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<p>Some videos with a Linn hauling dirt. Shot at Belleview Sand +
Gravel in Petersburg KY in 2000.</p>
<p>The steam shovel is now at Rollag.<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/3aTFVvphkgM">https://youtu.be/3aTFVvphkgM</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/9Y6QXZpBH6A">https://youtu.be/9Y6QXZpBH6A</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/xsuAZeCSXRg">https://youtu.be/xsuAZeCSXRg</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/UtUw7ChxgqQ">https://youtu.be/UtUw7ChxgqQ</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Dave Merchant
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/4/2022 11:11 AM, Dean Vinson
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, Chuck, very interesting stuff
indeed. Thanks for passing them along!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AT
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com></a> <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
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at@lists.antique-tractor.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AT] Big Cats and Old Linns<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Y’all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stumbled across two interesting articles
that are easy reads when<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">poking around looking for info on an
old machine in a museum.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The first is short and about an
enterprising company that<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">partnered with Cat to extend the life
of a BIG Cat D11N<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">by 20 years with a engine upgrade that
passes the latest<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">California pollution laws. Some big
money, weight and power <o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-d11-dozer-repower-doubles-machine-life"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-d11-dozer-repower-doubles-machine-life</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The second is longer but to me was more
fun to read. It’s a<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">summary of the very colorful history
of the Linn Halftrak<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(or truck tractor). They were made
from 1916 until 1948,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and changed hands many times before
the company finally<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">went out of business in 1950. Talk
about a LONG run!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That likely means they were very
rugged and of high quality for <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">the money compared to other options.
They were mostly used in <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">in cold, snowy places - particularly
Northern US and Canada but also <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">as far away as the Andes. FDR rode in
one during a campaign.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg.htm"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chuck Bealke<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Plano, TX<o:p></o:p></p>
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