[AT] Big dozer

charlie hill chill8 at suddenlink.net
Sat Dec 29 04:59:52 PST 2007


You know it would be an interesting project to take two old tractors, remove 
the left axle housing from one and the right from the other and mount them 
together like that Euclid.  I suppose it would have to have tracks but that 
should be doable.

Charlie
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From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
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Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 11:14 PM
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>    I remember seeing this in Guinness Book of World Records as being the
> most powerful agricultural tractor at the time. Apparently a very large
> Texas farm used one for tillage work
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>                                Gene
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> From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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>> This message was posted to another list and I thought some of you guys
>> might enjoy it:
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>> The other night we watched a rerun of Lilies of the Field and there was
>> this HUGE crawler which intrigued me so I Googled and found it.  The
>> Euclid
>> TC-12 was made by General Motors in 1955 with two GM 6-71 400+ hp 
>> diesels.
>> The right motor ran the right track and the left motor ran the left 
>> track.
>> The tractor was basically split in half and weighed 40 ton.
>> http://www.constructionequipment.com/article/CA6439532.html
>> http://home.gwi.net/~dclough/euclid.html
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>> "farmer"
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>> Francis Robinson
>> Central Indiana, USA
>> Robinson at svs.net
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