[AT] Big Cats and Old Linns

Dave Merchant kosh at ncweb.com
Wed Apr 13 09:21:06 PDT 2022


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

On 4/6/2022 10:49 PM, Dave Merchant wrote:
>
> 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
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> https://youtu.be/9Y6QXZpBH6A
>
> https://youtu.be/xsuAZeCSXRg
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> https://youtu.be/UtUw7ChxgqQ
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> 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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