O.T. - WOTTIZZITT?????????

Hi Folks.

IF this new site will let me post a photo (Fingers crossed.), I will post said photo of a 'mystery dozer' that I and several others have not been able to pin down regarding itz identity.

Just my 0.02.

sure is unusual has it got the rad out the back?. cable control, 7 bottom rollers. looks a little bit of a heinze 57 varieties machine. any idea were da photo was taken

Duals rule

Certain things make me think Eimco, but their big difference was the operator was right up front.

I helped pull an engine on one, never got operational so never drove it. But was just a dirt mover. No way for operator to survive in brush clearing work.

I have not seen an IH TD24 in a while, but do not these track frames look TD24.

Hi, naylorbros.

That was wunna my first thoughts when I saw this photo - TD24/25/30 - but some people who have hadda wander through the Wisconsin IH archives and through the literature collection of a pretty 'BADLY INFECTED' red paint fanatic couldn't find any 'dope' on it.

It might be a bit like the Rixmann-Knapp crawler having tracks like the English Vickers crawlers but not being anything to do with Vickers.

Just my 0.02.

Could someone have stolen TD24 track frames when they built this thing. Complete track frames between your pictures and the little picture on this website https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/003/3/2/3322-international-harvester-td-24.html

Hi, naylorbros.

It seems that they may have 'stolen' more than just the track frames:

The dash, especially the throttle control, looks fairly IH-ish and so do what appear to be steering controls toward the bottom right corner of this photo. All the photos that I have are courtesy of Dave Tallon. I don't know where he found them and I have never seen any other mention of it - and I tend to get into some 'back corners' of the internet.

Just my 0.02.

I could see someone picking up a IH track frames from a dead IH. With the engine trouble you could create in a IH gas start diesel if not treated right. Undercarriage parts could of been sitting, just waiting. And the throttle is very much a copy of IH if not real IH parts.

What are the devices on the dash just to the left of the throttle. They look like they might unscrew with the u shaped handle and you could put the old ether capsules in, to ad starting. Anyone see enough engine to say it could be a Detroit Diesel powering it. Because IH gas start would be like a Cat pony start, warm it up until no ether is needed.

The Eimco I was around had Cat D8 track and roller, maybe idlers and sprockets too. I never checked it that close.

Hi, Ray54.

I have been told that those caps that you mentioned are in fact ether capsule insertion points. I wouldn't know 'coz I never ran anything that had them.

Some views of the engine - for better or for worse.

Just my 0.02.

Iknow nothing but I see rear mounted radiator. Someone else tried that was it Terex or am I dreaming?