<div dir="ltr">No it's not down, just very very slow. Thanks for sharing those videos. I had an older boss who had been in construction all his life. He loved to talk about those old steam shovels and cranes...mostly just so he could say "Bucyrus-Erie". Those and Allis Chalmers hydr-generator turbines were some of his favorite subjects. We did a lot of work on power plants back then. I suspect those turbines are still in service.<br><div><br></div><div>Warren</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 12:21 PM Dave Merchant <<a href="mailto:kosh@ncweb.com">kosh@ncweb.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<pre cols="72">Dave Merchant
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<div>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 href="https://youtu.be/3aTFVvphkgM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/3aTFVvphkgM</a></p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/9Y6QXZpBH6A" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/9Y6QXZpBH6A</a></p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/xsuAZeCSXRg" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/xsuAZeCSXRg</a></p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/UtUw7ChxgqQ" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/UtUw7ChxgqQ</a><br>
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<div>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!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dean Vinson<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saint Paris, Ohio<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AT <a href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank"><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 href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank"><at@lists.antique-tractor.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AT] Big Cats and Old Linns<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Y’all,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stumbled across two interesting
articles that are easy reads when<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">poking around looking for info on an
old machine in a museum.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The first is short and about an
enterprising company that<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">partnered with Cat to extend the life
of a BIG Cat D11N<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">by 20 years with a engine upgrade
that passes the latest<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">California pollution laws. Some big
money, weight and power <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">are involved with that beast. (Would
not want to get one stuck.<span>🙂</span><span>)</span> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-d11-dozer-repower-doubles-machine-life" target="_blank">https://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-d11-dozer-repower-doubles-machine-life</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The second is longer but to me was
more fun to read. It’s a<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">summary of the very colorful
history of the Linn Halftrak<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(or truck tractor). They were made
from 1916 until 1948,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and changed hands many times before
the company finally<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">went out of business in 1950. Talk
about a LONG run!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That likely means they were very
rugged and of high quality for <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">the money compared to other
options. They were mostly used in <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">in cold, snowy places -
particularly Northern US and Canada but also <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">as far away as the Andes. FDR rode
in one during a campaign.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg.htm" target="_blank">http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/linn_mfg/linn_mfg.htm</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chuck Bealke<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Plano, TX<u></u><u></u></p>
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