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Years in Production / 1925–1931

Caterpillar

Sixty

Explore the specifications, hardware, and original references for the Caterpillar Sixty.

1931 red Caterpillar Sixty side — BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0. Resized; converted to WebP. · BrokenSphere · CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org source ↗

81hp

Engine estimate · from belt

Tracks

Drive

1925–1931

Production years

Caterpillar

Manufacturer

Sixty / 01

At a glance

Production

Agricultural Crawler tractor

Original price was $4,000 in 1931

The Caterpillar model Sixty was based on the Best Sixty, which had been in production since 1921.

Manufacturer
Caterpillar
Factories
San Leandro, California, USA
Factories
Peoria, Illinois, USA

Mechanical

Open operator station.

Drive
crawler

Belt Pulley

Diameter
16 inches40 cm
Width
10 inches25 cm
Rpm
650
Speed
2640 ft/min804.67 meters/min

Sixty / 02

Under the hood

Engine Detail

Caterpillar

gasoline

4-cylinder

liquid-cooled

Displacement
1128.2 ci18.5 L
Bore Stroke
6.50x8.50 inches165 x 216 mm
Rated Rpm
650
Fuel Type
gasoline
Cylinders
4
Cooling
liquid-cooled

Sixty / 03

Gears & controls

Transmission

Transmission Type
gear
Gears
3 forward and 1 reverse

Sixty / 04

Size. Stance. Footprint.

Dimensions

Length
156 in396 cm
Width
95 in241 cm
Height
78 in198 cm

Tires And Tracks

Tracks

Weight
19,000 lbs8618 kg

Sixty / 05

Tractor Photos

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Sixty / 06

Tests (NTTL)

Nebraska Tractor Test 105

Gasoline 3-speed crawlerSeptember 15 - 29, 1924

Drawbar performance

Id
105
Belt Power Max
73 hp54.4 kW
Max Pull
12,360 lbs5606 kg

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1931 red Caterpillar Sixty side

1931 red Caterpillar Sixty side — BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0. Resized; converted to WebP. · BrokenSphere · CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org source ↗