[AT] Big Cats and Old Linns

[Dave Merchant]

Some videos with a Linn hauling dirt.  Shot at Belleview Sand + Gravel 
in Petersburg KY in 2000.

The steam shovel is now at Rollag.

https://youtu.be/3aTFVvphkgM

https://youtu.be/9Y6QXZpBH6A

https://youtu.be/xsuAZeCSXRg

https://youtu.be/UtUw7ChxgqQ

Dave Merchant
https://www.youtube.com/user/SteamCrane

On 4/4/2022 11:11 AM, Dean Vinson wrote:
>
> 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
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 3, 2022 4:42 AM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Subject:* [AT] Big Cats and Old Linns
>
> 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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