Memory of D7 snowplowing form my childhood

Bill, thanks for the memories. I am old enough to remember the storm of '49 when we lived in SW Nebraska. It was exactly 3 weeks from the end of the storm until the county road past our house was plowed. I remember it was about 9 o'clock at night when we heard the rumble and saw the lights of the D7 snowplow going past the house. The best part was no school. We had plenty of hay for the cattle but unfortunately it was across a big canyon from the barn. Dad hauled hay from across the canyon with a team of horses and a sled. The horses had to walk across drifts as deep as 20 ft. It was unusually hard packed snow from the small granules and high winds. Snow was too deep to use any tractors at the time.

Must have been about 1952 when I remember the one and only time a CAT dozer going by our NC KS Mitchell County farm to open up after a snowstorm. It was a D7, in my mind at least, with a heat houser for operator "comfort". Might have been that same year Dad had to pull out a Cat grader stuck in our neighbors yard when trying to open up their driveway. Would have used our RD6 but I don't recall that part.