Vintage 1957 Caterpillar D7 Cable Blade Dozer. “How Sweet It Is”

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Phil Sweet, his brothers and Wally, his Dad, run a family farming operation where they grow and distribute 1/3rd of Australia’s Strawberry Runners and is located just out of Stanthorpe in Southern QLD.
I was welcomed with open arms and as the stories unfolded I was invited to get in the old Toyota and have a look at some old working equipment that was to really ‘blow my mind’.
Tucked away down the bottom paddocks and chugging away without a care in the world was a fully restored 1957 Cat D7 Cable Blade Dozer (convert)
Ron Horner
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@SimonPerry-cz4ke 7 месяцев назад

From England Nothing Like that old Dozer Smell.

@oldamericaniron5767 8 месяцев назад

I love the sound of a none turbo,4 cylinder, straight pipe, 3T pulling hard.👍

@oldamericaniron5767 8 месяцев назад

First dozer I ran was a ‘47, pony start, hydraulic blade, D7-3T. I recently gave it to a younger friend so it will have a good home for years to come.

@australianearthmoving 8 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@stevemanning3230 10 месяцев назад

I live in a 1957 ARC bus, it's got a commerTS,3 and it's the most comfortable home I've ever had

@dplant8961 9 месяцев назад

Hi, Ron. Thanks for the memories. I started of on a Cat 22 with a hand windlass operated cable blade, graduated to a Cat 20 with a hydraulic blade, then a 2T D4 with a hydraulic blade and then to a 3T series D7, again with a cable blade - all a far cry from the D9N I was operating when we met at Boral. Again, thanks for the memories. Just my 0.02. You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

@brentreid7031 9 месяцев назад

This machine will separate the Men from the Boy's. Nice old Cat. Old is Gold.

@MrTwl62 10 месяцев назад

I bought a 1966 CAT D6 B in 1999 with very similar controls. Hydraulic blade though. It was a handfull to operate but a lot of fun !

@australianearthmoving 10 месяцев назад

How awesome! Is it still running?

@wilmamcdermott3065 8 месяцев назад

I own a running 1956 D7c 17A . I just replaced sleeves and pistons

@Moonbahmemories 8 месяцев назад

Started my career on adozerlikethis

@stuartmcewan9620 8 месяцев назад

Awesome. Just goes to show that machines in those days were built to last. Not the plastic fan Tastic crap today

@stevemanning3230 10 месяцев назад

It's the same age as me

@australianearthmoving 10 месяцев назад

Like a fine wine!

@johnmcmickle5685 10 месяцев назад

I was wondering about the starter motor. They originally had a bench seat.

@australianearthmoving 10 месяцев назад

There have been a few mods to keep it a working tractor on the farm. An interesting conversation for sure and the starter motor has definitely raised a few eyebrows.

@johnmcmickle5685 10 месяцев назад

@@australianearthmoving I am old enough to remember those cable dozer and starter motors. I can even remember a cable dozer pulling a scraper pan. I grew up watching them build the interstate system in the US and got my first job in road and bridge construction in 1978. That was back when there were equipment operators and not just drivers like today where the electronics cut the grade.

@parkerwhite741 8 месяцев назад

No No No pony motor is right of passage like kick starting a Harley!

@ramjam720 10 месяцев назад

You lost me when you removed the gasoline pony motor starter. My D7E had one, and I used to challenge people to start the dozer. Then when I would start it, they would be in awe.

@australianearthmoving 10 месяцев назад

Controversial for sure and you're not the first to comment on that. It's a working tractor so there are a few mods to make it work for them.

@ramjam720 10 месяцев назад

@@australianearthmoving Mine was used as a tow cat pulling a TD20 with a BRON cable plow. Buried hundreds of miles of telephone cable like that.

@australianearthmoving 10 месяцев назад

@@ramjam720 How awesome! Would love to see pics if you have any. Email us at editor@australianearthmoving.com.au

@parkerwhite741 8 месяцев назад

Rite of Passage

@stoneyascension7250 10 месяцев назад

I hope you got indigenous permission to bulldoze that bush & paid your aboriginal cultural assessment fees? Oopps this is Queensland not W.A. then again you might like all of us might get hit with rent tax in the future.