50's Caterpillar D7 Cable Bulldozer Land Clearing & Pushing Up Trees " Old Iron Working " CAT D7 3T 

I look forward to the Saturdays I set aside to run the old gal…it’s something else to listen to her dig in and power through a big push. Thanks for the commenting 😊

Thanks 😊

Thank you! 😊

@@Yellowdogsworld do you have any new videos of your D7?

I don't have any recorded at the moment, but my goal is get some better footage of it clearing the land its working on right now.. hopefully with out any more incident's due to a novice operator 😁

My father and I had some of the same experiences, my hope is to pass that down 😁

I believe I’m learn a lesson every time I get on this old cat… you got to pay 360 degree, up and down attention being the biggest that day.

yep they do 😁

I would be inclined to agree, i included that mishap knowing i would get some flak, its not my proudest moment. However i do try and learn from my mistakes, that one i will not make again.

Thanks!

You can never have enough overhead protection, it sounds like you have a good setup. 😁

I can really appreciate the knowledge you have of these old machines. This is the first and only bulldozer I've owned and operated. There's so much knowledge about the machine I don't have that only fellas who've been around them for years possess. Also, that's a cool stumper attachment you have on the D7 👍

I would love to do that one day on this old Girl, along with a few other things... i dont think id be feeding it as much oil as diesel.

LOL.. Maybe an old dog anyway. 😁

I couldn’t agree more, I was fortunate the only thing I had to fix was the exhaust. Some lessons ya learn the hard way; in hind site I had just got going good and my over zealousness to get something done; I did not evaluate the tree before pushing it down, a lesson Learned the hard way.

Cool, what series is it?

@@Yellowdogsworld I think it's a b series and the year was I think in the 1940's or 50's

@@Yellowdogsworld I think it's a f series but my d7 an army dozer and it is a 1930's

@@Yellowdogsworld it is a f series and it is an army dozer and it was made somewhere around 32

I don't know I'll check and see what it is

Maybe by today standards, but it’s got plenty of guts for what I need to do. You gotta remember you’re comparing 1950 tech, it’s like comparing a flathead V8 to a new Gm LS v8.

Thanks for the commenting 😁 Trust me, I felt terrible when i broke the stack loose, it's been repaired before. The brace bar however was loose allready. I should have taken them off until i could build a working set. I left this footage in to show I do make mistakes. I do my best to fix what i can, but she's got a lot of hours on her, and that can be a real expensive venture. The right brake and clutch don't work so well, the Cable control unit brake slips when she gets hot, and she burns a lot of oil... all these things were there when i got her.