Back probably in the later 50s and a little later once in awhile a D4 or D7 old army tractor would come in to the Cat dealer where I worked. Someone on here awhile back said that there were some D7s assembled down at the Berwick Pa. ACF Army tank factory but I don,t know.I lived about 30 or 35 miles from the plant and it sure employed lots of people during the 2nd. World War as I remember.
Excellent links, very interesting to look through the pictures.😊 Thank you for posting.
SJ, the blade on one of my D7's has a tag on it from American Car & Foundry, XD7 - under license to LeTourneau, always wondered what their involvement was for the war demand, this blade is rigid, not the knockdown type, no adjustment for pitch, like LeTourneau blades, looked like a quick version to build, not many of these around, only other one I have seen was JDNUT's from the northwest. Funny thing about the data plate on this one, I had been trying to get this one to run, to get it back here but the motor was stuck, while standing there, it literally fell off, 60 some odd years it took for the welds to rust off, what are the odds of you actually seeing it happen though ?
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