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Found a Rubber tired Cat--D6 size

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Steve A
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I stopped to look through a junk yard today and look what I found.
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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 6:51 AM
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Steve, if you ain't gonna, can I? Very Cool!
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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 7:56 AM
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Steve, if you ain't gonna, can I? Very Cool!
great pictures, even has snow in the pictures. looks to be in good shape. please tell us more.

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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 8:14 AM
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Steve, if you ain't gonna, can I? Very Cool!
Steve - nice find, it looks to be in good condition.
A little footnote, the USSC on the side of the tractor stands for United States Sugar Corp. They are located in Clewiston, FL The number is their company number. USSC was the original folks to start the DW-6 along with Clewiston Motor Co.(now KellyTractor Co.) the S. Florida Cat dealer. Over 150 units were built down there.
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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 8:14 AM
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Steve - nice find, it looks to be in good condition.
A little footnote, the USSC on the side of the tractor stands for United States Sugar Corp. They are located in Clewiston, FL The number is their company number. USSC was the original folks to start the DW-6 along with Clewiston Motor Co.(now KellyTractor Co.) the S. Florida Cat dealer. Over 150 units were built down there.
Steve, you better grab it while you can! GWH
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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 8:24 AM
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Steve, you better grab it while you can! GWH
One of the fellas in my local HCEA chapter has a few of those for sale here in Florida from what I understand. And JEY is right on the money about them coming from right down the road in Clewiston. 😉
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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 9:07 AM
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One of the fellas in my local HCEA chapter has a few of those for sale here in Florida from what I understand. And JEY is right on the money about them coming from right down the road in Clewiston. 😉
The first one of these I found was in Sebring florida in a scrap yard, I Wasent able to talk to the owner but hope to next week when we will be working in the area.

What made these desireable for use in the sugar cane business??
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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 9:15 AM
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The first one of these I found was in Sebring florida in a scrap yard, I Wasent able to talk to the owner but hope to next week when we will be working in the area.

What made these desireable for use in the sugar cane business??
Steve, I don't have an answer for you that is authoritative, but I would guess that they were faster than a steel-tracked tractor, and they didn't need the low ground pressure that a tracked vehicle offered. GWH
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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 9:59 AM
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Steve, interesting that the D6 made it up north. I was at the auction that it sold at last year in Clewiston. They had a pair that had railroad coupler's on and were used to move sugar cane rail cars around. Must have been quite a ride as they are very "bouncy" to operate. I have attached a picture of the auction showing the coupler's.

I called the yard in Sebring that you sent me the contact info. They told me they went out of business last year and sold off their equipment including the D6 9U. I would like to find a rubber tire 9U if anyone has a lead.

Last picture is my DW6, that will be next year's restoration project.
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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 4:48 PM
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Steve, interesting that the D6 made it up north. I was at the auction that it sold at last year in Clewiston. They had a pair that had railroad coupler's on and were used to move sugar cane rail cars around. Must have been quite a ride as they are very "bouncy" to operate. I have attached a picture of the auction showing the coupler's.

I called the yard in Sebring that you sent me the contact info. They told me they went out of business last year and sold off their equipment including the D6 9U. I would like to find a rubber tire 9U if anyone has a lead.

Last picture is my DW6, that will be next year's restoration project.
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Hi, Folks.
Here are a couple of photos of the D6 9U conversion and a couple of DW6B's fitted with blades.

ENJOY!!!!!!! Das ist an order.
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You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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Wed, Jan 10, 2007 6:29 PM
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Hi, Folks.
Here are a couple of photos of the D6 9U conversion and a couple of DW6B's fitted with blades.

ENJOY!!!!!!! Das ist an order.
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Steve - the reason for using the Cat DW-6's they have good drawbar power. They were used to pull the cane wagons out of the fields to the loading ramps for the highway trucks. They would pull a train of wagons out.
USSC was a large customer to Cat. By using the DW-6's they had parts comonality. This all started with the 9U D-6 and continued through the 44A D-6B. Time frame, late 50's & early 60's. USSC was a high usage customer of D-4 & D-5 SA (Special Application)tractors. In the heyday of sugar cane in S.FL there was a half million acres of cane in the ground. The DW-6's did give way to more productive all wheel drive ag tractors as time moved on.
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Thu, Jan 11, 2007 1:47 AM
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