td9bcf180 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 On 8/11/2022 at 10:29 PM, mike newman said: .....a lot of work ahead of your TD9......@td9bcf180 !!!! Yes, for sure, Mike. But the last pic I posted was from 4 years ago in the shop. I have it down to the frame and tracks and ready to pull steering clutches (both seized) and check final drives. Complete rebuild. I have a second machine for parts. And I see why final drives blow up with that contraption swinging overhead! Yikes! Still favour that AR174. Neat grille. Solid looking beast. You get my mail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 couple of pics F1800 with TD 14 on its back GMC 6x6 with TD9 on its back ACCO 1840, being towed out of the West Coast mud by a Hough 65 Mike 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 ....If you are into working up some good , rolling farmland...there is nothing better than a set of tracks under you....unhampered by some of the hideous blade setups...and with an open station ....for the ''command centre '' Working up old pasture, with a good moisture content...equates with no dust...and throw in a few hills....That is really living !!! ...even if its an HD6...pulling, I believe, a disc plough........ Mike 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeper61 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/27/2022 at 2:51 AM, mike newman said: ....If you are into working up some good , rolling farmland...there is nothing better than a set of tracks under you....unhampered by some of the hideous blade setups...and with an open station ....for the ''command centre '' Working up old pasture, with a good moisture content...equates with no dust...and throw in a few hills....That is really living !!! ...even if its an HD6...pulling, I believe, a disc plough........ Mike If it weren't for the grass I'd say that photo was at the landfill with all the winged sea rats flying about Thx for sharing the photos Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 ....a bunch of different IH machines in this picture !!...albeit not a very good picture.... Mike 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 ....a Fiat /Allis AD8 crawler.......In actual fact a 'Fiat " ....slightly bigger than a D4 C /D...and seriously good machines..Only a handfull arrived in NZ...Photo taken on a back country farm, in Marlborough South Island NZ Mike 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Beale Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Mike https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Fiat-Allis lists AD/BD line as AD4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 20. but misses 8 for some reason. BD models have a straight tilt blade. Some 20's came in here from South Korea with Cummins (855 IIRC) engines - I'm guessing their military used that engine. As did parts for Allis HD 16's so Allis likely had a military connection there earlier. We have a BD 10 which we got second hand and it is still a very useful dozer for ranch work (about 1975 vintage) and still with reasonable parts availability. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 14 hours ago, Ian Beale said: Mike https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Fiat-Allis lists AD/BD line as AD4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 20. but misses 8 for some reason. BD models have a straight tilt blade. Some 20's came in here from South Korea with Cummins (855 IIRC) engines - I'm guessing their military used that engine. As did parts for Allis HD 16's so Allis likely had a military connection there earlier. We have a BD 10 which we got second hand and it is still a very useful dozer for ranch work (about 1975 vintage) and still with reasonable parts availability. Ian...the ''8'' is in fact shown on that link...but with no detail....I could be in error with regard to the "'AD'' prefix..but the one we worked with locally, years gone, was always referred to as an "AD8''......so I intend to go down to Rock Station soon ...and I now know where that pictured tractor lives...so I will get up close and personal and ''check her out '' Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Beale Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 2 hours ago, mike newman said: Ian...the ''8'' is in fact shown on that link...but with no detail....I could be in error with regard to the "'AD'' prefix..but the one we worked with locally, years gone, was always referred to as an "AD8''......so I intend to go down to Rock Station soon ...and I now know where that pictured tractor lives...so I will get up close and personal and ''check her out '' Mike Mike AD models had an angle and manual tilt blade, BD were straight (actually more semi-U) with hydraulic tilt. Officially both AD and BD went out of use about the 10B era going on the workshop manual we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eason Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Interesting the truck has the styling of the L series but the IH emblem, not the triple diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 ...just got a new ''thingy'' finally to convert 35 mm slides into the ''computer format ''...all red stuff !!!......nothing very dramatic T20 Fordson Super Major Hough Loader TD20 (useing the river for a road..as we did back then...) TD25 BTD6 BTD6 ..probably took me longer to hook all that stuff up..than to drill the paddock British 634 with trailing back hoe 360 degree swing TD24 backing up in the river Mike 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 ...the old Hough ...t20 foreground....15/30 out the back getting a slurp of water ...td 24 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I never was lucky enough to operate a TD25 but that sure is one powerful looking dozer. (petrol/gasoline start and switchover to diesel?) Thanks for posting these pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, td9bcf180 said: I never was lucky enough to operate a TD25 but that sure is one powerful looking dozer. (petrol/gasoline start and switchover to diesel?) Thanks for posting these pics. ..no worries there....sadly the very old colour slides have sort of darkened a lot over the last fifty plus years.... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 What model year was the TD25, Mike? Did it start on petrol, before switching over to diesel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 15 hours ago, td9bcf180 said: What model year was the TD25, Mike? Did it start on petrol, before switching over to diesel? ...Sorry !!.....it was a direct start on diesel.... 817 engine , I guess ??.....about mid sixties as I recall....I would have been in my early twenties.....thus the excitement factor would have way exceeded the ''specification'' detail.... Mike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 No apology needed, Mike! The TD25 you show in the picture is red so I thought maybe late 50's and maybe gas start. I grew up on TD9's, then TD15's and run a few Cat D6's along the way plus an AC. But a TD25 must have been a thrill ride for power as you noted. Thanks for posting all these pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I'm guessing either TD25 250 series or early B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just Dave Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Hi Mike , I'm just catching up on this thread. The great old memories (pictures) keep coming. Old pictures are like old people; even when clarity isn't perfect we are looking at and listening to is history, the best available sample is always museum worthy. This place this site is a museum with a section for you . Thank you! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pede Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I've always wonder about the dozer in my avatar, it's my Dad, probably late 40's and fairly sure it's a new dozer but don't know what model. Story goes; my uncle and dad go to Peoria(some may understand the significance of that) bout 60miles away, again late 40's looking for a dozer, dad was back from the war and my uncle had a little money, ended up at an IH dealer looking at one new on the showroom floor. Now these 2 hicks from the sticks, more then likely dressed the part and after kicking tires so to speak flagged down a salesman. I can only imagine what he thought but dad said for the most part talked down to them and when my uncle asked how much he scoffed a little and blasted out $7000. Well, my uncle who is old school swede thought about it for a bit, grabbed the straps of his bibs and asked if they deliver.....Anybody got an idea of what model is in the pic? thinking it's an older 18 but I have no idea. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 It looks 18 in size, single exhaust would be last one 182 series but the air intake on the dash doesn't match and is early style, looks a bit big for a 14? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td9bcf180 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Can you zoom in on your original photo to see the numbers under "TD" on side of fuel tank? Could be a 9 but more likely a 14, in my opinion. 5 bottom rollers were not standard on TD9's. I'm sticking with TD14. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I'd say that is a good call, the cable super structure makes it appear a bit larger than if stripped, possibly another dozer behind the scraper? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscoutdiesel Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 It looks a bit like my 14A in that the controls for the cable unit are spaced near the seat in about the right place and my air cleaner is in the same location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pede Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Most people concur it's either a 14 or 18, and yes that's another dozer in the background. This was waaaay before my time, I started in 73 on an 18A. Every cable unit I've ever run had the same lever configuration just like this. I've tried to zoom in but just blurs out. I'm going to venture back in the day that blades were added by the dealer, seen to many different style cable runs to be factory, dad always called these headache bars, in my time they were mounted to the fenders. Didn't 18's have 6 bottom rollers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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