[AT] "First" diesel crawler w/ Blade

Larry D. Goss rlgoss at evansville.net
Wed Mar 16 15:04:09 PST 2005


But were they Diesel's?  There are lots of earlier track-laying
machines, but they were gasoline or kerosene and had ignition systems
for the main engine.

Larry

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In November of 1924 Holt Tractor was developing tracts on equipment. As 
early as 1919 tracks were being installed on steam engines. Hole and
Best 
were the first to develop track machines. They were competitors. Most 
development occurred in Calif. Holt became Caterpillar in later times.
There 
is a good Cat site. www.caterpillar.com
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> 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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>
>
>> 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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