| Hendrik van den Berg of Northern Cape, South-Africa has had this 3J in his
family for more than 50 years. Before being restored in '98/'99 she was used mostly to
pull a disc on an irrigation farm.
She is a 1938 model ser. no. 3J1480.
e-mail Hendrik |
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| Bob LaBarbera from Yuba City, California is the second owner of this
beautiful 5J D2. It is ser. no. 5J10366, built in 1947, with orchard seat and
factory PTO. It took Bob about 500 hours and various parts replacements to restore but
it now looks and runs pretty much like new.
Bob's looking for an original lights/generator setup to finish the restoration.
e-mail Bob |
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D2 5J2710SP is owned by Robert Barrow of California. He's had this tractor
for about seven years and has done heaps of work on it.
It's had a replacement pony crankshaft and general pony rebuild, left steering clutch,
injectors, injection pumps and fuel transfer pump rebuilt.
He says the main engine runs fair but seems to be over-fuelling and he is looking for a
precleaner and generator and lights setup. e-mail
Robert |
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| Peter Simonson bought this 5U from a farmer and saw mill operator who
bought it from another nearby farmer who used the Cat for skidding firewood, getting other
machines unstuck and various other jobs. It was mostly stored indoors and appears to
have been well cared for with about 4300 hours on the meter. Pete's plans for the
tractor mostly involve using it for light jobs around fields and woods. It starts
easily and runs well. The serial number is 5U1949 which makes it a 1948 model.
e-mail Peter |
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| Mike Jensen's D2 has 3500 hours on it and is in pretty good condition.
The blade is a "Cat" factory blade and the pony and diesel start easy and
run well. It has an original pto and a non original belt pulley on it.
Mike is in Kansas and thinks the tractor has been in his general area all it's life
e-mail Mike |
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| This is Bob Dunstan's first Cat, a 1952 D2 Ser No. 5U8960. The 2-way
dozer blade was made by Phillip Tractor in Oregon and was modified by the last owner to
add a hinged brush rake. Bob has 20 acres near Banks, Oregon where he uses the D2
for some ground work and orchard maintenance. The undercarriage is about 90% and is in
otherwise very good shape.
e-mail Bob |
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| D2 5J650, built in 1938 is owned by Wayne Akerman from East Peoria.
When found it had a #41 hydraulic unit and PTO. The previous owner had been pulling a
brush mower with it. Wayne has replaced the track pins and bushings but links,
rollers, sprockets and idlers were all good.
It gets used for clearing and small dozing jobs, but Wayne says "not in the
business - just playing."
e-mail Wayne |
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| This is D2 5U13100 owned by Andy Abernathy of Okuku, New Zealand. It is
currently in Andys workshop getting a valve grind, repairs to leaking pre-coms and then a
steam clean and paint job.
e-mail Andy
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| David Bowman of Los Angeles bought this 3J about 3 years ago. It is
#3J2528, built early in 1939 and was found by David in Ramona, California.
e-mail David |
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Here is a picture of Richard Booth's D2, number 5J10333. He's in Crane, Mo and just bought
the crawler.It had a leaking oil cooler which has been repaired and has a leaking crank
shaft seal on pony motor for future attention. Other than those minor problems the tractor
is in good condition with a good undercarriage.
e-mail Richard
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| Albert Bertagnolli's family owns a ranch in Wyoming and has had 3J1729 for
the last 30 years. It is still regular use pounding fence posts. He has an
original blade and grease gun for it and it never fails to start, and has had very few
repairs over the years
e-mail Albert |
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| This neat D2 is owned by Scott Nehoda of Avon, Ohio. e-mail Scott |
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| David Newman's 1947 3J was used as a post hole drilling unit apparently. e-mail David
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I found most of these guys via the Antique Caterpillar Machinery Owners
Club bulletin board. Click Here to
go the the ACMOC BB where everyday there is heaps of new Cat information.
If anyone wants to make a contribution to my Crawler page
or knows of any crawler info or pictures, please get in touch.
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