[AT] "First" diesel crawler w/ Blade

[jfgrant]

Look up Holt Traction or Holt Caterpiller. Much earlier than quoted..
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] "First" diesel crawler w/ Blade


> Looking through the Nebraska Tractor Test book,  the first Diesel Crawler 
> they tested was Test No. 208 in July 1932.  It was a Caterpillar "Diesel" 
> (apparently Diesel was the model name). The next one they tested was in 
> July 1932 and it was a Cat model 65.
>
> It that wasn't the first diesel crawler it was most likely the first 
> reliable diesel crawler.  Nebraska tested it's first crawler in 1920 so if 
> there had been any out before the Caterpillar they most likely would have 
> tested it.
>
> According to Norm Swinfords AC construction equipment book,
> Monarch tested an Atlas Diesel in a model 75 in 1927 and it was tested in 
> Montana as late as 1930 but never put into production.
>
> Reference for the librarian:
>  Nebraska Tractor Tests Since 1920 by C.H. Wendel.
>
> Allis Chalmers Construction Machinery & Industrial Equipment
> Norm Swinford,  Crestline Publishers,  ISBN 0-7603-0485-8
>
> Charlie Hill
>
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> From: "JParks" <jkparks at flash.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:08 AM
> Subject: [AT] "First" diesel crawler w/ Blade
>
>
>> Below is a copy/paste of a question I rec'd from a librarian in hopes of
>> helping an inquiring patron.  (very helpful library!)  The question 
>> involves
>> not just the "first" diesel powered crawler tractor, but the qualifier 
>> that
>> it be a "dozer", so the blade attachment comes into question too.  All I
>> have is a WAG with a +/- of several years margin of area.  Can ya'll 
>> supply
>> a more definitive and authoritative answer.  I will pass along all your
>> replies to the librarian.
>> Thanks
>> John Parks
>> Boise, ID
>> My name is Tonia Totten and I work at the Bristol Public Library and I'm
>> writing to you on behalf of a library patron who has a question that
>> hopefully you will be able to answer. The patron wants to know when the
>> first diesel powered bulldozers were made
>>
>>
>>
>>
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