Comments on: Iron Profile: The Caterpillar D8 Through History https://ccmodels.com/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/ Legendary Machines. Legendary Models. Limited edition brass and die-cast scale models that provide our customers with unmatched pride of ownership and value. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:35:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 By: Don Bruce https://ccmodels.com/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-53044899 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:35:52 +0000 http://ccmodels.com/2013/10/04/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-53044899 The first crawler I operated was a D8 circa 1961, Elk River Timber Co. Ltd. camp #10 Vancouver Island B.C.

]]> By: Tom Avenell https://ccmodels.com/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-52044474 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:08:13 +0000 http://ccmodels.com/2013/10/04/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-52044474 During WWII I was a teenager on the Buhach Ranch near Atwater Ca. We had 4 Caterpillar tractors – a wide gauge D2, a D4 and two D8s that primarily leveled land with 24 yard Carryall scrapers plus dozing the annual San Joaquin River along the edge of our ranch near Weatherby Lake and Manteca Ca. One year we had a real hassle retrieving one of the D8s that accidentally got into the muddy river. I recall the D4 was widely used building borders throughout our almond orchards; and I remain amazed that the driver could pull a rope that caused a small dam at each tree – that is every 24 feet on several hundred acres – for flood irrigation purposes. One other amazing activity was a D8 drivers so small that he had to get up on his knees to operate the cable system handles! One other thing about the D8s was we had only one starter engine for both; and that made it interesting to transfer the starter motor every time one of the D8s had to be shut down for service.

]]> By: LAIKONG JOSPHAT https://ccmodels.com/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-33026020 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:13:53 +0000 http://ccmodels.com/2013/10/04/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-33026020 Unfortunately the major problem doting the current D8 is steering system. There is one whom we have two new steering pumps unfortunately it can’t work !

]]> By: Little boyy https://ccmodels.com/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-31019305 Sat, 28 Sep 2019 04:49:01 +0000 http://ccmodels.com/2013/10/04/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-31019305 I installed a chevy 3.1 v-6 in a D-2 body with twin turbochargers could do 25 mph ripping.

]]> By: Fredy https://ccmodels.com/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-27001473 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:12:10 +0000 http://ccmodels.com/2013/10/04/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-27001473 Hello
I find this blog very good
I saw shortly a declassified film oon the topic Camp Century in Greenland. The army used red painted D8 with a supplementry fueltank at the fron may be 300 liters. I was wondering if there is some picture an technical-data of this modified d8
hier the link for the film:

https://archive.org/details/TheU.S.ArmysTopSecretArcticCityUnderTheIceCampCenturyRestoredClassifiedFilm
about Minute 18 very interessant

]]> By: Fredy https://ccmodels.com/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-27001472 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:10:48 +0000 http://ccmodels.com/2013/10/04/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-27001472 Hello
I find this blog very good
I saw shortly a declassified film oon the topic Camp Century in Greenland. The army used red painted D8 with a supplementry fueltank at the fron may be 300 liters. I was wondering if there is some picture an technical-data of this modified d8
hier the link for the film:

https://archive.org/details/TheU.S.ArmysTopSecretArcticCityUnderTheIceCampCenturyRestoredClassifiedFilm
about Minute 18

]]> By: Steve Fortier https://ccmodels.com/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-22001406 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 02:10:27 +0000 http://ccmodels.com/2013/10/04/iron-profile-caterpillar-d8-throug/#comment-22001406 How many brass mine white D8t’s were made out of the 300 pieces? Anti glare?? Yellow?? Any information would be great!

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