Balmy Brakejob on the Dynasore

yes it does thats the only way to start it.. 2 cylinder gas engine starts the big diesel....

Wow that's a big bastard! I'd have a tough time tossin' all that around, given my size. Nice pics!! I learned something today with my pickled brain.

Poconoeagle wrote:yes it does thats the only way to start it.. 2 cylinder gas engine starts the big diesel....

Any chance the pony is a wrist breaking Wisconsin?

Straight pipe right off the turbo on the D9...I bet it barks pretty good! My brother has a Fiat Allis 21C and an FD30, I love feeling the ground shake when they are working.

-Rob

I'd rather do a brake job on my old 706 or the 1066, 8 bolts and the whole is on the bench to be worked on

D9+Party+Jimmy+vidio cam=Smitty's gone wild!! O how I would love to see that!

Rumor has it “American Pickers” will be stopping in with “Poconoeagle” on their way out to see “Wood’nCoal”. I can’t wait to see that episode.

I think Poconoeagle has the larger collection!

What is it about old iron that brings a tear to a guy's eye? It's a good thing I don't have any more than an acre on the edge of town, I'd have too much of it hanging around myself.

All that old iron was made back when things should out last the owners, that's not the case today, if it does'nt work just throw it away and buy a new one....that sucks! l love old iron!

The old cable blade,, I use to run a D-8 cable blade years ago. That was a real challenge when the ground was froze. She would really do a nice job of clearing snow off the haul road when the ground was froze. Those were the good old day's!!

1954 D7 . I sold it when buying the business . I do miss it at times 12 1/2' cable blade . It would move some earth .

well thats a nice mo sheen there... d-7 is a good work horse.

Im almost finished with the other side brakes that I started on friday. had a bit of mis hap and will post pics soon.
a substantial timber I used to shim up a bottle jack exploded while she was up in the air and was quite exciting as my buddy was laying under it at the time. Boy oh boy... first ya hear a crack and another then BLAM it dropped!! the wheel was still on and there was another big stump under her so she only dropped a few inches but WOW. a real attention getter when 10 ton moves unexpectdly.

we both joked about it but it took a few minutes to realize that it caused the front blade to do a little side shifting and it knocked the "REAL HEAVY"
old mill wood stove off its pearch and broke the flue pipe at the breech! .. had to go up the the big house and steal a 6" elbow from a back up alaska stove and swap it out with a full fire going!

it all worked out.

The big stuff is fun to drive, but oh what a pain to work on. My brother Steven has a pair of Fiat Allis dozers. One is a 21C, the other is a FD30. They each weigh 42-45 tons, and are very tough machines. Just changing the oil is a chore, anything beyond that you might as well use the excavator to move the parts. Here is a picture of the dozers:
The FD30 has a V8 Iveco diesel. Twin turbos, 32 valves...very smooth and powerful.

With that middle machine I wouldn't have had to dig a ditch for my water lines, just run that through once, drop the lines, and backfill.

Exactly, it is used to install drainage tile....miles of it.