Which Tractor????

[D._Frederick]

Its even got the seat tank with it! The D-2's are in demand out here to use in grapes and berries. It was the last small crawler that was built to last.

[Corley5]

Saw a D-2 sell yesterday for 750.00.  No blade didn't look like it ever had one.  Sprokets weren't too bad and the tracks looked good.  Engine ran good but smoked, steered good and sounded good.  The pony however didn't appear to run as the plug wires weren't even hooked up.  I have no idea what year it was but a pretty good looking machine overall

[whitepe]

When I first started to work at CAT back in
1976,   They sent all new hires to two weeks
of machine operations at our Proving Grounds.
It was quite fun and we got to operated nearly
every machine that CAT made at that time.
During one of those weeks,  one of the guys
got a CAT wheel loader to heavily loaded and
the bucket too high.  It rolled over on it's side
into the pile of dirt.  No one got hurt but for
weeks whenever that guy left his desk and
came back,  his office chair was laying on it's side.
He also acquired the nickname of "Side Dump"

[beenthere]

I was at a John Deere 'proving' (or 'playing') field day a couple times (a few years ago), and they had all the 'other' brands there to drive and put through their paces as well as Deere. Great fun. The work came after, when reporting on each feature on each tractor driven.  But these things, if done honestly, help them make their decisions.

Whitpe  
How do you get your posts to be 'left justified' ?  

[Egon]

The fact you must trailer the tractor may be the deciding point. Pick the largest that you can comfortably trailer and be legal. Four wheel drive and a loader should be must's. For me HST would be a benefit others will prefer different transmissions. This can be hotly debated but comes down to personel choice. Chains may also be considered.

Egon