1935 Caterpillar RD-8

1935 Caterpillar RD-8 in Earthworm Tractors, Movie, 1936

Class: Others, Construction & Engineering vehicle — Model origin:

The vehicle is part of the movie

Author	Message
Raul1983 ◊ 2006-12-02 20:03	In this movie this tractor is called "Earthworm" built by Earthworm Tractor Company, Earthworm City, Illinois. But that's not a real make. -- Last edit: 2006-12-02 20:18:48
Ddey65 ◊ 2006-12-02 21:38	Maybe it's a rebadged Caterpillar.
wrenchhead ◊ 2006-12-10 22:44	The track arrangement is wrong for a Catterpillar. I don't think they had the two idler wheels on top. Monarch tractors had a similar track arrangement http://www.watertownhistory.org/Images/MonarchTractor2.jpg but I can't find enought info to be sure.
firebird86 ◊ 2006-12-19 02:43	I agree Wrenchhead.....Im quite sure its a Monarch Tractor, Ive found pics of similar tractors, but mostly smaller, a Monarch 50 and 75. They look Identical to the above pic. Just smaller. Monarch was bought out by Allis Chalmers in 1928.
Alexander ◊ 2007-04-07 01:06	It is a Caterpillar Seventy-Five [2E] from 1933. http://home.gwi.net/~dclough/26.gif The later D8 is still fairly similar. Link to "www.oldengine.org"
-- ◊ 2017-04-04 01:46	Neuroguy wrote I believe the "Earthworm Tractor" is actually a Caterpillar RD8. I took a screenshot of the front of the tractor and you can see the model designation there, which they didn't remove for this scene. Changed to RD-8.