Horse drawn Road Grader

I have no idea what the color would be but could be gray like the old tractors were back then.I can,t remember seeing a Cat grader that old but seen lots of other brands but most were just rusty looking due to age as our Twp. had an old one but no paint left on it an can,t remember what make it was.

Here is a picture of it now.

http://s717.photobucket.com/albums/ww176/BofromLa/?action=view¤t=Grader-3.jpg

I did find a small amount of dark green paint on the serial number tag, but that was probably from a repaint.
There appears to be a VERY slight area of light yellow on a frame rail.

hello Bo from La ,the grader looks like a hi-way patrol No 4 and it would be painted caterpillar highway yellow ,bruce oz

What the ser. no. Looks like a No.1 or No.2 to me. Are you sure its Caterpillar because they were made by other companies also un lisc from Cat

Bo - What is your definition of "early 1900's"? Most people refer to the era prior to around 1920 as the "early 1900's".
Caterpillar Tractor Co didn't come into existence until 1925, so they are not normally described as an "early 1900's" company.

The grader appears to be a Caterpillar #1. It was available as a Terracer (no front wheels - the front of the frame coupled directly to a tractor), or a 4 wheel Grader.
This is the smallest grader produced by Cat .. it has an 8' moldboard and weighs a mere 1400 lbs in Terracer form, and 1600 lbs in grader form.
The S/No for the#1 commenced at P-101. This grader did not appear until 1931.

It can't be a #2 .. the #2 is 3 times the size, it weighs nearly 5000 lbs, and the gearboxes on the #2 have the worm and driveshaft from the blade lift wheels, on the bottom of the bullgear .. whereas the #1 has the worm and driveshaft on top of the bullgear.

If it was produced after Dec 7, 1931, it would have originally been yellow. The small Terracers and Graders were one of the items that Caterpillar produced in reasonable numbers during the Great Depression .. as they were cheap and affordable .. and when the Federal Govt introduced soil conservation schemes in the early 1930's .. to create jobs, and save soil .. the small Terracers and Graders were widely used on these projects.

Here what you have if its a Cat or it could be this non Cat grader then a Cat terracer

hello ,here are the specs for hi-way No 4 ,bruce oz

[img]http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/3822/4hiway1.th.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9210/4hiway2.th.jpg[/img]

There are three tags on the machine.
One on the far left is in bad shape, but looks to have a "C" and the number 1 stamped on it.
The center one has Caterpillar in large letters across the top, and the patent numbers on it, with a patent date of 6/6/1918.
(if you go to my photobucket site from the link above I think there's a picture of it)
The tag on the far right has "Grader Number 3D968" on it.
My Grandfather got this machine around 1965.
The friend that gave it to him said it came from the New Orleans Fairgrounds, and was pulled by mules around the track to smooth it between horse races.
Thanks for all of the help, I appreciate it.

hello Bo from La ,the serial number 3D968 show it being a caterpillar No4 hi-way ,sorry i cannot give exact yr built ,bruce oz