any interest in saving an old earthmover?

[tom11919]

My grandpa is getting ready to scrap out an old Corps of Engineers earthmover / pan and I thought I'd see if anybody might be interested in it before we light up the torch. I don't really think it'd be worth the trouble to try to actually use it to move dirt, but it might be an interesting static display somewhere. Scrap steel is bringing 15c/lb and the transportation data plate says it weighs 15k lbs so if someone will give me scrap price they can come get it. I'll even drag it out of the woods for you.

Contrary to what it says in my location information, the pan in located just north of Columbus, Georgia.

 

[73m819]

bet with tires and cable rigged from a twin pcu on the back of a old D7, it would work just fine, the hold up would be finding a twin pcu dozer

 

[hndrsonj]

I think there's a member or two in Columbus. Just sayin...............

 

[pwrwagonfire]

I always have thought these things were really cool...I hope somebody saves it!

 

[maddawg308]

If it's in Alaska, it will be hard to find someone up there interested in restoring it. And it's a LONG haul to the southern 48 states for anyone else. It's a shame, that's a neat piece of equipment, wonder what it's job was up there in the great north....

 

[tom11919]

bet with tires and cable rigged from a twin pcu on the back of a old D7, it would work just fine, the hold up would be finding a twin pcu dozer

With the right tractor you could definitely move a lot of dirt, but like you said, the trick would be finding a D6 or D7 with a double drum winch. The data plate says it has a 9 yd capacity.

A little background on it: my grandpa originally bought (horse-traded, more likely) it to build a lake on his property but never got around to it. It's sat in that spot for the last 25 years. Growing up, my friends and I used to play all over it. It was, on various occasions, a spaceship, sherman tank, fortress, castle, pirate ship, and (as we got a little older) a paintball bunker. I'd much rather it stay in one piece than melted down and sent to China.

 

[chevyCUCV]

Keep it, that thing is way to cool to send to china

I hope somebody can save it

 

[Warthog]

If it's in Alaska....

It's in Columbus, GA according to the first post.

 

[91W350]

If it's in Alaska, it will be hard to find someone up there interested in restoring it. And it's a LONG haul to the southern 48 states for anyone else. It's a shame, that's a neat piece of equipment, wonder what it's job was up there in the great north....

It is just north of Columbus GA according to his post.

 

[Warthog]

Ha....beat you to it Glen....

 

[drgreg]

Kevin Kronlund 715-635-9203, Spooner WI. Would be the only guy I know that may be interested. This is his dozer.

 

[maddawg308]

Duh, I read the first paragraph and his location, didn't even see the GA location of the pan.

With all the GA people we have here, it needs to be saved!

 

[wreckerman893]

PAPA BEAR..........SAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

The old Grunt has the equipment to move it. It would look good beside the GOER.

 

[hoop]

Rant..........
I love this...I will take scrap price....
1...you do not have to spend money on supplies to cut it up.
2...you do not have to spend your time cutting it up.
3...you do not have to spend your time loading and moving it to the scrap yard.

Please come save this piece of history and pay me top scrap price for it so I do not have to do anything.

Done.

Thank You.

 

[73m819]

this dozer is not equiped nor heavy enough for that pull scraper

 

[drgreg]

this dozer is not equiped nor heavy enough for that pull scraper

Well it is a D7, like you put in your earlier post. I am not familar with the winch set-up.
What does it need then???

 

[tom11919]

Monday is the deadline. My grandpa was going to cut it up this afternoon but I talked him into a short reprieve. If nobody steps forward by the first of the week its going to the scrapyard.

And I was just told that the going price is 13.5c/lb. Hey, if nothing else, it has one 14.00/20 NDT that's in decent shape that I'm sure someone on here can use.

 

[73m819]

Well it is a D7, like you put in your earlier post. I am not familar with the winch set-up.
What does it need then???

A Power Control Unit (PCU) is different then a winch, has ONLY ONE direction of pull, different clutch and brake set up, a lot LESS line pull, has a lot thiner cable, also a self contained unit with controls, ect, and a consent turning driveshaft, a lot lighter build, not designed to pull a load like a tree or a stuck truck,ect., a winch has the controls are on the dozer, a lot heavier build, drive shaft only runs when needed. you CAN jerk a PCU off a dozer while though can be done with a winch, you REALLY have to work at it

It has a single PCU on the back, needs a twin PCU, if a cable blade also, then a front mounted PCU as well, That dozer is to light, a ww2 D7 is a lot lighter then even a 60s D6, a 9 yd scraper takes a very healthy dozer to work it without a pusher, In vietnam, we had some modern dozers with hyd. blades but the twin PCU for cable cans

 

[quickfarms]

save it

 

[bearboley]

It takes a D8 with a PCU and one behind pushing to make it work right. Sure you could hook it to a smaller dozer if you had the controller to lift the bowel and make the apron work so you could unload it but you would just scratch with it not actually use it to its full potential. The price is not far off I've seen these with hydraulic winches mounted on them to operate the pan and pull them with a BIG 4 wheel drive farm tractor 400+hp sell for alot more than 2500 bucks.