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dtallon
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I have a co-worker retiring today after 40+ years of service, and he brought in a picture of himself as a boy sitting on the dozer his dad ran. As near as I can tell, the tractor is a gas Forty or an R5. I have no clue on the dozer though. A can't make out the letters on the lift arm. It looks like there is a "W" on the round part at the end of the lift arm. Any help on confirmation of the tractor or ID of the dozer blade would be appreciated.

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Dave

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Thu, Apr 30, 2015 9:55 PM
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Hi, Dave.
I yain't seen one like that before that I can recall. Suggest you go to Classic Dozers - https://classicdozers.wordpress.com/ - and look under B;ade Manufacturers.

There will likely be a pop-up about the domain name when you first open the site. Click on 'Dismiss' up in the top right corner of that window and it will vanish.

Hope this helps.
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Thu, Apr 30, 2015 10:55 PM
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Hi, Dave.
I yain't seen one like that before that I can recall. Suggest you go to Classic Dozers - https://classicdozers.wordpress.com/ - and look under B;ade Manufacturers.

There will likely be a pop-up about the domain name when you first open the site. Click on 'Dismiss' up in the top right corner of that window and it will vanish.

Hope this helps.
B-E = bucyrus erie or wood
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Thu, Apr 30, 2015 11:17 PM
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B-E = bucyrus erie or wood
After playing with the contrast and staring at the lettering on the lift arm I am getting more convinced it starts with "GA" and ends with "OD". I can't make out the middle. It looks like there are some smaller letters over the top of the bigger ones. Did Gar Wood make blades like that around that time?

Dave
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Thu, Apr 30, 2015 11:23 PM
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After playing with the contrast and staring at the lettering on the lift arm I am getting more convinced it starts with "GA" and ends with "OD". I can't make out the middle. It looks like there are some smaller letters over the top of the bigger ones. Did Gar Wood make blades like that around that time?

Dave
Hi, Dave.
Gar Wood was one VERY busy boy. He did LOTZA things around that time as well as a before and after. If you have foundthat much, it would be a pretty safe bet that it was a Gar Wood blade.

Just my 0.02
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Thu, Apr 30, 2015 11:30 PM
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Hi, Dave.
Gar Wood was one VERY busy boy. He did LOTZA things around that time as well as a before and after. If you have foundthat much, it would be a pretty safe bet that it was a Gar Wood blade.

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Wooldridge?
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Fri, May 1, 2015 7:04 AM
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Wooldridge?
Neat picture,

In the book, Endless Tracks in the Woods, there are several blades like the one in your picture. In the book they are calling them Bucyres Erie "bull grader" blades.

Hope that helps.

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Fri, May 1, 2015 9:11 AM
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