Thank you very much for sharing this There is a special place in my heart for the D6. On Sept 2, 1945, my parents were listening to their battery powered Sears and Roebucks radio in our cabin in the north woods of Wisconsin and when it was announced that the war was officially over they grabbed me by the arms (I was almost 4 years old) in between them and ran all the way to the end of our road to tell Mr. Jericho, who was operating a D6 on the dirt road. His son survived the battle at Normandy and was still fighting and now that the war was over he could come home. Frank Jericho switched off the D6 and ran all the way into town, about 6 miles and we heard that he didn't get sober for over a week. I remember that D6 so well because Frank would put me at his side and let me ride along as he took down the hill to make the road more passable. That was more than 70 years ago and I still remember the smell of that machine and the sound of the engine. Those are some of the very first memories I have.
@@squatch253 Veterans of most wars generally do not like to talk of their experiences, unless it is with others who have gone through the mill. Fewer questions, less painful explanations, and plenty that is 'understood' without words. In the UK it was realised that the survivors of the First War were getting fewer and fewer, and that they were dying off and taking 'their history' with them. One of the last was Harry Patch, who lived to 111 years. He was persuaded in his last years to talk to an author, who wrote a biography based on his words, published just after Harry passed, if memory serves. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Patch In his last years he was persuaded to visit a number of schools to tell the children about life in the trenches, and the war. Painful at first, cathartic in the end. And, as they all say, "Don't call me a hero. I am not a Hero. The Hero's are the ones who did not make it home." "Respect." ua-cam.com/video/Ho33eVaYdPc/v-deo.html
Con Cahill .......reading the comments that you two left really made my day. This is what America is all about......not all this rioting and killing and burning stuff down.
The luxury to have a diesel engine spin over for an extended period of time so you can get the oil to all the moving parts and heat up the combustion chamber before you shoot the juicy into it. Beautiful machine...a work of art.
My father had 2 Cat 15's. After he passed my mother sold them to a friend of mine. One had a a stuck engine. When my friend rolled it back off the trailer he popped the clutch and it turned over. He had it running with in 1 and a 1/2 hours. He had a man offer him $4000 for it on his way home with it. He would sell it. He uses it on his farm now.
In 1947, my 90 year old Father finished High School and before starting College worked as a Mechanic's Assistant on the Ladwig Pipeline Company. The company contracted to lay pipeline between Miles and Ballinger, TX. Growing up in the Great Depression, his Father, a U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, taught him mechanical skills that Dad applied to all of the heavy equipment used on the pipeline. Of all of the WWII surplus equipment he serviced, he remembers a Caterpillar D6 bulldozer which still had its US Navy paint and insignia. Since the D6 was in good shape, he only had to service rather than repair the pony motor. After the startup routine each morning, the dozer operators did not shut down the diesel engine until the end of the day. They left the diesel engine running so that they did not have to go through the start up routine during the workday. The diesel engine was left idling on the job site until the dozer was needed. To this day, he describes himself as a bulldozer with a pony starting motor. Each morning, coffee is his pony motor. Thereafter, he feels like a dozer, ready to work. Even in his retirement the diesel may be idling but he is ready to rev up and go to work at any time. Thank you for this video. I am going to forward it for Dad to view and recall his younger days.
Well Son of a gun, Good show! I had an opportunity to buy a RD6, the machine needed the pup motor repaired and i just wasn't confident enough about it... you just made the job look like it was no problem at all!
God I love watching those exhaust flaps bob up and down. If I gotta be real honest, the exhaust flaps excite me just as much as the engines themselves. I don’t exactly know why I like them so much, just do, loved hem since I was a kid.
As if there was any doubt! What a wonderful running tractor, and that nice engine sound, most enjoyable! That was a 'sweet' job and well done too. Thanks for this video, again.
My click made it 1000 likes! ... AWESOME video .. NEVER saw such detailed record of how the pony motor works! .. thank you for preserving our past! .. I personally am not an operator .. but my father and both my brothers are and my grandfather and great grand father as well ... my great grand father ran a chain drive Mac Truck .. when every one else was still using horses! :)
I'm 78 years old . When i was a kid i saw cats in cold weather being turned over by the pony , operator sitting in pickup waiting for it to warm up enough to start.
