Starting Up The Old Caterpillar SIXTY

[@ashtabula4wd]

The Sixty is just incredible. This is what Caterpillar means to me. You must see one in person to understand what it does for people! That engine is huge.

[@georgerapp8502]

my god those old flat heads sound amazing

[@genekinnick2174]

The only "safety-sheilds" in those days was the training and how well you learned it. Plenty of folks learned the hard way, and some even survived. It took a lot of skill, respect and raw-nerves to work with these old timers.

[@celtisafricana4984]

Darwinism...it's why we have such a proliferation of zombies these days. No-one has to think to survive anymore

[@1pieman]

You have to love this old iron and have nothing but respect for the men that ran it. Where's the and heated cab? LOL thank you, Scotty 👍😎👍 10/22/24

[@espeescotty]

You know, I think I remember seeing an advertisement from back in the day that sold a large piece of oiled canvas that could be attached to the hood of a tractor, and it had a hole to put your neck through, so that the warmth from the engine would be contained under the canvas for your body and arms, while the head was able to poke through so he could keep operating. I guess a tractor poncho... 😎👍👍

[@1pieman]

@espeescotty that's funny I don't think The kids from this generation understand what some of these people went through to put food on our tables It was a different world. Sure appreciate you sharing this stuff. Scotty thank you

[@stevenking2980]

Love that sound so much!

[@mikeschoeffter7420]

Oh man I love these machines, & what a sound !

[@notajp]

Now THAT is low end grunt!

[@Journeyman-Fixit]

Some serious hardware going on!

[@bill45colt]

gasoline engine here, compression release valves let you turn the engine. When it fires, its under very little compression. You then close the compression valves before it will pull much. With them open, the engine runs but lots of pressure comes out the open valves. Timing is retarded but it has a spring cocking and release mechanism which quickly fires or snaps and gives velocity to the coils to provide a strong spark even with engine turning very slow. Once engine is up to minimum speed, the cocking no longer occurs and spark runs normally. At that time, spark can be adjusted to give strong power. Kinda neat units!! Thanks

[@Big_John_C]

bill45colt It's a diesel.

[@bill45colt]

silly me!! I apologize I thought they were gas,,,,thanks for the correction

[@deezelfairy]

bill45colt Think you will find the sixty is a gasoline engine.

[@Big_John_C]

deezelfairy I own one, they are diesel

[@bill45colt]

many thanks!!

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

Now that's what I call a real four-banger!

[@halzm85]

I love the old dozers catrepiler

[@bradhoffman77]

yup the military hated these...fellas were using their guns to start them and bending the barrels

[@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

+Brad hoffman- Yeah and if you don't pull that bar out fast enough when it kicks over you get a ass whoopin.

[@kobusdutoitbosman6240]

absolutely GREAT, thank you kindly

[@espeescotty]

Well thank you for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@briguyhackins]

Built before lawyers. Geezuz put some grease on that old girl!

[@pyro8818ak47]

God damn widowmaker

[@marekdirgas3607]

Veri Nice historical caterpillar sixty

[@MrRobster1234]

I'd like to give my neighbor about 20 seconds warning before I drove this through her house.

[@basantvimalsharma3402]

typical american gun culture now want to crash neibhour with dozer very insane human must be satan inside the devil has spoken

[@rolandmenero6490]

basant vimal Sharma Don’t have a cow.

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

@@basantvimalsharma3402 how do u know his neibour is not the devils spawn

[@Music10161]

My brother's old boss in vegas had a fifteen sitting in the yard that I so badly wanted to get running. He was uninterested though, unfortunately. I think it would have been a blast

[@joanhauck6159]

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[@espeescotty]

Huge and robust! With a lot of the mechanicals exposed for everyone to see how they work. Very different from todays machines.

[@Redlod79]

There never were any guards on that thing.

[@espeescotty]

Yeah, I would think that a person couldn't overcome the compression pressure fast enough to rotate the engine to start it. It appears that the valves let out just enough pressure that a person can turn it over, but not too much that it can't start.

[@teoballn]

would be a pain to get caught in the flywheel...

[@R5H4D0W]

What does the water do? form a vacuum break?

[@gerardbrunet3379]

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[@mikeday62]

Is that Cleve Klankenschnorbler at the controls? He's lost a lot of weight since last time.

[@wazza33racer]

the soviets mass produced this model in huge numbers.............didnt pay cat anything lol

[@woody95124]

Unbelievable!

[@blurrrrrr44]

Something about starting an engine by putting a crowbar in the flywheel always seemed so wrong to me. i can just imagine it'd fly out & hit someone, most likely me.

[@pod831]

@Mr Sunshines No need for such a mean ass comment.

[@pod831]

@Mr Sunshines Immaturity.

[@ionracer24]

What kinda levis are those pardner?

[@robert11751]

i scrapped out 2 D4s and a D3 two of them ran

[@benchris1402]

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[@robert11751]

there mine to do what i want with . i dont want anyone having them thats my business , i dont sell parts trucks , tractors

[@robert11751]

Ben Chris lol that was 8 years ago, i dont sell engines or tractors , i sell scrap steel , at the time no one was at the site ,wanting the engines so scrapped all of them

[@mopar43v3r]

Rob W That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You truly are an idiot.

[@benchris1402]

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[@Stenkish]

I think that this must be impossible to start without those valves on the sides of the cylinders...

[@Jean-vz8co]

Of course!!!... I've worked an very famous french engine 1925.. 1 cylinder /6 liters cubic.... there was a dual cam of exhaust... one for to start who was taking out alf of compression the starting was very easy..... only in europe never was used the impulsed magneto.........

[@thegoprogroup3420]

Cool

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

You do know that if you pull both steering clutches it will slip right into gear

[@jamesstephenson4422]

would have been nice if the other engines in the background were turned off.

[@espeescotty]

It's all fun and games, 'til someone gets their wiener caught in the flywheel!

[@celtisafricana4984]

There's two things you don't do naked... mess around with these old clunkers and fry food!

[@mikemiller9119]

Man, that guy should just close his mouth.

[@mikemiller9119]

Sorry to hear that. But you didn't understand my comment. The guy was talking just to talk.

[@annazhoskai]

ЧТЗ с таких начинал.

[@eagle45ish]

looks like a good place to loose an arm

[@michaelking9462]

Where is the sound???

[@espeescotty]

It plays fine on my end...sounds fine to me. The problem must be on your end or with KZbin.

[@gerardmilne4925]

The only thing to see is a fly wheel. Don’t quit your other job