Caterpillar D2

[@ap1687]

Yep, the story and the analysis are definitely some of the many reasons why this series is so good. Don't ever doubt that.

[@digitalshackonthelane]

Could not agree more!

[@Bellboy40]

Nice "forensic analysis" of those rollers! 😄 Your conclusion seems to be the most plausible explanation of why they wore like they did. Thanks for your detailed investigation of the wear patterns you find and what to do about it. I think the main reason I like your channel is because of your attention to detail and your determination to make it right. There was a sign on the wall where I used to work that said "If you don't have time to do the job right, when will you have time to do it over"? I think that sums up pretty well your attitude also.

[@patamos7019]

I love hearing the Caterpillar autopsy reports. Wear patterns show a history of a machine's life. It's like you're a detective putting the pieces together to find out how a piece of equipment lived, was treated and how it was worked.

[@wdputman556]

The analysis really help those of use who never used a track to plow.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Great video Squatch! I am glad you spent some time talking about how the wear happened. That sort of detective work makes these projects so much more interesting.

[@JasperFromMS]

Love this. There are lots of wrench-turner channels. But explaining why things are the way they are leads to understanding. I like being able to understand why these great machines are built the way they are and do the things they do. Good job, Squatch. Good job.

[@clydeschwartz2167]

Excellent video it's nice to see that the previous operators actually took the time to grease the undercarriage like it should be

[@MrCarl312]

I don't know why anybody would complain about using an impact. Great work saving tool, and a lot easier than using a break over bar. I believe in using the best tool for the job.

[@jimmytjomsland6132]

My Uncle farmed in NE Montana on a D-2 in the late 30'S. Your "investigations" and musings are a bridge to a honored Family Member, who I never met. Thank You and Godspeed!!

[@daohnstad]

That was incredible analysis! Much appreciated. Glad you got a plan together for the starting engines. I look forward to the results. Also, I live in the cities (not proud of it) and am up in your neck of the woods every weekend so if you ever need parts picked up please reach out. Even though I realize you don’t know me.

[@tylermayfield1987]

I actually like some of the detective work you do to figure out why things happened the way they did. Great work

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man! Glad everything went smoothly taking those roller bolts! Sometimes too much grease is better than no grease! But I guess you'll need a chistle to take all that grease pancake out and off those rails! Great job! Taking that gunk off!👌😎👍great analysis on the roller wear patterns! Good to know some of the history of that d2.

[@aserta]

5:24 never bored by your stories. Detective work at best here on the Squatch channel. :) One thing's for sure to me as you do these final drive bits of 1113. Whomever owned this machine loved it. They put 1113 through a lot of work in that gear, on that field, but they did it as you would with a horse. Give it food, it will give you honest work. The fact that even tho it's worn such as it is, it's not beer can worn, shows just how important the basic implements of maintenance are. Work your machine hard, but give it the respect of taking care of it and it will return the investment twice fold. Can't think of a better steward for 1113 than you. You're going to give this machine the retirement it deserves.

[@Tromador]

I enjoy very much the analysis and how you extract meaning from wear patterns and such. It brings the old machine to life and makes it something more than a pile of grubby old parts - not to mention the bits of beercan and Grandpa's D2 that are in the mix and their stories. Maybe I'm just an old romantic, but for me it's like the soul of the tractor which is in some ways, particularly when dealing with historical preservation, as important as the metal. Very much getting the impression that eleven-thirteen was a vital piece of equipment, worked hard, but also well loved and properly maintained. Such a shame about the water damage on the original block.

[@mauricekeithjohnson2598]

I'm a retired 75 yr old Marine Electrician, but you put me back in school EVERY segment ! Thank you !!

[@iowaoliverguy]

I don’t know much about crawlers but as soon as you described the wear on the tracks I thought, plowing! Love your thought process in coming up with the reason for the abnormal wear. I’m restoring an old Oliver and it’s been fun seeing all the wear and abuse it’s been through.

[@TheMetalButcher]

Plowing came to my mind too. I know they usually plow out of the furrow, but I guess they might have opted not to.