I was taught not to wrap your fingers around the crank when cranking as it will break your fingers if there is a backfire. You are to bend your fingers first joint against your finger and put the crank in against the backs of your fingers. If the engine backfires the crank just slips out and no broken bones. It may be different for a pony motor though? They also do a similar strategy when cranking over a prop on a plane. When you make your living with your hands you must protect those assets. Great videos by the way . I applaud you preservation of the past. Can you imagine if the old timers had put more of there hard won knowledge on video for us to watch now.
That's perfect advice yes, very true! .. you can do it 50 times .. then the next one bites! :( .. but on the pony motor? ... you will just avoid a sore thumb maybe :)
@@MikeBaxterABC I was thinking the same about the pony motor but some people watching won't differentiate between them and the bigger motor. Showing people how to start an engine is different than just starting an engine by yourself.
@@MikeBaxterABC I learned about it from my grandpas Case tractor. Did you ever see the movie where the guy winches his landrover off the ground into the tree by accident when trying to get across a river I think. It was in Africa in the 70's I think. Those old winches sure could pull. It is the gods must be crazy ua-cam.com/video/3EG0dH1oN7k/v-deo.html This is a link to a trailer of the movie which shows the scene.
@@crzy11000 I've heard of that movie before but have never seen it ... putting it on my "to watch list" right now! :) .. I'll find it on plucker i'm sure :)
FINE Job, even with the music! I always liked pony motor starts on the 4's and 6's but the 8-H was the best with one cylinder coming in at a time! Fine running tractor there too, Pal! Give yourself a pat on the back for everything and Cat needs to send you a check!
YOu know Cat all right. They have the stuff but you sure pay through the snout for it. They'd probably throw us both out if I went. YOu for hanging out with me and me for just being there to start with. I guess we're better off than we could be. Bouncing off a sidewalk hurts! Take care, Buddy!
Good videos on the reconditioning job, loved them, clear and precise. This one I went into settings and played back at double speed, worked well, you even sound like an aussie, they talk too fast.
Very nice. I liked the way you didn't just sling parts around to get them back into place. Tells me you try and take care of your equipment. Now you need to paint the machine to match the starting motor. LOL 😁
your very welcome i like to learn how to drive one my friends dad has a big dozer and hasnt got a chance to fix it its like a d6 or something like its really big great video too
Very good job Squatch! just a few notes though, pull the starting crank from over the top, return pony to idle after diesel starts and let engine run out of gas instead of turning shut off switch. Maybe you do other times, I forget myself sometimes. lol
I'm goin out on a limb here, are you the "A" team? I love it when a plan comes together! I really enjoy listening to old iron running. Could you make a video of the RD6 driving over a Prius?
Love it love it!! My Dad has an RD6 (early '36 model) with the Laplante hydraulic blade that he bought back in 1974 for $1500 bucks. Pushed a lot of dirt with it back in the day, but we haven't fired her up since the mid-90's. We did try to pull start her about 12 years ago but just couldn't quite get her to run on her own. Getting ready to try again to bring life to her. Anything I should pay particular attention to?
ok Thanks. I saw the the exhaust pipe for the pony motor,but didn't know for sure if gases were going into the main engine intake with a valve at the end or just had a dedicated passage in the intake.
Thank you very much for sharing this There is a special place in my heart for the D6. On Sept 2, 1945, my parents were listening to their battery powered Sears and Roebucks radio in our cabin in the north woods of Wisconsin and when it was announced that the war was officially over they grabbed me by the arms (I was almost 4 years old) in between them and ran all the way to the end of our road to tell Mr. Jericho, who was operating a D6 on the dirt road. His son survived the battle at Normandy and was still fighting and now that the war was over he could come home. Frank Jericho switched off the D6 and ran all the way into town, about 6 miles and we heard that he didn't get sober for over a week. I remember that D6 so well because Frank would put me at his side and let me ride along as he took down the hill to make the road more passable. That was more than 70 years ago and I still remember the smell of that machine and the sound of the engine. Those are some of the very first memories I have.
