[AT] Big Cats and Old Linns

[Dave Merchant]

I was afraid the video links I sent broke something.

Positive thought, maybe people are too busy tractoring to mess with 
computers.

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

On 4/13/2022 12:55 PM, Mike M wrote:
> 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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