[@joshweiss3911]

Keep up the stories. I enjoy the heck out of them. Makes me look at wear on my old machines and try to figure out what they are trying to tell me. If only they could talk.

[@mdouglaswray]

I loved your explanation of the roller wear!! Great illustration. Didn't lose me for a second. But I *am* an industrial-strength, very-old-school, pocket-protector-wearing, grit-eatin pencilneck geek.

[@mdouglaswray]

Damn proud OF IT too.

[@booterone1]

Knowing the root cause of worn components is key to a proper repair/replacement of any system.

[@johnborn1600]

I live in East Peoria, Illinois where that D-2 was built. Sadly those old Cat buildings are gone. The track type tractor tour thru building SS is quite impressive, if you get to central illinois , let's tour Cat, I'll buy dinner

[@williamhouk6880]

I very much enjoy your channel Squatch253, The winter before last watching you working on the engine 5J1113 inspired me to drag out of 16 years of storage my 57' John Deere 420 crawler/loader and change out the 10 rollers and 2 idlers. Everything else had already been changed out before several years of my health issues and me parking the machine for what I thought was going to be a couple years. Your a true Inspiration and after watching you tear these rails apart brought back so many memories I just had to Thank You! What you done in this Video took me 3 1/2 months, but I got it running again! Thank you for being such a great Inspiration!

[@stevencorley2352]

The episodes when you are "talkie" tend to be the most interesting. So talk all you want.

[@charleswray404]

Enjoying the series hard to believe it started in the fall of 2018. It is almost there keep going. Thank you for giving the updates. My Dad who was a mechanic in the sixties and seventies is enjoying the series very impressed with the knowledge.

[@donalley5025]

Fantastic CSI work there Squatch! Enjoyed that just as much as the disassembly.

[@edwarddeyojr.793]

I do enjoy listening to the explanation of why things happen the way they do,,,even i can understand it,,,,😳...stay safe,,,😇🇺🇸😍

[@billknoderer8202]

EXACTLY! Your theory on the wear bias is spot on. My Dad caught this years ago pulling a 5 bottom pull type plow behind our D6. He instructed the hand to swing the draw bar on the Cat all the way to the right and adjust the plow hitch to enable the operator to pull the plow with the tractor fully on land and not track in dead furrow.

[@billknoderer8202]

@@squatch253 I ran across a seed corn exec years ago when I sold Trojan Seed Corn who as a youth worked in the potato region around Mankato Mn. He told me about driving a Cat in furrow on long stretches of field and using the handle of a pipe wrench to foul the left side brake lever back in order to keep the machine from trying to crab to the right. I just walked away shaking my head.

[@rodneythurmanjr7100]

That is awesome! Each tractor tells a great story on how it was operated . or if its operator error. You are a tractor investigator.

[@erikburrell1595]

The history lesson is really helpful in knowing how that beautiful machine has been treated.

[@lawrencewillard6370]

Lost me?, NO. Taught me?. YES. Thank you for the time and explanation.

[@stumpy2816]

👍👍 Your talking is very interesting to me as I know nothing about these crawlers, but am fascinated by them.

[@evanpenny348]

Didn't loose me with "all that talkie" stuff. Fascinated.

[@SuperMAZ007]

Actually that was one of the best explanation why there is such a odd wear on the track rollers. I think it is very important to understand what happened in the past. For the reason to avoid the same mishaps in the future. Always like to see taking it to the details and they don't say for nothing: devil is in the details.

[@fordguy728]

I like hearing the investigative work! Always interesting to know the history of the machine you’re working on. I wish I knew more history of my own machines. Also grease saves equipment!

[@iainking4256]

Hi Toby boy things are getting busy at your place, so many things to do. One thing you don’t have to worry about is us, we will be with you all the way, so keep the work coming and know that you have a large mob of people watching and learning from you. Keep them coming and Cheers from the land of poison stone fish, deadly jelly fish, huge great sharks, and bloody big crocs. Actually it makes a person wonder why we live here, hang on I know why it’s the beer and the weather.

[@alwaysbearded1]

The sleuthing work you do is one of the reasons I like this channel. Always something to learn.

