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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello, Chuck, very interesting stuff indeed.  Thanks for passing them along!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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…†)  <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chuck Bealke<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 3, 2022 4:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [AT] Big Cats and Old Linns<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Y’all,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Stumbled across two interesting articles that are easy reads when<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>poking around looking for info on an old machine in a museum.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The first is short and about an enterprising company that<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>partnered with Cat to extend the life of a BIG Cat D11N<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>by 20 years with a engine upgrade that passes the latest<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>California pollution laws. Some big money, weight and power <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>are involved with that beast. (Would not want to get one stuck.<span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🙂</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji",serif'>)</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-d11-dozer-repower-doubles-machine-life">https://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-d11-dozer-repower-doubles-machine-life</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The second is longer but to me was more fun to read. It’s a<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>summary of the very colorful history of the Linn Halftrak<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(or truck tractor). They were made from 1916 until 1948,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>and changed hands many times before the company finally<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>went out of business in 1950. Talk about a LONG run!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That likely means they were very rugged and of high quality for <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the money compared to other options. They were mostly used in <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>in cold, snowy places - particularly Northern US and Canada but also <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>as far away as the Andes. FDR rode in one during a campaign.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg.htm">http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chuck Bealke<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Plano, TX<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>