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<p>just trying to catch up and then tax time<br>
Cecil<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/13/2022 1:27 PM, Dave Merchant
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<p>I was afraid the video links I sent broke something.</p>
<p>Positive thought, maybe people are too busy tractoring to mess
with computers.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/13/2022 12:55 PM, Mike M wrote:<br>
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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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<p>List down?<br>
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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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href="https://youtu.be/3aTFVvphkgM"
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href="https://youtu.be/9Y6QXZpBH6A"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://youtu.be/9Y6QXZpBH6A</a></p>
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href="https://youtu.be/UtUw7ChxgqQ"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://youtu.be/UtUw7ChxgqQ</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/4/2022 11:11 AM, Dean
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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
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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>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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the life of a BIG Cat D11N<o:p></o:p></p>
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upgrade that passes the latest<o:p></o:p></p>
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big money, weight and power <o:p></o:p></p>
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(Would not want to get one stuck.<span
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was more fun to read. It’s a<o:p></o:p></p>
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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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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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particularly Northern US and Canada but also <o:p></o:p></p>
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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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