[@scruffy6151]

The farmer was a frim believer in grease saves money on repairs. Enjoy your days outside you only get so many every year. I know northern Wisconsin is just like you weather.

[@deanehill9730]

Clear explanation on how the rollers were most likely worn as they are. You are very fortunate to have such a great set for replacement. Thanks.

[@richardwestwell4902]

I cannot see a problem dismantling things using the air tool. Now reassembling it all is entirely another matter. Hand tools with a torque wrench makes a really good job.

[@robertquast9684]

It’s amazing the differences in maintenance from 1 machine to the next

[@gaylonfuller3312]

I love your forensic analysis of what caused the wear. Don’t stop that because some people find it boring. Lol.

[@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248]

She’s coming together nicely, starting to take shape almost 🙂

[@Pamudder]

Forensic work worthy of Hercule Poirot! (This time it WASN'T the butler. LOL) As noted by many others, it's things like this analysis that keep us coming back.

[@gregoryschmitz2131]

Squatch: Worst case, go down the rabbit hole and we can skip an episode or move down , unless I have been there and done that, I watch. I may only work on my rigs and house now , but its a great education to see how a true master tackles these things. And I love the details of those I have never been into but love (Tractors , crawlers in particular, lot of personnel history with my Dad and my own work) and my now new found son who loves that stuff as well.

[@johnbarham7718]

Brilliant video. I would never have thought about the track in the derad furrow, I always thought that crawlers ran on unbroken ground. Now I know why.

[@somethingabouttractors241]

Alot better drawing than I could've done. Thanks for the explanation 👍

[@randyparker5287]

This is why this is my favorite channel on You tube

[@fljimbo4572]

Did not loose me! I liked your great use of deductive logic to diagnose the roller wear patterns. As usual, I learned new and interesting things mechanical! Thanks!

[@geraldstablein480]

after 25 years of automotive and light diesel work these old cats are fascinating

[@thomasbailey8306]

That Tractor was on a Big farm out there. Wow...And whoever owned it maintained that machine. With all the grease and how the majority of it was. Yea it had wore parts on her. But back then they did everything they could too keep that machine working...Great Video. And thank You for sharing.... I hate these new machines. They dont have no wheres near the grease fittings they had on them years ago. All rollers now are oild filled. Even the Undercarriage even has oil in them where the Track tightener is. They still use grease to tighten the tracks. But they fill the rest around it full of oil..Crazy. its too keep everything cool. I know. But. They put alot of Faith in those Seals..Im old school. I grease my own machine daily. My Dad drove it into my thick head that grease was CHEAP bushings, Shafts are Expensive....Thank You again. I guess we all get yacking and Cant quit...LOL...HAHA Love the videos on this.

[@Dudleymiddleton]

Your analysis on the roller wear was awesome! Thanks for sharing and educating us all, Toby! Great video, well presented and explained.

[@michaelscriffiano9267]

Talk all you want...you are interesting to listen too. Thanks again

[@wemedeeres4105]

Your running in the dead furrow theory makes a lot of sense also not a lot of effort involved in steering it either. Almost like an auto guide system from the 30's and 40's!

[@aserta]

@@squatch253 I've seen this done with wall cleaning tracked vehicles up in the mountains. They would sink a track into the drain ditch, and let it run for the entire serpentine at .. probably 4kph whist the modified arm cleaned the stones of weeds (you have to kill them or else they grow and damage the wall). The operator would almost invariably be solving puzzle words almost all the time i'd pass them. One summer time i caught a rare traffic jam and in the other direction coming for me, the guy was just nodding off at the stick. Tracked vehicles are after all "trains that take their rails with them" as my mechanic puts it.

[@allanrichards6448]

Yep please do keep giving us the benefit of your detective work on the wear and life of 5J1113 it is really interesting. I guess whoever owned and worked the machine did their best to keep it in good order, certainly not scrimping on the lubrication. With other similar videos I see guys struggling to rework endless bodges and the consequence of poor maintenance work on these machines.

[@mikemcginley6309]

I really enjoy these tutorials explaining the finer points of crawler tracks and their maintenance. The only type of track I have experience with is tank track and it's very different. So in other words,keep talking!

