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Caterpillar’s first D9 tractor

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by Contrafed PUblishingMarch 28, 2016September 23, 2024
When released in 1955, the Caterpillar D9D was one of the world’s largest and heaviest track type tractors, only exceeded in size by the Euclid...
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Back in the June 2006 issue of Contractor we had a look at one of Caterpillar’s most successful motor scrapers of the 1950s, the model...
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Archive deep dive back to 2010- check out the prof Archive deep dive back to 2010- check out the profile and pictures associated with this profile on the Caterpillar 641 scraper⁣
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Caption: A New Zealand resident. One of the only two Cat 641 scrapers to be imported sits in a Christchurch used equipment dealer's lot a little the worse for wear. Its partner looked even less photogenic. The cab is a New Zealand made item, not a genuine Caterpillar option but very necessary for conditions in the Twizel region..⁣
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Caption: A rather sad looking 433 PayScraper sits awaiting its next job in a US contractor’s yard. The machine is fitted with a full ROPS cab and has the headlight modification fitted to later production 433s and 433Bs. The rear air intake has been extended a little to cope with dustier conditions.⁣
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Caption: Near Medford, Oregon, USA a Cat 641 gets a tandem push from two Cat D8H track type tractors specially equipped for pushing scrapers. Tandem pushing was the most economical way to load these larger machines.⁣
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Caption: Early production, Pay-Mate equipped International 433 with an open ROPS, makes its way down to the fill in this photo taken at an unknown location in the USA. Early versions of the machine had their headlights mounted just above the front bumper.⁣
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