Big Case tractors

[dodge man]

Dekalb - sycamore Illinois was the challenger assembly plant that I knew of. There could have been others.

That sounds right, it seems like it was out in the middle of nowhere.

 

[MossRoad]

Saw this today on a construction site. Big tracked Case IH tractors pulling scraper pans. It used to be the tracked Challenger tractors doing this but lately it’s been tractors more like these . The building an area for staging and storage for a new power line project. I assume storm water detention is what the big hole is for. I believe there were 5 of these rigs running around.
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Yep. That's similar to what they did to level the ground for the battery plant and data centers going up near us.

 

[Hay Dude]

Dekalb - sycamore Illinois was the challenger assembly plant that I knew of. There could have been others.

That sounds right, it seems like it was out in the middle of nowhere.

They have a plant in MN and a plant in GA.
My big Challenger was made in Duluth, Georgia.
They also have the Hesston plant in Kansas.

My small Challenger was assembled in France, but has CAT 3056 American engine.

 

[oldnslo]

They have a plant in MN and a plant in GA.
My big Challenger was made in Duluth, Georgia.
They also have the Hesston plant in Kansas.


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My small Challenger was assembled in France, but has CAT 3056 American engine.

The CAT Challenger plant was in Dekalb - Sycamore , Il area. AGCO moved it to Jackson, MN when they purchased it.

 

[Dadah]

Saw this today on a construction site. Big tracked Case IH tractors pulling scraper pans. It used to be the tracked Challenger tractors doing this but lately it’s been tractors more like these . The building an area for staging and storage for a new power line project. I assume storm water detention is what the big hole is for. I believe there were 5 of these rigs running around.
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About 25 years ago while I was the project manager for Fire/Security, at our local Nissan Powertrain Assembly Plant, Turner Universal brought in several tractor to pull the pans where the plant was expanding. It was a 1mil sq ft expansion. None of use had ever seen this done and were amazed at what they did with this.

 

[dodge man]

About 25 years ago while I was the project manager for Fire/Security, at our local Nissan Powertrain Assembly Plant, Turner Universal brought in several tractor to pull the pans where the plant was expanding. It was a 1mil sq ft expansion. None of use had ever seen this done and were amazed at what they did with this.

Traditionally they used rubber tired scrappers and usually had a bigger dozer to help push them through the cut. This still happens today but it seems like less so. I think the longer the haul distances the better the rubber tires scrappers work.

 

[kenhar]

In central Arkansas we see all colors of tracked tractors pulling dirt pans. The rice farmers are always trying to level their fields. Imagine the difference in water amounts in a field a 1/4 mile wide with 6" difference in elevation.

 

[Torvy]

The CAT Challenger plant was in Dekalb - Sycamore , Il area. AGCO moved it to Jackson, MN when they purchased it.

Not much else in Jackson. A truck stop along I90. Been through there a lot.