[AT] Clark Airborne Dozer

Herbert Metz metz-h.b at mindspring.com
Fri Jan 4 04:35:04 PST 2008


Charlie, if memory serves, those were hauling petroleum based liquids; and
some had a replaceable 3" (?) diameter x 1" (?) long metal as the pawn so
the metal chain did not drag and readily wear out. 
Herb

> [Original Message]
> From: charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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> Date: 1/4/2008 12:50:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Clark Airborne Dozer
>
> Do you remember when some types of tanker trucks used to drag a chain
under 
> them?
>
> Charlie
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> > The nice thing about a crawler is that if would generally have a good
> > ground in case you wanted to put a lightning rod on it...   ;-)   If you
> > put a rod on a rubber tired tractor you would have to drag a ground rod
> > along behind you...   :-)
> > I say that in jest but actually it is recommended to ground a tractor
when
> > doing belt work to ground out a possible static charge. Some of the old
> > manuals recommended hanging a chain from the frame of a rubber tired
> > tractor. I never saw that recommendation for one on steel.   :-)   We
did
> > most hay blower belt work with a 9N or the TO-20. I used to just lean
the 
> > 3
> > point Ford/Ferguson drawbar against the tractor somewhere.
> >
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