![]() The first 76W ever put into production has been rebuilt and is on display in Peoria at the factory. See below for regional pricing and links: LEGO Technic 42131 App-Controlled Cat D11 Bulldozer US US449. There is no pricing details yet, but I’ll update this post when that information becomes available. 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. This giant bulldozer is based on the real-life Caterpillar D11, and weighs in at 3,854-pieces. Most of the 10's I was ever around worked double shift or more and were worked hard. 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. Building the Largest LEGO Technic Bulldozer - Caterpillar D11T. 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. SeptemCaterpillar dozer Earthmoving Video Caterpillar Caterpillar It’s big. I did a significant amount of work on Gilbert-Westerns D10 in the oil shale operations too. ![]() I think I rebuilt every D10 final drive then in use on the western slope. 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. Watch the brand new LEGO Technic Cat D11 Bulldozer set 42131 build itself with stop motion animation Do you plan to purchase this setVideo created by Beyon. 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. Some of my early experience with the 84W was in 1984 with low serial number models. ![]()
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