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Our Next Gen Cat D9 working in Northampton earlier this year. When the D9 isn’t performing conventional ripping and pushing,it’s working with our fleet of Cat 637K scrapers. #catd9 #collinsearthworks #construction #constructionequipment #bulldozer #dozer #heavyequipment | Collins Earthworks Ltd

Meet the D8 twin dozer!! Before the 1950s, the D8 with Caterpillar’s biggest dozer. Customers wanted a bigger machine, but Cat was still years away from the D9. Buster Peterson (of today’s Peterson Tractor) said, “Hold my beer.” Peterson took two standard D8s, removed one undercarriage assembly from each, and connected the machines with clever fabrication. Only three were initially built, with a few more emerging from a kit Peterson offered to other dealers. This machine specifically was the fin