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Yet dealers still had mechanics and service manuals and parts departments just like today. You couldn't work on one of those if your life depended on it, lol.
international,allis chalmers never caught up with the early leader...they gave up eventually,always playing catchup.unable to charge as much as cat...early allis stuff was imposible to work on but less money
Yes, 1937. A real spring picnic of a time in the USA. In the depths of the great depression, the dustbowl raging through the nation's food producing states, war clearly visible on the horizon, still common to die from small pox, polio, measles, or flu. Boy if I only had a time machine...
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While Working for a dealer I used the term catastrophic failure, I was called in on the carpet over it and told to never use the term again. But I still think despite the ego they tend to stand behind what they build better them most.
Things haven’t changed guys. It was and still is all about quality manufacturers and preventive maintenance. A healthy mule will work for you all day if you take care of it and treat it humanly.
Love the way modular injector pump allows replacement of discreet components without removing it from the engine. wonder if parts are still available for that vintage?
The answer is pretty much yes. I owned a 1950's D4 and the local dealer had all the parts I needed in stock. Have a look at Squatch's UA-cam videos on old Cats. If you local dealer doesn't have whatever you need, another dealer will. Things like engine blocks are difficult, but only a badly abused engine will render a block unusable.
10 years ago or so, my dad had a 48 model d4. The cat place said they had the prints for everything and would make any part necessary for any cat product, if there was not one available, at your cost of course
John Deere and Caterpillar don't want you to maintain your own equipment these days anymore. Other than that much of the basic mechanics look the same as today. Except for today's layer of electronics.
I would guess that anyone prepared to make an investment in one of these thing would know going in there's gonna be a steep maintenence learning curve. But, that seems to have worked, god knows a lot of the beasts sold.
I took a tour of the old Caterpillar tractor plant in East Peoria, IL back in 1974. The tour guide told us that their main competitor was Komatsu and that Komatsu's inside slogan was, "Beat Caterpillar!" Nearly fifty years later it looks like Caterpillar is holding its own and still doing quite well.
Great film but were the wheeled tractors from this period similarly maintenance intensive? Seems like you'd spend almost as much time working on it as using it.
..What was even more alarming to me was the hand-cranking of the diesel from the tank into the tractor, and from the delivery truck to the tank!..geesh...wear yourself out, round and round and round...looks like they could have just put an electric motor on the same pump...powered by the truck's electrical system on the truck...and either 120 volt AC, or some sort of pto from the tractor, for the tank....
I'm not sure the exact model/ size (maybe a TS40?), but it is a Link Belt Speeder crane/ dragline conversion. Pretty cool machine, and very rare now. Its hard to even find pictures of them.
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What? No mention of how dependable their DEF systems and CPU/ECM/ECU units are? Not trying to sell me on their company based on how many alphabet people they hire on purpose? Sad. I want to live in those times.
did you notice he said the injector spray and dirt MADE FOR HARD STARTINGat the same time WE SEE him cranking it by hand?HE IS CRANKING THE GASOLINE PONY MOTOR!!!!
I can imagine what diesel fuel was like in '39. Oil, not much better. Construction sites and water systems? Now, the owner is not allowed to touch the thing.
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More old caterpillar stuff please!
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Back when they wanted you to be able to work on it, and they didn't want it to break down.
Yet dealers still had mechanics and service manuals and parts departments just like today. You couldn't work on one of those if your life depended on it, lol.
Self sufficiency used to be integral.
@@triple6758 absolutely! And common sense used to be Common…
Thousands of records.first hand reports is how they achieved greatness.
international,allis chalmers never caught up with the early leader...they gave up eventually,always playing catchup.unable to charge as much as cat...early allis stuff was imposible to work on but less money
You can't beat that old stuff.
Thank you for posting this. Makes me remember the good old days when men were men and life was less stressful.
Yes, 1937. A real spring picnic of a time in the USA. In the depths of the great depression, the dustbowl raging through the nation's food producing states, war clearly visible on the horizon, still common to die from small pox, polio, measles, or flu. Boy if I only had a time machine...
@@gasfiltered some ppl are just funny man. They think the past was peaceful
EXCELLENT CINE FOOTAGE AND VERY INFORMATIVE !!
