each with their own character and operational personalities.... some you like, and some.. you don't - from a fireman and engineers point of view. As far as the diesel locomotive is concerned, I'm a fan of the 1st & 2nd generations, from the earliest "covered wagons" (EMD E, FT, F3, F7, etc) and then the "Geeps", & SD's - (especially the SD 40-2's). As far as EMD "will always be GM/Detroits BIG brothers"..... they Only thing that the two had in common was the fact that they were both Uniflow 2 cycle in design, and the Detroit Series 149 engines also utilized a "pot" head for easy/fast component change-outs on the top-end. Other than that, they had nothing in common whatsoever from a design standpoint, or in any other way.... other than GM was once the controlling corporate head, over both wholly separate companies. Was great to hear from you again, Lewie.... sure hope all is going well for you and that you & yours are staying healthy.

Yes it is I get great satisfaction when I am pushing a full blade of dirt.

Thank you,

I thought he dug up something wasn't sure what it was

Thank You

Blade cut through a field drain.

Obrigado pela sua resposta, até encontrar um D8H mais perto você pode assistir e ouvir este aqui😉

I have to say it was the nicest D8H I have come across, going back 40 years

David, Thanks for your reply, we were not doing anything with the D8 other than making a video of the machine under load to help me sell it, the owner had a bit of ground that was not coverd in his crops, so that's where we tried out the tractor, it had not run for some time and the blade was rusty along with the tracks and this shined them up for the photos I took afterwards, the video was took on the Sunday morning and I had it sold to a guy in Texas by the Wednesday, he bought it on the strength of the video I took that day , so there were 37,000 reasons we dug that hole out and filled it in. Plus you get to hear that great Cat engine sound

I may have another one coming up for sale, joe@hamptonequipmentllc.com

I may have another one coming up for sale, please email me, Thanks Joe

Unfortunately not, this was one of those machines that don't come around in that shape very often, the money that had been spent on that would make your eyes water, just one was for $67,000 from a Cat dealer who completely rebuilt the transmission and finals with all new gears and that was ten years ago, its like most old tractors and crawlers you will have more money in it than its worth in a blink, but we still do it😉👍

L'avevo in vendita, quindi l'ho fatto uscire nel suo campo e mostrarlo in funzione in modo da poterlo filmare, ho girato il video di domenica, e da mercoledì un ragazzo l'ha comprato sulla forza del film ed è andato in Texas, spero che questo risolva la tua domanda. I migliori saluti Joe

@@hamptonequipment5853 con quale mezzo lo hai sostituito? Ps Addirittura in texas :-)

It was a demo, done in his field which worked because I sold it three days later, so I suppose it wasn't a waste of time, P.S I dont think he needs any practice.

Who's time,? Who's fuel,? Who's wear & tear? If we hadn't ran it, you would not have been able to watch it?🤔