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    We had two of them when I was a teenager.d7h they were.pretty sure,nah positive we had option to angle blades on them.Dad had contract to bulldoze rubbish at local dump.interesting years when money was so tight.them some punk sugared the diesel tank.i remember helping strip engine down to sort that mess.
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    yes some were straight bull blade or some could angle on a peg system - bloody hard work swinging the blade around unless one got the knack of using the dozer to do it for you - not many now could start one - used to get strange looks getting up on the tracks with a crank handle to start the donkey motor - but not as many strange look as me old D4 7U wrap a rope around the starter pulley below ones feet and pull
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    We had two of them when I was a teenager.d7h they were.pretty sure,nah positive we had option to angle blades on them.Dad had contract to bulldoze rubbish at local dump.interesting years when money was so tight.them some punk sugared the diesel tank.i remember helping strip engine down to sort that mess.
    I thought they did as well until I looked at some pics,
    Our neighbors had 2 early D8s Bonnie and Clyde that did a lot of work here building ponds for stock.
    One ended up at the Cat Museum at Rotorua.

    https://drummondvintage.weebly.com/1...52-d8-2-u.html

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    the worst of the old girls I drove was a fiat for some strange reason fiat made the master clutch so it worked the opposite way to a cat dozer - one pulled it back to disengage and change gear and pushed it forward to drive of - bloody confusing - but wonderfull to see those old girls restored like that thanks BRADS

 

 

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