trivia question..

[littledog]

just little something different to get off the beaten track...
What is the biggest tractor in the United States??

 

[Mike_Dumond]

Define tractor. There are some earth movers that stand close to a hundred feet tall, and since they are movable, they would have to be concidered tractors.

Keep the greasy side down.
Mike

 

[gator]

Is it the one that brings the Shuttle to the pad?

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[Harv]

From the descriptions I've been reading, I think it's on its way from Czechoslovakia to Eastern Virginia right now. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Bird]

I think Harv got it./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Like the other guys asked, what kind of tractor. If you're talking about a farm tractor, the Big Bud might qualify.

 

[MossRoad]

Amen to that brother! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

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[Mike_Dumond]

The Marion 6360 stripping shovel is biggest of the lot. A single link from one of its eight crawler tracks weighs three and a half tons. It stands 21 stories high and its bucket can lift 270 tons of dirt -- twice the weight of a blue whale. Four of these rigs would outweigh the Titanic

Keep the greasy side down.
Mike

 

[Mike_Dumond]

The same Marion Company that built the largest earth mover also built the two NASA Crawler Transporters -- the tractors that carry Space Shuttles to the launch site. They weigh 20,000 tons loaded. No other land transportation system comes close.


Keep the greasy side down.
Mike

 

[Mike_Dumond]

Only picture I could find on short notice

Keep the greasy side down.
Mike

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>The Marion 6360 stripping shovel is biggest of the lot</font color=blue>

Yeah, but can it pull a plow like the Big Bud 16V747 shown here./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Harv]

Wow! Thanks for the Big Bud link, Bird. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

The tire arrangement shown here looks like something GlennMac should consider for his journeys into the dark lagoon he calls his back woods. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Speaking of that li'l devil, I wonder where he's been hiding since 11/04. Guess life gets in the way of his TBN'ing sometimes. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

 

[Mike_Dumond]

I don't know about plowing it, but it could probably relocate it real quick. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Keep the greasy side down.
Mike

 

[bgott]

How would you like to be a tire guy having to fix an inside flat on that thing?

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>How would you like to be a tire guy having to fix an inside flat on that thing?</font color=blue>

Only if I'm paid by the hour. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[scruffy]

Another good question (IMHO) is: What would the backhoe look like that would fit Big Bud?