Vintage Caterpillar Photo Montage

That is interesting pictures.Was this part of a adverting piece? Or just a picture to hang in the office?

The bottom center picture with the title Land forming has me wondering just what all they are pulling. The long hitch and large bucket and big wheels all remind me of a land plane used on flood irrigated land. But the part in the middle looks like a small engine to power something,wouldn't think this was needed to just raise the bucket.

Any one have any idea what is really being done in that picture??

A kew rees yuss mind is wondering.

Hi, Ray54.
It wouldn't by some chance be self-contained hydraulics on the land plane, would it? That would allow for it to be used with a tractor that didn't have hydraulics.

Just Wunn-drin'.

The mention of a Land Plane brings back memories of many, many years ago. When I was in my late teens (I am 73 now) I spent many, many hours driveing one of our D7's pulling a land plane. Oh, such memories.

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The dozer in the top left looks like it might be an early 46A.

Thanks for the replies.
Ray54, the photo is a 8 X 10 glossy that was suitable for framing.
Deas, good observation. The small engine is to power self-contained hydraulics.
When I enlarge the scanned image on my computer I can see that the land plane has large decals which read "GURRIES PLANE" and "GP 80" the tractor pulling it is a D-7 and there appears to be a rope connected from the tractor to the controls on the plow.
Walt D7- 3T, I am glad the old photo brought back memories for you.
Paso Bob, if you tell me what to look for in the photo I can enlarge the photo on my computer to see more detail.

Thanks,
Craig

very nice pic thanks for shearing. i was needing a new desktop pic and well now a got a good one thanks.

Seiscat, the hydraulic tank buldge built into the lower grill on the hardnose seems to look like the early 46A's. Maybe you could enlarge the D-8 working on the watershed dam too. That one looks to be a 14A. Thanks for sharing the picture.

Thank you for all the guesses as to what is being done in that picture. A power unit of some kind was my guess as well. I was hoping with vast knowledge and experience with all things dirt moving here maybe someone had seen this in operation and could give us the whole 9 yards as they say.



And with that stray thought I read some where the "whole 9 yards" comes from other than dirt the moving world,but with CRS cannot remember where and it doesn't matter anyway.

[quote="Ray54"]Thank you for all the guesses as to what is being done in that picture. A power unit of some kind was my guess as well. I was hoping with vast knowledge and experience with all things dirt moving here maybe someone had seen this in operation and could give us the whole 9 yards as they say.



And with that stray thought I read some where the "whole 9 yards" comes from other than dirt the moving world,but with CRS cannot remember where and it doesn't matter anyway.[/quote]

Somewhat off topic here but the most widely accepted origin of "The whole nine yards" expression was from the allied bomber crews during WW2. Their .50 Caliber Browning machine guns had ammo belts approx 27 feet long and if they came back with them completely spent it was said they "gave them the whole nine yards."