Do D11Ts and D11s count? Of course they belong to the mine I work for. Snortin’ sonsaguns. 15’ ripper shank on each, 22’ wide blade and almost 9’ to top of trash rack. They will roll dirt 3-4’ above trash rack.
Puttin a Chevy in a Ford tractor! Unbelievable! But if you must do it…..I’m glad you choose the 409! lol Bones
Being an old tractor guy and a die hard Ford fan, do most people here, know the contribution ole Henry made to agriculture? Most folks know what he did for the automobile, but few people understand what he did for agriculture and our nation and the world, back in the thirties! Bones
No D9s. Though we have a couple of D10s. They come in at a whopping 100,000 lbs less in weight than an 11. That is a neat old cat. Electric or pony start?
Pony! That is why it is setting, ring gear problem! And we really don’t need its use any more, basically cleaned all the big stuff off the ranch! Bones
Had to look it up, but an 11, ready for the dirt is 248,**x lbs. a 10T is 146,**x lbs. the first D10s were actually larger than newer 10s. you know the difference when ripping frost. The 11 will squash frost chunks half the size of the blade. The 10 will bounce over the tops of chucks. Sitting in an 8 million pound dragline, you can feel the vibration from an 11’s grousers. The mine orders tracks with extensions on grousers. They are almost 8” tall when new
Wow! Years ago I went with a friend of my, a heavy equipment mechanic, to a place where they were removing the dirt from coal. There was about eight feet of dirt, if I remember correctly. They were using D-10s. As they were crowding the dirt, you could see huge rocks popping up out of the ground, twenty feet or so in front of the dozer! Those machines really impressed me! I would like to see a D-11 work , someday, but I guess that will never happen! Bones
We have rock layers that need to be broken by d11s. The draglines can peel quite a bit of rock, but you run the chance of broken teeth, drag chains,etc. years ago I got called over to help move a big rock. Time I got over there the other 11 had cracked the rock. It ended up in two pieces. Each piece barely fit in dragline bucket. Operator said scale in dragline said 125 ton apiece.
Enjoying the weather, in the outskirts of civilization in the late 40s, still in So Cal. Hello, For a city dweller all of my life, I did get to ride on a tractor in So Cal. The far outreaches of So Cal in the Southern portion, called Indio. Currently popular for a brand new wave pool nearby in Palm Springs and the recently finished music festival in Cochella, also nearby. We were little kids when our dad took us to a friend’s ranch and commercial farm. He grew produce and was one of the west coast “date” farmers. The hot weather and conditions were perfect for date palm growth. We had no idea what a date was until we were given several to eat. Then we could not put them down fast enough. Tasty was a good description. I also got to ride one of the owner’s smallish tractor(s) with the silly hat that my mom brought along for her “little boy.” It was not all over the plowed fields, but a short distance on a work road leading to the barn(s). Chug, chug… Jnaki That was my introduction to tractors and driving one as a kid. But, many years later, my wife’s parents sold their Buena Park home since 1956 and bought some property in a fairly barren area of Califorinia, near Lake Isabella. The country side leading to and from the property was forested hills and scrub brushes. The highest peak was right behind them and on the other side of the tall mountain range, was the city of Bakersfield. We had been to Bakersfield and on Highway 99, many times in our family history leading into the drag racing/photo years. This side of the tall mountains was completely different. Our son was a toddler and his interests in farm implements was only part of his toy collection that most little kids have. Metal/plastic toy trucks, tractors, digging equipment and small trailers. His sandbox collection was growing as he grew up. But he never got to see a tractor or at least sit in one, until those years we drove to the large barren property deep into the mountain area. The town of Lake Isabella provided the tractors as his grandfather took us to look at several for his own usage on his property. The proportions are a little off kilter, but it was a stock model for general farming. Plenty of attachments were also available for numerous usages. Since it was all grandpa’s show, our son was able to walk around the tall tractors that looked like dinosaurs. But, eventually, his grandpa bought a year old model and had it delivered it his property. So, the next time we came up to visit, our son got a ride on his first tractor on the long winding road somewhere on the property. He even got to steer it while moving around the dirt road. The coolest thing the grandpa (tractor company hat and all) did was to allow him to push something to raise the scooper full of gravel to complete a road topping surface and dump it on the road. Nice grandpa!!! YRMV
A Friend of mine was blessed with this LA Case powered by a Detroit diesel. His Wife’s Great Uncle Louie and His Buddy John built it at OST when they took diesel mechanics . John farmed with the tractor for several years before he parked it .
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