Can’t make out the first number, which is why I was wondering. Wayne
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I’m sure they used whatever they could get their hands on. Wayne
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My guess is a 9
but it might also be a 5
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A Co.92nd would have been our unit. The A vehicle number would be right. Wayne
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Looks like the yellow Cats in the pics I’ve posted are indeed D9G’s. Four were tested in Vietnam
https://www.acmoc.org/bb/discussion-d72/26143-land-clearing-cats-pictures-wanted?start=30
H.P.
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Sorry Pawel, we kinda over ran your thread. Wayne
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Well, that’s no problem - I love it! Carry on!
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Reminds me of a saying I heard as a teenager, famous last words of a redneck, “Hey y’all, watch this!”. Carzy man, crazy.
Cajun 
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At least he has his blade lower to balance a little better, the other guy has his up and would probably flip over or stand it on its winch! Also, Rome plows are still used today. The clearing crew on a pipeline job I worked a few years back had a couple for the bigger trees. The main problem with the bigger dozer was the narrow roads and trailers that had to haul them. Look at the picture of the D7 on the trailer and how much the blade sticks out on the sides. Now imagine the D9’s blade sticking out even more. Wayne
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Frenchy,
Thank you for digging up and posting all of these great pictures!!
Tim
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You’re welcome 
Here’s a walkaround of a preserved Rome Plow. I guess it’s the one on display at the Engineer Museum at Fort Leonard Wood.
https://www.modelbouwleuven.com/caterpillar-d7e-with-rome-plow.html
It’s a late model, judging by the armor kit fitted …
Here’s a 1968 picture of a cab variant
H.P.
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Yeah, the one from the walk-around is almost exactly what you get from the Hobbylink kit. Yet the majority of the Rome-Plows from your pictures has a different armor “house” - with a cutout for the boxes on the left and an exposed fuel tank on the rear. So I guess maybe I’ll have to modify the “house” to match the photos.
Thanks again for the great references you posted!
Paweł
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My pleasure Pawel.
Here’s another preserved Rome Plow (at the Rome Plow Company headquarters in Cedartown, Georgia)
H.P.
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Just came across some new-to-me period pics on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library website. Here they are
More pics of the D9’s
Caption for the first picture : “The new D9 Caterpillar tractor (Rome plow) which has recently been added to the inventory of the 62nd Land Clearing Battalion, loaded on a 60 ton low bed trailer.”
I guess this one below shows one of the original Rome Plows. It was taken in February 1966 the pictured dozer is not a D7E. I believe it could rather be a IHC one (TD-15 ? TD-20 ? 
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Looks like this could be the grinder Wayne was talking about…
H.P.
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