I wish they still made something like these, they'd be awesome for those of us who are hobby farmers. Little blade on the front, PTO, pull a little plow....they'd be awesome!
I remember what a disaster those lower track rollers were on this machine. I think it would be a fun machine to pull some draw bar implements with, like the tumble bug perhaps, or your little genius 2 bottom plow, or the spring harrow! I really enjoy the purr of that early Cat gasoline engine. Cheers Squatch!
Strangely, watching this video reminded a book I read about 50 years ago titled "Bulldozer" It was about a D2 found in the bottom of a lake, recovered and made operational again. Don't know why I never thought about that book during your D2 rebuild.
"Bulldozer Bill".Hesitate to say I read it too,on such a manly man channel.I read it a bunch! The author had another book-"T Model Tommy".I checked a few years ago and they wanted $60-70 for either one.Nostalgia isn't worth that!
I like the idea of putting parts in creates 👍i thank you for the idea i have so many parts that need to be stored in a dry place and away from the elements
Your little Cat ten evoked some memories for me because I have an old black and white image of a distant ancestor standing behind a Holt tractor holding a pair of long reins connected to the steering levers. Some years ago now I got yarning to a bloke who had a larger than normal and fully functional Holt on display at an annual state fair in South Australia. He told me some holts had eyelets cast on the steering levers because many early users preferred to walk behind a tractor as though it was a team of horses since they preferred to align furrows that way when they ploughed. The explanation sounded plausible enough to me not only because I have an image of an ancestor doing precisely that but I can't imagine any other reason for the eyelets I have seen being present on the levers! The owner of the same Holt also told me he was once approached by an American guy acting on behalf of a US collector who offered him a phenomenal sum of money for his unusually large and rare Holt but he refused to sell. Apparently he bought a vineyard and winery where the old machine was derelict as a display feature on a lawn where it had been slowly rusting away due to repeated exposure to a watering system. He said he managed to scrounge or repair sufficient parts to restore it to full function and was very attached to it.
That cat tens an awesome lil tractor for as small as it is my great grand dad had a little cletrack never knew the model just knew he always had trouble starting it had to use acetilyne and oxygen to get it to fire off due to a weak magneto
I guess it could be considered a D1? Glad to see it out and about. Its what got me interested in your channel, I just had to subscribe when I saw the Cats. Nothing against farm tractors but they are all one to me. Even though I'd like to see the M M project completed.
Maybe you should pull your spring tooth with it the next time you do some dirt work, it would save you from having to unhook and re-hook the H so many times.
It probably wouldn't hurt to change the anti-freeze in the ten to keep corrosion down or even remove any corrosion with the additives in anti-freeze to keep corrosion down. It looks to me to be a perfect loader platform with a really good hydraulic pump. Those aggressive grousers will put a load of manure in a spreader in nothing flat on the farm. This ten could be running 200 years from now if the front axles were repaired.
I just picked up a cat 10, not a pretty as yours. Thank you for pointing out some significant wear points. That said, I have a question. Where would you go for a water pump rebuild kit? Or would you just build the parts for a rebuild? I ask because the very first item on my repair list is the water pump. Second is track roller bushing inspection. As it also has a pusher blade installed. Good news though, it starts, runs, and motivates under its own power. With out much fuss. Thank you for your efforts on these old pieces of history.
Get a blade on that little TEN and use it to maintain your drive; it gets used regularly and you have fun other than driving around in circles. Win win.
I would love to find a CAT 10 to restore.. any condition any help were to find one I'd greatly appreciate it. I live in Colorado..or a D-20 or Cleat track. Thank you...by the way I love ur channel. I've learned alotta stuff... 👍👍👍👍
Squatch, I used to work at Caterpillar in Decatur. A friend had a Caterpillar "2 ton" that was restored by the company in exchange for some advertising. Haven't heard of any other Two Tons are you familiar with that model
This may be a dumb question, but did Caterpillar ever make any prototypes of wheeled tractors that you know of? I know they primarily made crawlers for the longest time
