Rainy day trip to the museum

[NORCALLOGGER]

Hi all,
I promised Gordon (gfadvance) a while back that I would get him a few pictures of the "Holt T35" also known as the "2 Ton", this is a small early crawler tractor for those of you that are wondering.

Sunday I was close by the Ag Museum in Woodland CA so took full advantage of the oportunity to get lots of pictures and measurements.  I clicked the "Holt 2 Ton" and the "Caterpillar 10" for Gordon then took shots of the "Holt 75" later "Caterpillar 75" for the file I have been collecting for a future build of this monster.  I also clicked a few pictures of a horse drawn street car and a model T Ford tractor that will knock your socks off. 

Here is a picture of a showpiece Caterpillar "10" that was a production model but painted white for showing at expositions by the factory.

[NORCALLOGGER]

Here is the little horse drawn streetcar that was used in Woodland in the early days.

[NORCALLOGGER]

Here is the Holt "75" that later became the Caterpillar "75"  I have been collecting information and pictures on this beast (28,000 lbs) for about a year, maybe someday when I get a few other projects caught up I will start on this.  For those that don't know Best Company and Holt Company merged to form the Caterpillar Company.
Anyway a picture

[NORCALLOGGER]

Now here is something I just have to get a start on.  Model T Fords were a lot like Fordson Tractors they were converted to just about any use a person could think of.  But this one is just sweet.

So I am looking for a Hubley diecast model T kit in 1:20 scale, as a starting point, if anyone out there has one they can part with.

The R Fond Dulac Tractor Company of Fon Dulac, Wis. produced these conversions for the Model T Ford.

Check out the picture
Thanks for looking
Rick

[marc_reusser]

Rick,

thanks for all the pics and info!  the last one is especially cool. There is a very sim battered and worn one with "Owner modifications" out at the RR/Logging museum in Willits.  Somewhere I have a bunch of photos of it, as well as some dimensions and misc detail sketches.  Will see if I can find them.

M

[RoughboyModelworks]

Now that is a cool Model T... saving that one myself. Thanks for posting the photos Rick.

Paul

[Ray Dunakin]

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

[Krusty]

Ooh! Ooh! Holt 75!!! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Here's one at work in Belgium during the Great War.

[Ken Hamilton]

Thanks for the photos, Rick.  Very interesting stuff.