[AT] "First" diesel crawler w/ Blade

[JParks]

Thanks for all of the replies and references posted.  I have forwarded them
to the library and their patron should have lots of reading and references
to dig up.

As far as the non-diesels go, which was a short side-track of the thread,
the early steam tractors equipped with tracks go back into the late 1800's.

Thanks for your expertise and information.

John Parks
Boise, ID
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> Secrecy shrouded the experiments on a diesel  engine that was mounted on a
> crawler tractor on Oct. 26,1930. In 1931  Caterpillar became the first
company
> to offer a crawler tractor powered with a  diesel engine.
>
> from the Encyclopedia of American Tractors by C.H.  Wendel
>
>
> Walt Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR  97361
> 503 623-0460
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