What is it do you reckon?

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . .

I stumbled upon this tidy old girl, a Cletrac maybe? I don't remember the engine side screens and the overhead gear like that though, maybe an Ansaldo?





Cheers.

 

[Old Magnet]

That radiator top tank and grill are definitely Cletrac

 

[Deere500a]

Nice looking crawler -OC-18? See that over head setup on late 30's/40's Cats .

 

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . . .

Old Magnet

That radiator top tank and grill are definitely Cletrac

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Yes, on reflection that pattern of holes stamped in the grille is Cletracish.

It's a nice tidy unit, with those engine side screens. Quite a carry on there with the tanks in front of the operator and I can't figure out that muffler/air cleaner?

Cheers.

 

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . . Found this piccy of an FDE Oliver which has that tank in front of operator.

You know I have done a few hours on FDE's and don't remember a thing about it.



Cheers.

 

[Old Magnet]

I'm chasing out the cobwebs here but didn't they have air boosted steering on those big Cletracs? So one of those tanks is fuel and the other air reservoir tanks?

 

[Old Junk Man]

the grille looks the same as the one on my cletrac. mine is much smaller.

 

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . .

Good one Old Magnet. They did have air and probably on the steering which was just a basic differential set up as well as I remember, I know that when you pulled one lever under load the other track sometimes lost traction on a slippery log or something and would spin like crazy.

Cheers.

 

[Queenslander]

Scrub, Any idea what QHCI stands for?
Sounds governmentish.
Cheers,Greg

 

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . .

Queenslander . The citation on the site mentioned clearing for housing at Inala so I am guessing Queensland Housing Commission . . . ? can't imagine what the "I" would be, sounds a bit far fetched to think "Inala" but perhaps they thought big back then and did it all in house?

Cheers.

 

[larslog]

Friend of mine has one very much like it.His is a FDLH cletrac.Big tank just behind engine is fuel tank and smaller one is the battery box.Also has air boosted steering and clutch.F=model D=diesel L=logger H=hillside(wide gauge).