After searching for a few weeks I was directed to a scrap dealer who had "old dozers". I stopped by to see the fellow and sure enough, there were 3x 420 crawlers.
One assembled, which is what I took home. Another about 80% complete and I plan on picking up a few parts off of it this week. The third was basically a carcass with only a 4spd trans, main drive housings and beat to death tracks.
Being the fellow was a scrap dealer I was able to trade an old car and a few engines for the first crawler shown here.
This crawler is a 5spd (ser# 100557) w/reverser, tach option, 5 roller, shot rails, and half of the pads are "ok". I hope the reverser is in good shape to help solve my mess up on my first crawler.
I should be able to piece together a decent crawler from the two.
Its a shame to see these ol' girls being crushed.
Crawler #2
Crawler #1
Rescued from the scrapper. Crawler #2
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- 40C crawler
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Rescued from the scrapper. Crawler #2
1957 420C 5 spd with reverser
Crawler #1 might be a 40, or at least it has 40 sprockets on it.
Glad to see a couple old girls saved from the scrap heap.
Lavoy
Glad to see a couple old girls saved from the scrap heap.
Lavoy
Parts and restoration for antique and late model John Deere crawlers.
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Look at the difference between the two crawlers. 420 sprocket has round holes, 40 is more like spokes.
Lavoy
Lavoy
Parts and restoration for antique and late model John Deere crawlers.
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
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