[AT] Big Cats and Old Linns

Brad Loomis brad.loomis at gmail.com
Mon Apr 4 13:59:40 PDT 2022


Such as:
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On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 8:12 AM Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:

> Hello, Chuck, very interesting stuff indeed.   Thanks for passing them
> along!
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> 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…” )   😊
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> Dean Vinson
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> Saint Paris, Ohio
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> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *Chuck
> Bealke
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 3, 2022 4:42 AM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
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> *Subject:* [AT] Big Cats and Old Linns
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> Y’all,
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> Stumbled across two interesting articles that are easy reads when
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> poking around looking for info on an old machine in a museum.
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> The first is short and about an enterprising company that
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> partnered with Cat to extend the life of a BIG Cat D11N
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> by 20 years with a engine upgrade that passes the latest
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> California pollution laws. Some big money, weight and power
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> are involved with that beast. (Would not want to get one stuck.🙂)
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> https://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-d11-dozer-repower-doubles-machine-life
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> The second is longer but to me was more fun to read. It’s a
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> summary of the very colorful history of the Linn Halftrak
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> (or truck tractor). They were made from 1916 until 1948,
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> and changed hands many times before the company finally
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> went out of business in 1950. Talk about a LONG run!
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> That likely means they were very rugged and of high quality for
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> the money compared to other options. They were mostly used in
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> in cold, snowy places - particularly Northern US and Canada but also
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> as far away as the Andes. FDR rode in one during a campaign.
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> http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg.htm
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> Chuck Bealke
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> Plano, TX
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