@@squatch253 Veterans of most wars generally do not like to talk of their experiences, unless it is with others who have gone through the mill. Fewer questions, less painful explanations, and plenty that is 'understood' without words.
In the UK it was realised that the survivors of the First War were getting fewer and fewer, and that they were dying off and taking 'their history' with them. One of the last was Harry Patch, who lived to 111 years. He was persuaded in his last years to talk to an author, who wrote a biography based on his words, published just after Harry passed, if memory serves.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Patch
In his last years he was persuaded to visit a number of schools to tell the children about life in the trenches, and the war. Painful at first, cathartic in the end.
And, as they all say, "Don't call me a hero. I am not a Hero. The Hero's are the ones who did not make it home."
"Respect."
ua-cam.com/video/Ho33eVaYdPc/v-deo.html
Con Cahill .......reading the comments that you two left really made my day. This is what America is all about......not all this rioting and killing and burning stuff down.
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You have done a excellent job on rebuilding that whizzer, that's a nickname for a Cat starting engine. Fine job
The luxury to have a diesel engine spin over for an extended period of time so you can get the oil to all the moving parts and heat up the combustion chamber before you shoot the juicy into it. Beautiful machine...a work of art.
Wow it is a real pleasure to watch these old iron lawn ornaments come back to life . Thank you for sharing the adventure .
There is nothing like a slow drive around the acreage. Thanks for the video.
My father had 2 Cat 15's. After he passed my mother sold them to a friend of mine. One had a a stuck engine. When my friend rolled it back off the trailer he popped the clutch and it turned over. He had it running with in 1 and a 1/2 hours. He had a man offer him $4000 for it on his way home with it. He would sell it. He uses it on his farm now.
What a wonderful mechanical symphony, sounds just superb……
There is a man that knows how to start an old Cat!
In 1947, my 90 year old Father finished High School and before starting College worked as a Mechanic's Assistant on the Ladwig Pipeline Company. The company contracted to lay pipeline between Miles and Ballinger, TX.
Growing up in the Great Depression, his Father, a U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, taught him mechanical skills that Dad applied to all of the heavy equipment used on the pipeline. Of all of the WWII surplus equipment he serviced, he remembers a Caterpillar D6 bulldozer which still had its US Navy paint and insignia. Since the D6 was in good shape, he only had to service rather than repair the pony motor.
After the startup routine each morning, the dozer operators did not shut down the diesel engine until the end of the day. They left the diesel engine running so that they did not have to go through the start up routine during the workday. The diesel engine was left idling on the job site until the dozer was needed.
To this day, he describes himself as a bulldozer with a pony starting motor. Each morning, coffee is his pony motor. Thereafter, he feels like a dozer, ready to work. Even in his retirement the diesel may be idling but he is ready to rev up and go to work at any time.
Thank you for this video. I am going to forward it for Dad to view and recall his younger days.
Amazing work on a wonderful piece of equipment!
The "A" Team...
So perfect a choice
Well Son of a gun, Good show!
I had an opportunity to buy a RD6, the machine needed the pup motor repaired and i just wasn't confident enough about it... you just made the job look like it was no problem at all!
Usually i loath muzac on these sort of vids, but , somehow to this 52yr old, its quite appropriate ;) Great work.
I love it when a plan comes together!
Makes me feel like having a cigar.
But Bickle, you didn’t do anyth...oh never mind. Enjoy your cigar! ;-)
"I pitty the fool that don't watch your video's" :D
So awesome! Keep em coming!!!!
Wow! Does my heart good to hear those three cylinders barking. Takes me back 65+ years. Thanks for sharing.
Great result Squatch 👍It runs really nicely. Its a beautiful tractor, I am really envious!
Mate,that was awesome! I love seeing these old machines start and run,nice work.
God I love watching those exhaust flaps bob up and down. If I gotta be real honest, the exhaust flaps excite me just as much as the engines themselves. I don’t exactly know why I like them so much, just do, loved hem since I was a kid.
