The end of World War Two saw a massive increase in the demand for heavy equipment. Top of contractors' wish lists were large, high horsepower, track type tractors and Allis-Chalmers, Caterpillar and International-Harvester duked it out for top honours. By Richard Campbell.
Allis-Chalmers made a bid in the large tractor stakes when in...
A true classic tractor in every sense of the word, the Caterpillar D8 has been around in various forms since 1935. BY RICHARD CAMPBELL
This segment of the Caterpillar D8 story will deal only with the conventional drive tractors, that is, non hi-drive machines (RD8 thru D8K).
The early D8s
Developed from their successful model...
