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</head><body><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">Some of these tractors came back and are in the hands of vintage Caterpillar collectors:</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.acmoc.org/bb/showthread.php?29618-Tulare-and-Santa-Margarita-2018-A-Tribute">http://www.acmoc.org/bb/showthread.php?29618-Tulare-and-Santa-Margarita-2018-A-Tribute</a></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">Searching the site for "Mary Ann" will bring up many stories about these tractors.</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">Brian</p><blockquote type="cite">On February 12, 2019 at 12:00 PM Roger Moffat <rogerkiwi@gmail.com> wrote: <br> <br> <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite"><div class="">On Feb 10, 2019, at 1:07 PM, Jack < <a href="mailto:jacktractor@live.com" class="">jacktractor@live.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="ox-352a37f654-Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline;" class="">Wide Caterpillar tracks!</span> <br style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""> <br style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""> <a href="https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos/000/249/24995.jpg" style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos/000/249/24995.jpg</a> <br style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""> <br style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">That is a “special” D8 that Caterpillar made in the 1950s for use in the Arctic (Greenland mainly) and the Antarctic. It’s a Low Ground Pressure LGP-D8. As well as wide tracks, they also had the track length increased substantially by moving the engine forward from the rest of it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you’re on Facebook there’s a page that features lots of pictures of them</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Caterpillar-S-D8lgp-Dozer-on-Snow-and-Ice-350745131790392/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/Caterpillar-S-D8lgp-Dozer-on-Snow-and-Ice-350745131790392/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This picture from that page shows the increased length of them with the gap between the engine and the cab.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img id="ox-352a37f654-11B2F7C0-D614-493C-8FCB-65FF5E337270" src="cid:F5BBEF47-258A-4A25-8545-4EF7A8A53D7A" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">They have all been removed from Antarctica now, replaced by Challengers and Case IH 4 track machines</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Roger</div></blockquote><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"><br> </p><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________ <br>AT mailing list <br>AT@lists.antique-tractor.com <br>http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com <br></blockquote><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"><br> </p></body></html>