As if there was any doubt! What a wonderful running tractor, and that nice engine sound, most enjoyable!
That was a 'sweet' job and well done too. Thanks for this video, again.
I'd like to see the RD6 in that lugging under full load, mode.
Amazing what an old cat can do when given a little love . Way cool thank you for sharing . Watching the 1113 build also .
I just love it when a plan comes together!
You are clearly a skilled mechanic.
A pleasure to watch and listen to. Thank you
My click made it 1000 likes! ... AWESOME video .. NEVER saw such detailed record of how the pony motor works! .. thank you for preserving our past! .. I personally am not an operator .. but my father and both my brothers are and my grandfather and great grand father as well ... my great grand father ran a chain drive Mac Truck .. when every one else was still using horses! :)
Success! Nice job and thank you for taking us along!
As usual, an interesting and informative series. You'd make an excellent Polytech instructor in diesel maintenance. Col, NZ.
I'm 78 years old . When i was a kid i saw cats in cold weather being turned over by the pony , operator sitting in pickup waiting for it to warm up enough to start.
Great and very informative series of videos. You got me fired up to fire up my 8R D8.
The A Team theme song is top shelf editing, well played my friend!!!
Love those old pony motors! I ran a D8 that had one,no matter how cold it got,that old girl would start! But it had an electric starter on it
I love the sound of those old tractors, kind of reminds me of the old 2 cylinder John Deere diesels, with there slow rpms and lugging power.
Job well done sir! Love the sound of that engine.
I was taught not to wrap your fingers around the crank when cranking as it will break your fingers if there is a backfire. You are to bend your fingers first joint against your finger and put the crank in against the backs of your fingers. If the engine backfires the crank just slips out and no broken bones. It may be different for a pony motor though? They also do a similar strategy when cranking over a prop on a plane.
When you make your living with your hands you must protect those assets. Great videos by the way .
I applaud you preservation of the past. Can you imagine if the old timers had put more of there hard won knowledge on video for us to watch now.
That's perfect advice yes, very true! .. you can do it 50 times .. then the next one bites! :( .. but on the pony motor? ... you will just avoid a sore thumb maybe :)
@@MikeBaxterABC I was thinking the same about the pony motor but some people watching won't differentiate between them and the bigger motor. Showing people how to start an engine is different than just starting an engine by yourself.
@@crzy11000 My dad had a 1970's LandRover, and it had an emergency cranky that could start it! :)
@@MikeBaxterABC I learned about it from my grandpas Case tractor. Did you ever see the movie where the guy winches his landrover off the ground into the tree by accident when trying to get across a river I think. It was in Africa in the 70's I think. Those old winches sure could pull. It is the gods must be crazy ua-cam.com/video/3EG0dH1oN7k/v-deo.html This is a link to a trailer of the movie which shows the scene.
@@crzy11000 I've heard of that movie before but have never seen it ... putting it on my "to watch list" right now! :) .. I'll find it on plucker i'm sure :)
FINE Job, even with the music! I always liked pony motor starts on the 4's and 6's but the 8-H was the best with one cylinder coming in at a time! Fine running tractor there too, Pal! Give yourself a pat on the back for everything and Cat needs to send you a check!
YOu know Cat all right. They have the stuff but you sure pay through the snout for it. They'd probably throw us both out if I went. YOu for hanging out with me and me for just being there to start with. I guess we're better off than we could be. Bouncing off a sidewalk hurts! Take care, Buddy!
looking forward for the next project
Great job on the rebuild and thanks for the ride!
That theme music is awesome love it when a plan comes together
Sooo much easier when not in a snow bank. Nice job and sounds great..
Great video, totally enjoyed it start to finish!
Thanks for another great vid - great theme music too . Appreciate the no nonsense , straight delivery! Keep it up
That rebuilt Pony sounds good and smooth to me the idle seems on the high side but it just started.
Very professional video, just like a factory video would be of put the pony engine in, thanks for a great video
Keep it alive for another 100 years..mybe my great grand son can watch it
Beautiful machine, excellent work.
