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Features:
19" Long
Adjustable blade
Adjustable ripper attachment
Over 500 parts
Parts molded in yellow and silvergray
Chrome accessories
Black vinyl tires
Vintage packaging
Skill level 3
The Caterpillar D8 is a medium tracktype tractor designed and manufactured by Caterpillar. Though it comes in many configurations, it is usually sold as a bulldozer equipped with a detachable large blade and a rear ripper attachment.
1935: RD8 (132 hp) introduced.
1937: The "R" prefix dropped, D8 debuts.
1940s: D8 2U Series (148 hp) introduced
1950: D8 new frontrounded grill that would last until D8K was replaced by D8L in 1982.
1955: 1H Series D8 ends production; 191 hp D8E and D8D introduced with new 1,246 cubic inch displacement (CID) D342 diesel engine. D8D had a torque converter and D8E had a direct drive transmission.
1956: D8D replaced by D8G.
1956: D8E replaced by D8F.
1958: 235 hp D8H introduced.
1965: Power increased to 270 hp
1970: D8 46a 48a power increased 280 hp
1974: 300 hp D8K replaced the D8H.
1982: 335 hp D8L replaced D8K. The D8L was the first D8 with the elevated drive sprocket undercarriage.
1984: D8L SA (special application) for farming applications premiers. Available with a three point hitch, for mounted implements.
1987: D8N (285 hp) with differential steer transmission, the first tracktype Caterpillar tractor to have one.
1996: 305 hp D8R replaced D8N.
2000: D8R Series 2 replaced the D8R.
2004: 310 hp D8T ACERT[1] replaced D8R Series 2.
A lowboy (lowloader in British English, lowbed in western Canada and South Africa or float in Australia and eastern Canada) is a semitrailer with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels. This allows the deck to be extremely low compared with other trailers. It offers the ability to carry legal loads up to 12 ft (3.66 m) tall, which other trailers cannot. Lowboys are used to haul heavy equipment such as bulldozers, industrial equipment etc.
Fixed gooseneck (FGN): allows a longer deck length and has the lightest weight. These are lower trailers than normal, with lowprofile tires, usually with drop ramps in the rear to facilitate loading of equipment, but are not actually considered "lowboys". The neck is arched in such a way, that it when lowered, it becomes a ramp thus allowing the front tires of equipment to be pulled onto the deck.[2]
Fixedneck: the neck is fixed to trailers; offers the lightest weight, but sacrifices the ability to detach and load over the front
Hydraulic detachable gooseneck (hydraulic RGN or HRGN)): fastest and easiest to detach, at the expense of weight and deck length. It is the most common and versatile of lowboy trailers; the gooseneck is detached using large hydraulic cylinders to raise and lower the trailer and a small cylinder shores the neck to the truck, removing the neck so a large piece of equipment can be driven over the front onto the deck of the trailer for transport. The hydraulics can be run from the truck auxiliary or from a pony motor mounted in the neck of the trailer.[3]
Mechanicallydetachable gooseneck (mechanical RGN or MRGN): while usually lighter than the hydraulic detachable gooseneck, users sacrifice ease and speed of detaching. Used for long specialty hauls.[4]
Mechanical folding gooseneck (MFGN): The deck folds down to ground level to provide a ramp for from trailer loading