Fiat dozer, might be a BD14?

[Wombat]

Sorry I stuffed up, a moment of brain fade for an old fart. The tractor is an AD14, the AD12 radiator nose cone sloped back at the top quarter, also the AD12 only came out as a direct drive powershift, I think two speed with a high low range box. The AD14 was the same, however it also was available with a 3 speed torque converter powershift, much more popular than the direct drive, would need to see photo of left side console to tell which the tractor was fitted with. The 'B' series had a power increase to 160hp, I am not familiar with the 'C' series tractors as I had Caterpillar tractors by then. The Fiat was very stable tractor and a lot of grunt, however lacked a good guarding package, panels etc were flimsy compared with an equivalent Caterpillar.

I hope this helps.

[Gavin Phillips]

It all helps, thank you.

The dozer was a big surprise find as its very likely the only Fiat I've seen. Maybe they just weren't imported into the UK or its one of the few that's left, who knows.

To understand what the dozer actually is, is a great help. It also assists me in piecing together a few more facts about the earlier products of the Italian company before the Allis Chalmers and Hitachi involvement.

[Bog Man]

I think this was a Fiat Dozer owned By Jimmy Maher Augha Ireland and was driven by a neighbour of mine Jim Nolan (Berry Nolan ) .

[Wombat]

Photo too blurry for me to get a clear look, possibly an AD5 or a AT7 by the blade lift ram mountings.

[Mrsmackpaul]

tiss a bit blurry looks dosnt look like a AT 7 the nose cones a bit sought of wrong I think the AT 7 leans back at the top a bit ?????

Paul

[Gavin Phillips]

I don't have much in the way of brochures for the pre-FiatAllis machines but I'll have a flick through and see if I can shed any light on this dozer.

Identifying a machine from a picture is quite a skill, it seems!