Digger 66 3,478 #1 Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Stopped by a buddies house while on our last ride of the 2021 season today . Had this sitting on the side of his garage . He says it's a worker but he's having problems with the track-chains. It's powered by a Continental engine . Love the custom fabbed canopy & battery box Edited September 26, 2021 by Digger 66 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,625 #2 Posted September 26, 2021 @Digger 66, only thing I can add is that continental engines and related drivetrains were almost exclusively military , build up . if that can be center supported , to free up those tracks , and get some free drag run time on them , with a lot of kerosene based lubricant , you might find the movement issue . pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,625 #3 Posted September 26, 2021 @Digger 66 , back in the day while in the N/G we were attached to an aircraft maintenance group , regularly drove and towed heavy equipment to next level replacement set up . that track reference was a regular part of a recovery on a damaged unit . they would also replace drivetrains with newly rebuilt spare in sealed storage containers . I was a driver transporting old to new ,rebuilt units , interesting stuff , pete Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 9,745 #4 Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) That’s a neat crawler. My Oliver backhoe has a continental 40 hp diesel engine and it still runs great. The nice thing about continental engines is they were used in all kinds of equipment so parts are still available. Massey Ferguson also used Continental engines. Plus all those grey trailer mounted bullet end welders and Ingersoll air compressors were continental engines. Edited September 26, 2021 by oliver2-44 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
