Twenty-Two

The ACMOC store has a 22 decal kit listed-perhaps it is in there or they would know if it exists?

I wonder if it was added by a local Dealer?

Judging by the observers, the dealer might have added it to be sure that prospective buyers knew what the machine was when they enquired on Monday morning : )

You can imagine demonstrations being held around the countryside and the tractor being moved from farm to farm on the back of a truck or trailer, a person following behind could see straight away that the little Cat was a "Twenty Two", Toyota did the same thing with their new 4 X 4 trucks back in the 1960's didn't they, put their name in huge letters across the back so everyone following could see what brand it was, "TOYOTA".

[quote="QuAD"]Has anyone ever seen this decal from the Twenty-Two on the machine?
Can not find it in all my catalogs ????[/quote]

I would love to get a trailing implement similar to the one in your picture for my d2.Mike do you know of any in our area?.hope you don't mind me hacking your thread Quad

Hi Lachlan, no sorry I don't, I've been looking myself for the past few years for something to pull behind my Cats that doesn't require hydraulics, I think they call the "Rope Pull" implements but I'm probably wrong.
Mike

Not sure on brand, but the implement is a one bottom sod buster plow. For opening virgin prairie ground or grown back Forrest or prairie ground. I have one that I call "little Ollie, that is a one 20" bottom Oliver. My 22 pulls it great, but it does make it bark a bit, especially when it hits the Illinois clay seams. AND you better keep the gas can close.

I found a few other pictures that show that decal, but only a few and don't see it in the brochures. The drawing for that decal is dated Feb 1937, so I would guess it was added late in the production of the Twenty-Two. From the pictures, it looks like the patent plate on the seatback went by the wayside at the same time. I also see a decal like this for the Fifty, and think there is one for the Thirty as well. It probably got added at that time to help differentiate the last of the tractors with the HP-based names from the R and RD models.

Dave

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