[AT] Big Cats and Old Linns

[Mike M]

I've only got a smattering of messages over the last month.

Mike M

On 4/13/2022 12:21 PM, Dave Merchant wrote:
>
> List down?
>
> 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
>>
>> 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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