Welcome! Please use the navigational links to explore our website.
PartsASAP LogoCompany Logo Auction Link (800) 853-2651

Shop Now

   Allis Chalmers Case Farmall IH Ford 8N,9N,2N Ford
   Ferguson John Deere Massey Ferguson Minn. Moline Oliver

Tractor Talk Discussion Forum

O/T Pic. of D9L CAT.

Welcome Guest, Log in or Register
Author 
Mike in MI

07-15-2006 19:22:10




Report to Moderator

third party image

I thought I'd take a stole with my tractor to the backend of the wheat feild when they opened it up the other day taking off wheat. The farm next door to us is now going to be used for a new sewer system developement for a small town and a lake area near me. I took a few pictures of the ponds they dug. Three all together. Plus I took a picture of this D9L CAT. Sure is a big oh beast! About as tall as a two story building.
I thought my old IH TD18 was big but this oh girl makes it look like a toy.
It most of the time was pushing the big earth-movers from the rear to help with HP and traction. Guess you'll need it in this hard clay pan we have around here. Mike

[Log in to Reply]   [No Email]
in-too-deep

07-16-2006 10:16:41




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Mike in MI, 07-15-2006 19:22:10  
How many ponies do you think that puts out? Approaching 1,000?



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
RodInNS

07-17-2006 06:56:40




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to in-too-deep, 07-16-2006 10:16:41  
Nah, only approaching 400. I've got a Caterpillar Performance Handbook. It's probably 10 years old or so now, and doesn't list the D9L, but it does list the D9N, which was rated at 370 Hp @1900 rpm, from a Cat 3408 engine. The D9N weighed in at over 94000#....

Rod



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Dan in Ore

07-16-2006 07:14:36




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Mike in MI, 07-15-2006 19:22:10  
Sure is different than when my brother and I had our DW-10 tractor with a #15 can behind it. We pushed it with a 14-A D-8. I thought we had big equipment. Silly me huh.



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Leland

07-15-2006 23:38:40




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Mike in MI, 07-15-2006 19:22:10  
They use 9's around here for finish work the 10's and 11's do the hard work like that and the 11's have a big hook on the back to grab the ring on the front of the push pull units. I have watched 2 11's and 1 pan struggle to get thru our blue clay here in ILL sticky stuff .



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Hugh MacKay

07-15-2006 20:42:56




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Mike in MI, 07-15-2006 19:22:10  
Mike: I was at a site here in SW Ontario just a few weeks back where they were using 2 D9. One had the pusher blade and they were using it pushing scrapers. The other had a conventional dozer blade and it was dozing only.

If you notice on the D9 in your photo push beams are inside the tracks, while a conventional dozer will have push beams outside the tracks. The conventional dozer blade will not stand the concentrated presure from pushing with beams outside tracks. I didn' measure but would judge the dozer blade was 18' wide and over 6' high. Most men that walked in front of it were not as tall as blade.

[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Jimmy King

07-16-2006 06:03:20




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Hugh MacKay, 07-15-2006 20:42:56  
Hugh I didn't catch that until you called our attention to it. When I was working for NCR Corp. in 1967 I moved to Rolla, MO where Farmall Hal lived, and they were building a section of I44. I could always pick out this one guy on a pan about 1/2 mile away. He always had about 18 inches of day light between his seat and the seat of his pains.



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Mike in MI

07-15-2006 21:28:20




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Hugh MacKay, 07-15-2006 20:42:56  
Hugh,
Like the others said mighty small blade for the size of dozer. Mostly it was used to push the earth-movers. They do have a couple more dozers that do have the big blades on them. They where at the other end of the feild didn't get a picture of them yet.



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Hugh MacKay

07-16-2006 02:53:22




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Mike in MI, 07-15-2006 21:28:20  
Mike: I took another close look at your photo of the D9L. If you notice it has pins on the outside of tracks about 2/3 of the way back, for outside push beams. They probably have both blades for that machine. I've never looked up close at one of these, but I'm thinking they utilize both inside and outside push beams with the large dozer blade. There is probably a quick attach for that push blade, whereby they can drop it in about 5 min. and drive up to a dozer blade.

By using both inside and outside push beams an 18' dozer blade would not need to be as heavy.

[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Erran

07-15-2006 19:51:16




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Mike in MI, 07-15-2006 19:22:10  
That is what they call a push cat 99% of the time it is used just to push pans.



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Lumpy

07-15-2006 19:25:18




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Mike in MI, 07-15-2006 19:22:10  
Thats a small blade for such a big machine!



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
tim Shultz

07-15-2006 19:26:51




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to Lumpy, 07-15-2006 19:25:18  
yeah, you would think it would be three times that big?
Tim Shultz



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
Yugrotcart

07-15-2006 19:28:37




Report to Moderator
 Re: O/T Pic. of D9L CAT. in reply to tim Shultz, 07-15-2006 19:26:51  
If it's only pushing srcappers, then thats all the blade that it needs.



[Log in to Reply]  [No Email]
[Options]  [Printer Friendly]  [Posting Help]  [Return to Forum]   [Log in to Reply]

Hop to:


TRACTOR PARTS TRACTOR MANUALS
We sell tractor parts!  We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]

Home  |  Forums


Copyright © 1997-2023 Yesterday's Tractor Co.

All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy

TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters

Website Accessibility Policy