Crawler Tractor Observations

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September/October 1971
Norbert J. Lucht Athens 
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In the summer of 1938, Wm. Lothers, Jr. of Madison was the contractor when Highway 23 was rebuilt between Logan-ville and Reedsburg, Wisconsin. He was using 'Cletrac' Model FD crawler tractors and 'Heil' dig'n carry scrapers. This was the only time I ever saw Cletrac crawler machines at work.

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The Sauk County Highway Department used an Allis Chalmers 'L--O' crawler for plowing snow in LaValle Township in the winter of 1936. Then in the summer, they used it for grading the roads. As late as 1951, Sauk County still owned a Caterpillar Diesel '75' track-type tractor and used it for grading and rebuilding county and township roads.

Quite a few years later I saw an International 7D-9 crawler tractor at work grading roads in Inka Township, Marion County, Illinois. This was the only International crawler tractor I ever saw at work on a road grader.

I hope that more readers of the Gas Engine Magazine will write articles on crawler tractor experiences.

A Bull Tractor shredding corn and threshing. This tractor was very popular about 1912 in this locality and gave very good service, pulling 2-12 plows in good shape. Also, made the small threshers very popular. The thresher was a Williams made somewhere in the Eastern States.

The Bull Tractors were made in Minnesota at the time, but later were taken over by Allis-Chalmers. Had a two cylinder opposed motor which gave good service in their day.

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