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I worked on a vineyard in Mendocino County that my dad helped get started. It had a D2 Cat that we used to spray the vines. My dad had to get the D2 in working condition when he first started there. He got in touch with Caterpillar and gave them the serial numbers etc off the D2. They actually made copies of the hand drawn blue prints of it and sent them to him. It was a 1932 model. It had an electric start gas pony engine to start the diesel.
I put in many an hour on that tractor in my time up there. It was good training as they eventually ended up getting a D4 Cat. That thing would haul a$$ in top gear. You could dig yourself into a hole pretty quickly with the 9ft blade it had too. I gained a new appreciation for the skill of the heavy equipment operators we used to see building the roads when we were out on summer vacation.
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Scott
'78 SC mit Sportomatic - Sold
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