I'm guessing a big, ol' D-8, with a massive "Tonneau" winch hanging off the side. Great photo. I always like seeing machines that have been well used and modified to carry extra stuff to make the job a little bit easier.

you are probably right. I like the cutting torch setup.

This picture reminds me, we recently got a small track loader here from a local salvage yard, but we don't really know anything about it other than that it apparently has a Wisconsin motor. Can't seem to find any manufacturer names on it anywhere.

Main observations about it are that the wiring needs redone (previous owner seems to have gotten "creative" with it in places), that some parts appear to have originally been red then painted yellow while others appear to have always been yellow (??), and that it appears that something originally went up on both sides in the very front (and possibly across also?) but was cut off (you can still see the remaining stubs sticking up beside the battery and in the same spot on the other side).

Here's some pics if you want to make a guess at what it might be? (The ones marked "4K" are 12MP photos and show more details, the ones marked "1K" are smaller resized copies.)
http://www.pandawarez.net/trackloader/

Bit of a fixer-upper, but otherwise not bad.

hmm, I don't think it's a Cat, but other than that I'm not sure what it is. Looks like fun though.

Have you looked up "CLark" loaders? Or perhaps Chase? I'll show the photos to my friend Jim, as he might be able to give me a lead to the little loader's origins. By the way, how big is the engine, and see if there's any numbers on the casing. It looks like a "Mini 4," but I can't quite tell underneath the towel.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention the measurements of ther loader.

The measurements are 4ft wide, 8ft long (if you include the bucket and the rear step), and 5ft up lands about halfway between the highest yellow part and the top of the stack.

My friend Jim looked at the photos and he believes it's an early "SkipKat" or "TerraCat" loader. In one of the photos, (Left side.) A builders plate is visible on the top of the frame, in between the engine and the seat. Does it say anything? That's surprising.

The only plates I see in http://www.pandawarez.net/trackloader/Left_4K.JPG are the black ones that say "REVERSE" "NEUTRAL "LOW" on the close side and a blank one that's part of a lever assembly on the far side, unless you're seeing a different one somewhere?
(Yes, the opposite of "REVERSE" is specifically labeled "LOW", not simply "FORWARD". )

(LOL!) Heh! That sounds like one of those Soviet Union surplus rigs. I'll keep looking for you though. Thanks for the higher rez scan too. I could actually read the "Reverse, Neutral, Low" inscriptions. It's definitly a US built machine... But I'm only guessing.

All the ones in that folder that end with "4K" are the original 4000x3000 12MP photos, the ones ending in "1K" are the 1000x750 resizes I put in for slower connections. Were you only looking at the 1K versions or something?

aww she really has such a glory aura

Heavy machines tend to do that