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(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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i don't see any engine any gearbox and any suspension am i right? pixel "Paul Boratko" <crowkillers@atlanticbb.net> wrote in message news:IBwqyA.y65@lugnet.com... (...) little (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nate- This word first appears in writing in 1876 as the verb bulldoze which meant "intimidate by violence". A bulldozer was therefore "one who intimidates by violence". It is suggested that the word is simply a compound of bull "male cow" and (...) (20 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? (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Here a couple of new pics that I found at Eurobricks...(It may take a little while to be made public as I have just uploaded them) (URL) out those chrome exhaust tips... -Paul (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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