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The old wooden Cab

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3 years 7 months ago #221288 by equipdriver
Replied by equipdriver on topic The old wooden Cab
Bill, it’s been a while since I’ve been on. Last I knew I thought u were in Aromas. I see on your heading u r up in Monterey hills. That’s a nice area. Maybe that’s why your picture has sun in it. Very nice tractor. I can see how that wood would survive in the high desert but not so much around here. Anything metal or wood is rotted out in a few years. Have a great time.

Karl’s

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3 years 7 months ago #221307 by D4Jim
Replied by D4Jim on topic Nice Looking Cab

I have had this factory cab for a long time. I decided it was time to get it out and see how it felt to drive one. It was fun and that is what it is all about. Bill


Bill, What is the construction of the roof? Does it have a layer of canvas or is it all wood? Back in our area the only Cat I remember with a cab was owned by the county road department and it was steel.

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D47U 1950 #10164
Cat 112 1949 #3U1457
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3 years 7 months ago #221316 by 3J1Bill
Replied by 3J1Bill on topic Roof
Yes the roof is wood and covered with canvas. I am priming the roof and putting on a new covering. Bill
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3 years 7 months ago #221317 by Hobo groh
Replied by Hobo groh on topic The old wooden Cab

Yes the roof is wood and covered with canvas. I am priming the roof and putting on a new covering. Bill


What are those track pads designed for? They look like their for mud?

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3 years 7 months ago #221356 by catskinner
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I believe they are designed for use on ice to get a better bite. catskinner
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3 years 7 months ago #221724 by old-iron-habit
Replied by old-iron-habit on topic The old wooden Cab

What are those track pads designed for? They look like their for mud?


No snow relief holes in them so my bet it is for easier turning with the wide pads. It has all the traction it can probably pull even with the tapered bars.

1937 Cat #11 tandem auto patrol,diesel, w/plow and wing, 6K506SP, 1937 RD 4 Ag Crawler RD5356, 1939 Cat 22 2F5429, 1952 Model 212 Grader 9T03427, 1953 2U D8 Dozer 2U20751, 1961 922A Rubber Tired Loader, 59A812, LeTouneau LS Cable Scraper, Cat/Lincoln 600 AMP Dual Welder, DW-21 Cat Scraper, DW-10 dump wagon/water wagon

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3 years 7 months ago #221739 by Rome K/G
Replied by Rome K/G on topic The old wooden Cab
Wide shoes are for floatation, allot of small crawlers with wide shoes were used in carrot, radish, lettuce and other produce crops where the soil was soft or kinda swampy. Thats why quarry dozers use the narrowest shoes and LGP dozers use the widest.

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3 years 6 months ago - 3 years 5 months ago #222379 by 3J1Bill
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The new top is done. Bill
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3 years 6 months ago #222387 by neil
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Hi Bill, is the product used to glue the canvas to the roof also used to waterproof the canvas or is the canvas suitably waterproof anyway?

Cheers,
Neil

Pittsford, NY

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3 years 6 months ago #222418 by dpendzic
Replied by dpendzic on topic The old wooden Cab
on old wooden boats with wood canopy and decks we recanvassed them by putting a coat of enamel on the wood--placing the canvass while wet and then coated again with enamel--they seemed to last pretty good

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