D6C (Caterpillar Dozer) Cooks Lunch and Builds Pond

[markallen511]

Sounds like a 318 Detroit!

[maplemanz]

I used to do the same thing when I was in the army running cat D7F'S just stick a can on the exhaust manifold near the turbo and piping hot soup!!

[jiggity75]

I think the D6C is my favorite tractor of all time, I like my new 6N but I had alot more fun on the 6C. yours looks like a very nice tractor.

[semco72057]

I used one of them to level a spot for our new church and the clay dirt made the job much tougher for that Cat D6. It was borrowed from a company who donated it and the fuel, and hydraulic fluid to get the foundation ready. I loved that Cat so much and treated it like it was mine. I saw this machine bow up while scraping up dirt to level off some spots. We got it done and the machine was sent back the way we got it.

[55woodie]

Nice work with the D6. How big of pond and how long did it take you to move that amount of dirt? I'm looking to make a pond and in the market for an older D4 and would appreciate your experience and opinion. Thanks and how was the soup?

[2sneakers]

Soup was hot, 15 - 20 minutes is about right. Pond measured a little over 2800 cu. yd. for the dam and core trench. Took about 40 hours to build w/ 8 inch pipe and 2 inch pipe for stock water tank behind dam. Would suggest a larger dozer than D4 and be sure to check weather forecast before starting construction.