Opinion of this TD24

Nice looking old dozer, if no one can help you here, go over to the Redpower forum and post it there as well. The forum for IH nuts!
http://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/
You have to register there to post, just like here, no big deal.
Looks like a good climate for preservation!

Nothing covering the exhaust. Probably stuck engine. UC looks good. My wifes grandpa had a TD20C was a good machine for him. Had some minor hydraulic leaks but normal for it's age. I wish I could have talked grandma into keeping it.

Talk to the King Of Obsolete he's a IH nut.

Hi, Raklet.
That machine does appear to be in not bad condition. The uncovered exhausts could be a bit of worry. Another concern is the grouser height relative to life left in the rest of the tracks. I suspect that this old lady may have seen some hard rock somewhere, sometime.

The TD24's were hardly one of IH's brightest stars. They had plenty of grunt and could put it on the ground but they were not in any way like Berger paint - 'Keeps on keeping on'. They had weak finals in the early ones which I don't think they ever cured. One series had a master clutch that had about 4 'U-beaut' sintered bronze buttons on each side of the friction plate that were never supposed to wear out. That part was fine. What wasn't so flash was that the flywheel and pressure plate used to wear out instead, where the buttons rubbed on them.

The TD24 was introduced in 1947. I started operating full-time for a crust in 1965, just 18 years later and I have yet to operate a TD24. They disappeared from the contracting scene THAT quick. There are still quite a few 2U D8's from the same era doing a bit, even today. What does that tell you?

If you want it as a curiosity, to take to shows for its unusuallity, or maybe as a paperweight. 'gopher' it. I'd like to operate one before I depart this mortal coil but I think you'd need a head full of RED rocks, all labelled 'IH', to LOVE one.

Just my 0.02. Hope it helps.

lol - thanks for the scoop Deas Plant. When I searched for TD24s and couldn't hardly find a one for sale, available parts, or anything else for that matter, I thought - what does that tell me? Same as what you are telling me.

Hi, Raklet.
I know of ONE runner within 5 miles of where I live. It does NOT get worked. It just sits in a shed.

As Alan627B said, there are people over at Redpower who know way more than I do about them. Personally, I think I know all I need to know when looking at that 18-year 'disappearance' time. Its main competitor, the Cat D8, is STILL being produced today while another competitor, the Allis Chalmers HD21, has also vanished.

When it was first released in 1947, it was the biggest crawler tractor available, a spot that it held for several years. That still didn't help it to stay alive as a model.

'Nuff said?

Hi Racklet

Deas Plant has summed the TD24 tractors up to a "T", they were all a heap of SH----T, right from day one !! They could not hold a candle within miles of "CAT'S" D8's, most contractors who had them got their fingers burnt in a big way with repair bills and downtime. They were quite a bit cheaper initially than the "D8" but one paid the price difference ten times over in loss of earnings and repair costs - Keep Well Away - from those costly beasts !!!

Alan T Lewis
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND

I have to disagree to a point ,the first 24 was light in the final drive, actually the ring gear carrier would break. the later 24 250 would run circles around d8 they had more snap and the 2 speed steer was ahead of anyone else matter of fact cat tried to buy the 2 speed from ih. The 24 s tore themselves up due to the power they had, they had 1050 cubic inch naturaly asperated diesel that started on gas . I ran a 24 250 and a d8 they both were 1959 year. the down fall of the 24 was the parts were not serviced like cat, that is one thing about this company you can go and get almost anything for cat try that for ih and you have a hard time finding parts for a 25 e nowdays. With that said I WOULD like one just to run around if anyone finds one they like to part with. I lost my hearing on one pushing overburden off pits when i was 10 and they junked it when i was 18 in 87 because of the parts trying to overhaul the engine. PS I have a 1963 TD25 250 I will put up against any old D8 to prove my point😄 If you are going to try to make money with it buy someting newer and has parts behind it , but if you get it just to push a load of dirt around the yard to make your wife wonder what makes you tick it will shake your brain when the twin stacks start to talk between themselves at about 1400 rpm, Have fun

All the IH's I've ever seen, those bigger than the 18's always seemed to be sitting. Scrappers took most of them out of the local pits. Small operators bought them for the lower cost. Then paid for them sitting, broke down.
Even a couple of Construction books I've read say that the IH's had weak finals but did have more HP.

They were also know for getting cracks in the heads on the engines. I have a friend that has 2 and wants me to paint one for him as he is restoring it now.