INFORMS EXACTLY WHAT CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT IS ALL ABOUT
That was 1937 and Caterpillar is still king
*Without diesel tractors, 95% of us would starve to death.*
Great vintage videos. My, how times have changed.
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This still stands true now. Cat is honestly the best.
More old caterpillar stuff please!
Wow! This is such an interesting film, in how to properly operate a Caterpillar tractor back over 80 years ago! Very cool!
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I'll bet Sasquatch253 would love this film! 👍
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I grew up in Peoria. Cat was everything!
Caterpillar was Peoria! And still is!
What’s a Peoria
Peoria, Illinois, USA.
My father worked at Caterpillar for decades.
Headquarters is moving. They've had enough of Illinois. Along with others.
My dad worked for cat for 30 years part in Peoria and help open the plant in Decatur
I was fortunate enough to tour the Peoria, Decatur and Aurora plants on three occasions with customers, awesome
Very informative and useful in 2022.
My Grandpa ran a 1940 D7 till 1980!! No telling how many undercarriage's, radiator's, etc.
While Working for a dealer I used the term catastrophic failure, I was called in on the carpet over it and told to never use the term again. But I still think despite the ego they tend to stand behind what they build better them most.
Things haven’t changed guys. It was and still is all about quality manufacturers and preventive maintenance. A healthy mule will work for you all day if you take care of it and treat it humanly.
Except the electronics.
Love the way modular injector pump allows replacement of discreet components without removing it from the engine. wonder if parts are still available for that vintage?
The answer is pretty much yes. I owned a 1950's D4 and the local dealer had all the parts I needed in stock. Have a look at Squatch's UA-cam videos on old Cats. If you local dealer doesn't have whatever you need, another dealer will. Things like engine blocks are difficult, but only a badly abused engine will render a block unusable.
10 years ago or so, my dad had a 48 model d4. The cat place said they had the prints for everything and would make any part necessary for any cat product, if there was not one available, at your cost of course
Wonderful, I wonder how many new drivers woul understand these set of instructions for the maintenance of the machines, not many I’d guess.
John Deere and Caterpillar don't want you to maintain your own equipment these days anymore. Other than that much of the basic mechanics look the same as today. Except for today's layer of electronics.
I would guess that anyone prepared to make an investment in one of these thing would know going in there's gonna be a steep maintenence learning curve. But, that seems to have worked, god knows a lot of the beasts sold.
Great stuff thks
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Yo ...been on a D8 these days ..cat is hands down made for heavy use with operator in mind
...then Komatsu would build fairly close knock-offs(before and during WW2), then eventually would challenge Caterpillar for world dominance....
I took a tour of the old Caterpillar tractor plant in East Peoria, IL back in 1974. The tour guide told us that their main competitor was Komatsu and that Komatsu's inside slogan was, "Beat Caterpillar!" Nearly fifty years later it looks like Caterpillar is holding its own and still doing quite well.
The DR-7 looks like the machine that smashed the Joads' house in The Grapes of Wrath (1940, 20th Century-Fox).
And to this day the Israelis continue the fine tradition of bulldozing settlements with CAT equipment. “For wherever persons need to be displaced”
@@JB-ss3bv weirdo. Tell the ayatollah hi.
Had a 1954 D -7. Sorry as hell I sold it.
Almost new, Mine's a '38 D62H
We had I think it was 1936 RD-8 with a blade and scraper pan. Ser# was 2006 I think. Was the early '70's
@@marvindebot3264 ,
Would love to have a D-6.
We had 5 feet of snow in one storm this past winter.
@@johnsummers172,
Nice.
@@johnsummers172 2006 would make it a 1937 and one of the very last RD8s made.
At 6:19 you see the guy hand starting. Notice how he only uses one hand. Tough guys back in the day. Modern guys would probably need to use two hands.
With the crap gas these days made for injection and not atomizing, it takes two hands on the handle to spin that pony fast enough to fire.
thanks
Muito bom. very good.
15:26 Muriatic acid AND formaldehyde?! Now that’s good eatin’!
Thnks, Periscope. I think Cat let Russia duplicate the D-7 so they could have a decent tractor years ago. Thanks again!
Yes, the USA did a lend/lease of CATS to Russia during WWII and they loved them so much they essentially copied them, with permission from CAT.
@@bitsnpieces11 The license was purchased back in the 30s
@@alexsis8980 Ok, good to know, that time period was somewhat confusing about things.
