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The Neighborhood Cat: The Movie

By Roy Thornley

22711 N.E. 16th Street, Camas, Washington 98607

Some of you may recall the article on my 1930s vintage Cat 22 from the September 1997 issue of GEM. It is a small Caterpillar farm crawler with a Holt blade, a hand crank start, and illusions of grandeur. I purchased it during a weak (in the head) moment without really knowing what I was getting into. Since that last article, Cat and I have had lots of new experiences. This little bulldozer continues to have a mind of its own and an aversion to normality.

As time has passed I have begun demanding more from my machine, asking it to do all kinds of odd jobs around the homestead. It has been clearing huge old burn piles filled with tree stumps, spreading gravel and rock, and dragging tree limbs and boulders, not to mention ripping up the usual mole hills. However, it hasn't been willing to do any of this without ...

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