We don't have a torch down there now...as we spend more time at the farm, I think we will be getting one. I just watched a rose bud heating a bar to straighten it out...I am sure my grandfather used to do stuff like that. His old shop has lots of evidence of fabricating, fixing and tearing...
Good detail, Al...thanks. I have started scouring youtube again for D7 info/vids. I can use your lingo as part of a search string to get leads to specific videos. Thanks for weighing in. I'll keep y'all posted on how my search for a S. Georgia old iron guru works out.
Yep, there's some oldsters out there that I need to find. I found some good threads on our D7..it is a 17A model...at Yesterdays Tractors. Some knowledgeable folks pitching in on topics, it will be a good source of info.
I do like the sound of that. Looking back at that video the more we drove it the better it seems to get. I think it needs a lot of Pblaster and solvents and lubrication and Hammer it a lot like you said and just shake stuff loose. I talked to Alex again about it today and I think we're going to...
Probably...we had it started in a few hours back then, much quicker than I thought we would. It might be salvageable...I need someone like Al or an eqpt specialist down there to give it the once over.
I have access to a CAT D7 bulldozer at our farm. It belongs to my (deceased) uncle...actually now belongs to my aunt...he retrieved it from the deep woods about 30 years ago and used it around his farm (across the road from our farm). Uncle Kenneth got too ill to mess with it and parked it...
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