[@dennishayes65]

Squatch, you could have been the BEST gasoline engine mechanics instructor in the world at some votech school ! The way you are so articulate in your information ! Great job ! That Ford dealership you work for certainly should be very thankful that you work for them !

[@imdeplorable2241]

And, that sketch was excellent. VERY helpful.

[@skerky10mm]

Great video! Between your and Andrew Camarata videos I can’t stop looking and day dreaming over 70’s-80’s cat 900 series crawler loaders. Thanks for the gateway lol

[@tonywilson6032]

Wish you luck with the pony motor - as requested - and keep talking , it is fascinating, I wish my teachers at school had the same charisma, I may have ended up at uni.

[@donaldb3628]

Your detective work is just as interesting as your mechanical work! It adds tremendously to the overall story line.

[@johnpiper82]

your good with your channel base! You must remember most of us are here to learn, and we appreciate your knowledge and wisdom.

[@northsconnienerd742]

I love the history detective work!

[@bobpaterson1845]

The Sherlock Holmes of the Cat equipment history 👍👍

[@stephenscott5817]

Your title should be "Detective Squatch". Love your work!!

[@jdgimpa]

Always liked analysis, everything tells a story if you know how it works. With regard to those who were grousing about using a impact they obliviously have never turned wrenches for a living. Otherwise they would know you learn in short order to work smarter not harder. I made it for 30 years before my body started to hurt bad enough to get out of wrenching and go into management. It took another 15 years before I got fed up with the whole thing and retired!

[@yokiniqu]

Really interesting, I've pulled a three furrow with my 5U D2, I never considered running the right hand track in the furrow like you would a wheel tractor, just seemed wrong to me. Like you mentioned, I swung the hitch over and adjusted the plough draw bar to suit the offset. One thing however is that pulling the three furrow with offset would mean the tractor tended to want to drift right and would require occasionally correcting left. Nice vid.

[@bobcrone6151]

Awesome detective work on the dead furrow theory! Thanks for the upload!

[@shaneharrison4775]

Brilliant deductive reasoning squatch and more to the point well thought out and explained bravo. Now for the wrench summary

[@TheLoiteringKid]

There is a collection of used parts in my friends shed, well more of trophies, nay, monuments to owners past. Each one represents a moment when we were tearing apart something, found the culprit, and went, "Well there's your problem!" Included in the collection is A Dr350 rocker arm, with a 1/2 moon eaten out of follower. Diagnosis, PO forgot to reinstall the 92c spring washer, that pushed said rocker arm in line with its oiling hole, the ~4mm slop, prevented the oil from reaching its channel on the inside of rocker that allows it to lube and spray oil on the cam lobe. Result rocker's pivot still had most of its oil, but no pressure could make it out this little sprayer on the rocker for the cam lobe, lobe went dry surviving upon whatever splashes around in the head, slowly eating the rocker arm as PO just runs it anyway. There is also some nice gouges in the swing arm from him using a chain 8 links too long, and wearing thrugh the chain slider. There is the connecting rod from a DR350 from an eBay downer motor. Somewhat known failure from early model, counter balance pin hole was drilled all way through, pin could dislodge, and ether the pin, or the now un-geared counter balancer stops the connecting rod. One half of a turbine from the turbo of a subaru forester. Owner said the engine was blown but he still drove it to work every day. . . Friend bought it cheap pulled a turbo off his shelf and we changed it out in ~2 hours. As we pulled the turbo off, the exhaust side of the shaft and what was left of the turbine(about 1/2 of the fins have been ground off at this point) fell out. we looked at each other, laughed, attached replacement turbo, and collected our trophy. The exhaust valve from a Saab 9-2x areo(?), its a rebranded subaru wrx. Friend traded a dirt bike for it, owner was driving it with a "blown engine." Got it home, compression test, 0 on 3. Friend was like, best case burnt valve, worst case, new head, I have both in my shed. ~12 hours and many beers later and a valve with a little burnt triangle missing from it replaced, we turned a ~1500$ dirtbike into a ~5200$ saabaru.