Two years before half their factories got turned to tank production
none of the people in this video have no clue how bad things are gonna be in like 8 years
Not much has changed "If ain't a CAT it's a dog"
Back when they actually cared!! It's sad how the world has changed.
9:20 The tractor is an RD7, not DR7. Shortly afterward Caterpillar dropped the "R"
Wonder if they still have all those records?
We got a new service manual for our '36 RD-8 in the early '70's , so I bet they do.
Yes they do
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Great film but were the wheeled tractors from this period similarly maintenance intensive? Seems like you'd spend almost as much time working on it as using it.
Was that guy Hand Cranking a DIESEL!!??? 😲
That was some breed of Men back then.
He was cranking the pony motor.
@@5axmachine167 Well that makes more sense! Thanks. I've got to bone up on early Diesel operation.
..What was even more alarming to me was the hand-cranking of the diesel from the tank into the tractor, and from the delivery truck to the tank!..geesh...wear yourself out, round and round and round...looks like they could have just put an electric motor on the same pump...powered by the truck's electrical system on the truck...and either 120 volt AC, or some sort of pto from the tractor, for the tank....
PoorManRC no he was cranking the gasoline pony motor that’s starts the diesel.
@@dyer2cycle I've done that, manual pumps on tanks in the back of pickups, or on 55 gallon drums.
So many wonder why there is no work around the U.S. anymore. Look at that filing system that now is obsolete due to computers.
To test the fuel valve, turn it upside down and spray it into the air!
As long as your flesh was not in the way there's no problem.... you aren't thinking environmental concerns for this tiny spray, are you?
Just think if we put High tariffs long ago on imported equipment cat equipment would still be the best seller in the US .
It is an RD7, not DR7. Rudolf Diesel. Neighbor had an RD6
Any info on that tractor @4:34 it looks pretty awesome!
I'm not sure the exact model/ size (maybe a TS40?), but it is a Link Belt Speeder crane/ dragline conversion. Pretty cool machine, and very rare now. Its hard to even find pictures of them.
Do you teach how to rebuild injectors by hand and how to clean with brass brushes.
Love the videos, but the timer on the screen is annoying.
They put a lot of time and work into purchasing and restoring old films that otherwise would be lost forever, and the timestamp is there to prevent people from just downloading it and using it. The film itself is public domain, but all the work they put into improving it isn't.
So the videos they post here are partly advertising for them, and partly public service making it available to us.
If you want to watch it without the watermark, they will gladly sell you a copy, but think of it as the price to be able to see it for free.
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous UA-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
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What? No mention of how dependable their DEF systems and CPU/ECM/ECU units are? Not trying to sell me on their company based on how many alphabet people they hire on purpose? Sad. I want to live in those times.
1:37 the crash test dummy.
did you notice he said the injector spray and dirt MADE FOR HARD STARTINGat the same time WE SEE him cranking it by hand?HE IS CRANKING THE GASOLINE PONY MOTOR!!!!
15:28 Formaldehyde 🚫⚠️
It's RD7.
No need for right to repair legislation then. Common sense was common.
Old stuff
At 7:41 my wife hates that, but my girlfriend doesn't mind it
This should be RD7, not DR7. I had its predecessor, a RD6.
Dang, if that diesel requires all that extensive and frequent servicing, I would just stick with a team of mules instead. LOL
I can imagine what diesel fuel was like in '39.
Oil, not much better.
Construction sites and water systems?
Now, the owner is not allowed to touch the thing.
Wonder if their record keeping is still as intricate
It's probably better, With computers, they can search records in multiple ways. Not just by serial number.
That’s an RD7 not DR7
Quality….. what’s that? 😞 today stuff is designed to detonate not last. 🚜 💥
Back before everything was made with chinesium
Fantastic instructional video.... That accent does not come across as a native Yankee.... Or else Yankee accent has deteriorated a lot in 80 years
Fuel Pressure Gauge Tells All
Tariffs are Cats enemy.
Sure isnt desighned. As well these day no more 30000 hour engines
Сталинец
Licens, stalingrad! Volga mentén.
🤔
Cat fuel injection......
I despise your time stamps
@squatch253
Caterpillar is quality but over priced.
How did they know earth looked like that? hahaha Their lies are apparent now.