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Re: Origin of "Bulldozer"
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:08:06 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Nathan Bell wrote:
> Does anyone know where the name "bulldozer" came from? Is it because they do
> the work that bulls on a farm used to do and therefore give the bulls no other
> alternative but to "doze" (sleep) all day?
It is a shortened version of "a bull's dose" meaning a large amount of
something. . i always wondered this too, and recently got a good coffee table
book on heavy machinery that said that is where it came from.
Bulldozers were invented and used long before tractors were around, they were
originally just a blade mounted on two wheels and an axle, drawn by horses.
I don't know how many californians are out there, but caterpillar tractors where
actually invented here, in stockton, another cool fact. .
-Ben
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| (...) Wow. I never knew it was a term that could have negative connotations. An engineer I work with said the term might also be related to a "cow catcher" mounted on the front of early trains, which essentially had a similar shape as some 'dozer (...) (19 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| Does anyone know where the name "bulldozer" came from? Is it because they do the work that bulls on a farm used to do and therefore give the bulls no other alternative but to "doze" (sleep) all day? (19 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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