 | | Re: Origin of "Bulldozer" —Benjamin Ventura
| | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Origin of "Bulldozer" —Nathan Bell
| | | | | (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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