D8L SA for Neil

You're a champion JM! Thank you! I would be very interested in what she observed about the transmission, and I'm guessing it was the two-speed hydraulic clutch. The rest of the transmission is no different to a powershift model so standard reliablity.
Have they scrapped it?

Part of the SA was that it was not a power shift. Cat engineers under built dozers as compared to ag work. In that in dozing they figured half the time backing up to get another load of dirt to push. In a ag work more or less a constant high degree of load. One of the weaker points of D8 Hand K was in vineyard ripping they ran hot all the time. What convinced one operation here to run 3 or 4 Fiat Allis FD 30's for ripping. I was surprised to see one still out and ripping last fall.

The only first hand information on a D8 L SA I have is a cousin drove one with a YIELDER no till grain drill. The drill was such that it held 20 ton of seed and fertilizer giving a lot of weight on the tongue. They had a lot of track roller and rear bogey issues.

After reading the other thread no need to look for this D8 L SA it was a rental from Quinn Cat over 25 years ago.

Turns out it belonged to the Kaiser Ranch, not Finch, but apparently everyone knew of its "issues". It may possibly be there still; she will talk to her ex hubba bubba some more.
She says that I OWE her now. Someone please explain what that might entail? The things I do for you guys! JM

 12 ? or so came to Queensland Australia , all came up fpr Aution on the same day ,i think they where used on cotton farms ?

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Interesting where some might have ended up. The initial spotting, I said that HAS to be the oddest looking tractor (being a hightrack) pulling a drag disk of things. It is supposed to reside along with other crawlers this guy owns, and nothing for sale sadly. Nothing. They hold tight to their stuff. JM

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Yes, just the two-speed clutch in the diagram that Bruce posted, in the driveline. It did have other different parts not in the driveline, such as the counterweight that he posted that sits under the radiator, four hydraulic outlets on the rear with the four levers in the cab on the operator's right hand side, the clutch control also on the right which was a u-shape similar to the main transmission control, where left-to-right changed the speed from direct to under, and then backwards feathered the clutch into engagement. It also had a tachometer mounted above the dash, and a set of headlights up front in addition to the usual set of field lights.