Great Dane excavating co.

[Cooper]

New gears arrived today, just in time for tear down for paint. Ihave 144:1 reduction and with these new gears I can change to 108:1 That might be a little closer to scale speed. Also can go to 81:1 (or 96:1) but I think that will drastically drop my torque and be too fast.




Paint time, was going to go with new cat yellow but I have several cans of old cat yellow. Oh well it will match the fleet.

[ihbuilder]

OK when did they change they're yellow again I notice 2 shades at Cat Monday but didn't think to ask .

[9W Monighan]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

OK when did they change they're yellow again I notice 2 shades at Cat Monday but didn't think to ask .

Originally Caterpillars were painted Gray up to the end of 1931 Then changed to "Hi-Way Yellow" December 1931 making them more visible on construction jobs.
Cat changed the old "Hi-Way Yellow" to the new present day gloss yellow between 1979-1984.
Main reason for was the old yellow had a high lead content which is now banned. The old paint lasted longer because of the lead though. I have restored several old Cats from the 30's that still retained the gray or yellow paint.