[AT] Big Cats and Old Linns

[Cecil Bearden]

just trying to catch up and then tax time
Cecil

On 4/13/2022 1:27 PM, Dave Merchant wrote:
>
> 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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