![]() ![]() The first 76W ever put into production has been rebuilt and is on display in Peoria at the factory. Parts were sometimes a problem as Cat was changing stuff so fast some dealers wouldn't stock much for them as by the time the part was on the shelf, it was already obsolete or updated.Ĭat is pretty proud of the D10 however. (57 cm) long and offers hours of mindful building with a cool model to display. Most of the 10's I was ever around worked double shift or more and were worked hard. This 3,854-piece model measures over 22 in. We had to push our 631E's with a lowly D10N there at Kennecott. I nearly got it back in early 96 at Kennecott Copper in Salt Lake City but a road job in eastern Montana got it first. Then the engine failed and it was hauled off to Missoula, MT. I thought when I left Colorado in 93 that I had seen the last of it, but no, in 95 when I hired back in the company, they sent me up to Beatty, Nevada and guess what was waiting for me there? It hadn't gotten any better with age and I fought it for about two months. It was in pretty good shape when I left though. I spent well over two hundred fifty thousand dollars in parts on this machine in three years on the uranium job in Colorado. Had to have two parts books you see, plus every parts and service bulletin and fiche that Cat had concerning D10's. It was a b*****d machine having been equipped with newer or updated parts going on 610-up and older leftover stuff from 609-down. My last experience, D10 wise, was with 84W610, the next unit built after a serial number break update for these models. I did a significant amount of work on Gilbert-Westerns D10 in the oil shale operations too. Authentic features and functions This meticulously detailed model is packed with true-to-life mechanisms that Cat fans will love. I think I rebuilt every D10 final drive then in use on the western slope. Construction fans will love building this action-packed LEGO Technic Cat D11 Bulldozer and exploring its many functions. ![]() ![]() I worked in a Cat house in 1980-81 in western Colorado and assisted factory engineers testing brake and steering clutch springs and then, later on, hydraulic pressures for the operation of the steering and brakes. Could a built another 10 with the spare and used parts we had on hand. We had continuous track problems, engine trouble, steering and brakes, hard bars, bottom rollers, you name it. Didn't leave us or Whayne Supply much time to fix the derned things. They were running double shift in surface coal mines in eastern Kentucky six days a week. It’s more efficient, so it burns less fuel. Some of my early experience with the 84W was in 1984 with low serial number models. The Cat D10 Dozer is innovative by design developed by a team of experts who follow a design approach that incorporates feedback from the field with industry-leading technologies to deliver a dozer that continues to advance with every model. ![]()
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