100th D9 G in NZ

Great picture. I love the "large vehicle" sign. Thanks for posting.

That machine looks to be a D9H going by the hyd tank shape.

Hi, Gavin84W.
And the top of the blade - no Cat nameplate - which I have always been told changed with the introduction of the D9H. As I understand it, the blade went from 5' 9" to the top of the nameplate on the D9G to 6' 3" to the top of the moldboard on the D9H. I saw a few D9Hs with main frames broken about the hard bar due to the extra blade weight. For once, the fitters weren't blaming us *#&@*! operators.

Hi, MrsMP.
Thanks for the photo.

Just my 0.02.

Me standing between two D9G's in 1970, I reckon these blades are 5'9" (I'm a shade under 5'8") and seem to be the same shape as the 100th machine, they do have the earlier 193 hyd tank, I'm not sure, but I think the late style tank was introduced before the change to the D9H.

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dunno fellas could be either or neither but I will take advice either way

Paul

Hi, Catsilver.
After doing a little 'Mark 1 eyeball surveying', you may have one of each there with the one on your right being an H series.

Just my 0.02.

I can assure you they are both 1969 D9G tractors with very close serial numbers, it was another 4 years before the D9H arrived, we had a fleet of 28 D9G's on site and at least one clocked up 6,000 hours in14 months. So I got to know them quite well..