[@jakleo337]

I have seen similar wear patterns on larger machines that were set up for pipe laying. With the big winch and A-arms on one side.

[@stevenrapp3217]

Good Stuff like always......Did anyone else find preying the old dry grease from the frames oddly satisfying? (smile)

[@dscott130]

Toby, your drawings are better than great, definitely not "like a 3rd grader." And everyone gets tongue tied on occasion. So I suggest not making self-deprecoating comments. You don't need to be perfect. Your video presentations are flat out amazing. You're perfect enough just the way you are. :-)

[@1murder99]

Looks like you have the beginnings of a nice McAdam Road in your rock pile.

[@austin20515]

Really good explanation and analysis, top notch expertise that you don’t get from just watching a wrench move 👍

[@brycewiborg8095]

I actually enjoyed the explanation. Good art work. When I try a sketch you would suspect a 1st grader did it. Makes sense. It was a given if you drafted a plow wrong you would wear out the differential. Makes sense it would cause uneven wear. 9 hours late. Was busy today.

[@realliferepair9285]

That's some really good detective work,and it all makes perfect sense.

[@phillipgodwin6639]

Really enjoy your videos! Looks like petrified grease! Keep up the great work

[@michaelmcclure8673]

You are the master CSI of the field plowing group.🤔😉😃😄😄

[@littlejason99]

Thank you for the forensic analysis, learn something new every day!

[@teddill4893]

Detective Squatch. Always a lesson to be learned. This is great content. Thank you!

[@humancattoy7767]

Summer on a farm. I'm familiar with the concept. I grew up in Southwest Kansas.

[@dbraun7427]

Love the greenie!

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Once again you explained the why of a problem and not just pointing it out. 👍

[@AdversityZone]

I'm sick I'm sleep-deprived and in alot of pain this episode is just what I need good timing and thank you

[@woodhonky3890]

Hang in there, you have my prayer.

[@stuff6782]

You did not lose me, great explaination.

[@carlthor91]

Awesome that you where able to get a good set of rollers.👍 Best wishes from 700 miles North.

[@michaelwest4325]

Never too talkie. Expounding on the history, exploration and methodology is why your channel always informs as well as entertains. Keep teaching us the way of the D2!

[@richardvalentine3087]

Thanks for the picture and the explanation!

[@forbes80751]

Dude. I love the story that the wear on the equipment shows. I was glued the whole time. super interesting. Keep it up squatch! You're the reason I want a D2 cat even though I live in town!

[@suenwmiller]

The tractor Gods smiled on you this video every track roller side I've taken apart had AT LEAST at a minimum 3 or 4 broken bolts / lota of fun when they are 12 inches off wet the ground

[@HyckoryStyckWorks]

As soon as you showed the wear bias being to the same side my brain said "Been pulling a plow all its life."

[@LeewardStudios]

I would have never considered that wear pattern. I would have just replaced parts and moved on. I like the story and detective work. Thank you

[@mikehughes3533]

Love your stories, keep them coming, thanks

[@RomeKG471]

We always ran on top with the crawlers plowing, we would also set the hitch on the plow so the crawler track would be away from the furrow.

[@davidfoster6803]

Thats amazing . Always learn a lot & enjoy your videos

[@Don26skillet]

Very interesting and an excellent explanation of how the rollers could have worn the way they did. The sketch was top notch!

[@shunloc9704]

Loved the diagnosis, I'd say grease usage was about perfect gotta love good maintenance

[@arrowsf11973]

its nice to learn why things wear and its good to know the history of the life of the machine too

[@donbullock8790]

I've used weld to fill in where rollers, shafts etc. were worn bad. The weld worked good because it was harder than the original material and would wear less. Regardless another great video. I think you give multitasking new meaning. Be well and safe.

[@toomuchyoutube]

One of your best videos.

[@justjoe7313]

Mechanical archeology!!! It's an EXTREMELY interesting and integral part to your videos and it's so much better for it! Thank you, you are doing a realy great work!

[@andyhuckle]

Squatch - the Sherlock Holmes of D2s !