1943 FORD 2N BULDING A POND

[Carlton]

Lumber is claimed already for a tractor shed, small pole barn, and raised beds for the bosses garden. Wheres the fun in the D9 lol that would be entirely too easy. Ohh and also the boss has suddenly decided a small cabin will have to be built by the pond when it is finished. She trust me to be able to make useable lumber wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much.

[Al_Smith]

Ha the problem with a big D9 Cat is it would cost more in road permits to get it there and back as it would cost to shove out a pond .That thing is a big old chunk of cast iron .

[ozarkgem]

Ha the problem with a big D9 Cat is it would cost more in road permits to get it there and back as it would cost to shove out a pond .That thing is a big old chunk of cast iron .

I know, big and bad ;D

[ScottAR]

They sound good though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze8mPB7A8uU&list=UUVr-uUnTEFPhMMxmknr5LMw

Not my machine but she's a beaut.

[Carlton]

Big Bad and what a turbo whine, gotta love the fact that it moves more dirt in 1 pass then I can in 1 day lol. Oh well I can watch and I can dream or I can take what I have and run with it. But I do admit nice dozer!!

[Al_Smith]

In a former life with a former wife I dug out 5500 yards of dirt with a 1943 D4 Cat series 2T for a pond .1981
I cut a slot something like that for a test hole and stalled the ole gal right in the bottom of the hole .Unknown to me the fuel transfer pump was not working .Then of course it rained and rained .I finally got it out by using the pony motor .

[Carlton]

Its been awhile since I have seen one of the old pony motor cats. I missed a deal on a very nice older model d6 last year. Farmer near me had it and my next door nieghbor who is his farm mechanic had gone through it and replaced worn drive parts and freshened it up. I went on vacation and while I was away for the week the farmer sold the old girl for 5,000 cash because he bought a newer one and didnt need 2.

[mesquite buckeye]

Just a little encouragement from the peanut gallery. My uncle built a half acre pond in the late 60's with his little Ferguson and a 3 pt scoop in some of the stickiest clay you will ever see. Mighty nice pond now enjoyed by the great grandkids. ;D

That old tractor still runs and my uncle, near 90 now still uses it. My dad had one which was the tractor I learned to drive with. ;D

I loved that old tractor, sad when he traded it in on a new, more powerful, but similar looking international. Don't remember the model.