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I've only got a smattering of messages over the last month.<br>
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Mike M <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/13/2022 12:21 PM, Dave Merchant
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<p>List down?<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Dave Merchant
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/6/2022 10:49 PM, Dave Merchant
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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"
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/4/2022 11:11 AM, Dean Vinson
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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
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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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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chuck Bealke<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 3, 2022 4:42 AM<br>
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<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
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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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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">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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