I love those old machines.
I ain't gettin' in no plane Colonel!
I was waiting for Murdock too come out the woods.😁
It definitely brought me back to my childhood
Now you've done all that work dont leave it out in the snow this winter put it in the barn .😊😇
great vid ………..that's quite a craft working on a dozer with a white t shirt...….and not getting a spot on it
Sweet! I love that old equipment.
A 1 Job by The A Team !! -Nice, Great to see
Many years since heard that sound! :)
I like the music and the rest of the video. It reminded me of a D8 my neighbor had and a Cat thirty my uncle had.
Bout to do a pony on a d7 nice video.
Love the music takes me back.
Best starter installation background music EVER!
The gayest music ever 😝
love it,when a plan comes together
Great video. I would certainly like to own one of these. Great job.
Great video,you need to do a bunch more like this.
Good videos on the reconditioning job, loved them, clear and precise. This one I went into settings and played back at double speed, worked well, you even sound like an aussie, they talk too fast.
It doesn't matter what you put that song to, it's always good!
Great job as always! 🖒
I just love going for a ride with you it's lots of fun thank you
Very nice. I liked the way you didn't just sling parts around to get them back into place. Tells me you try and take care of your equipment. Now you need to paint the machine to match the starting motor. LOL 😁
great choice of tune
Excellent. All round!
Great choice in theme music, it was my favorite show w
My dad was a field service mechanic for beckwith machinery murraysville 50s 60s 70s 80s I drove some cats in my time
The music was great! LOL. I felt like I was about to watch John Wayne ride into the sunset on a valiant steed!
Heck, we all have problems! I think mine is definitely vintage-steel related!
" I just love it when a plan...Oops I mean an engine comes together ".
great video keep up the good work
I loved the addition of the music 🤣😂🤣.
boy i love that sound !!!!
sounds good!! time for a cold one!
Love the a team theme song for music makes it amazing
your very welcome i like to learn how to drive one my friends dad has a big dozer and hasnt got a chance to fix it its like a d6 or something like its really big great video too
Nice work.
Nice, we had a d6 but it was a narrow model.
I feel like he could narrate a lot of service manuals and parts catalogues
My Father had an Int' TD6 with a gas starter motor. That was 65 years ago. We didn't get a crank, so had to use a battery to start the pony.
Super gemacht!!!!!!!!!
I'm trying to learn pony motors. Want to put on the AMT D8 model. This is helpful to see how they are put on.
Great theme music.
Nice job 😷
Super cool! Wish I had one
Now ya just need to paint her up... to match the pony motor. Great video, cheers :)
Hi, My hat is off to You.Very Cool Music on the video. Thank You 😎
Awesome video
Fine machine !!
Some of the older cat need some TLC to work. I think it work better than new one sometimes
Very good job Squatch! just a few notes though, pull the starting crank from over the top, return pony to idle after diesel starts and let engine run out of gas instead of turning shut off switch. Maybe you do other times, I forget myself sometimes. lol
😅😂 love the A team music. 1st time for me on a build vid. 💪😄
Sure runs good .
Another nicely refurbished part
I'm goin out on a limb here, are you the "A" team? I love it when a plan comes together! I really enjoy listening to old iron running. Could you make a video of the RD6 driving over a Prius?
Well done
Love the music!
Who says they didn’t have ATV’s in 1938, actually they had really good ones! 😀
Love it love it!! My Dad has an RD6 (early '36 model) with the Laplante hydraulic blade that he bought back in 1974 for $1500 bucks. Pushed a lot of dirt with it back in the day, but we haven't fired her up since the mid-90's. We did try to pull start her about 12 years ago but just couldn't quite get her to run on her own. Getting ready to try again to bring life to her. Anything I should pay particular attention to?
squach253 I like your redwing boots
The pony motor is dumping its exhaust gases in the main engine intake ?
To heat up air for the big engine to start up quicker in winter ?
ok
Thanks.
I saw the the exhaust pipe for the pony motor,but didn't know for sure if gases were going into the main engine intake with a valve at the end or just had a dedicated passage in the intake.