[AT] Big dozer

[Gene Dotson]

    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

                                Gene




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From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 9:58 PM
Subject: [AT] Big dozer


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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"
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> Robinson at svs.net
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