[AT] Big Cats and Old Linns

[Dean Vinson]

Hello, Chuck, very interesting stuff indeed.   Thanks for passing them along!

 

The old half-tracks have some obvious kinship to old tractors.   But a hundred-ton dozer… wow, I can hardly imagine being at the controls of one of those.   (And you’re right, it’d be no fun to be the guy who had to call the boss and say “Uh, I got the D11 stuck…” )   😊

 

Dean Vinson

Saint Paris, Ohio

 

 

From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Chuck Bealke
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Y’all,

 

Stumbled across two interesting articles that are easy reads when

poking around looking for info on an old machine in a museum.

 

The first is short and about an enterprising company that

partnered with Cat to extend the life of a BIG Cat D11N

by 20 years with a engine upgrade that passes the latest

California pollution laws. Some big money, weight and power 

are involved with that beast. (Would not want to get one stuck.🙂) 

https://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-d11-dozer-repower-doubles-machine-life

 

The second is longer but to me was more fun to read. It’s a

summary of the very colorful history of the Linn Halftrak

(or truck tractor). They were made from 1916 until 1948,

and changed hands many times before the company finally

went out of business in 1950. Talk about a LONG run!

That likely means they were very rugged and of high quality for 

the money compared to other options. They were mostly used in 

in cold, snowy places - particularly Northern US and Canada but also 

as far away as the Andes. FDR rode in one during a campaign.

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg.htm

 

Chuck Bealke

Plano, TX

 

 

 

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