Comments on: Really BIG toy. http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/really-big-toy/ Team restoration of an Aston Martin V8 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:13:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: malcolm http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/really-big-toy/#comment-134 malcolm Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:57:30 +0000 http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/really-big-toy/#comment-134 You can just about make out a length of sheet steel with a bend at the end in the last photo. The dozer tracks were rested on those, and I\'d assumed they were an attempt to stop it from sinking into the ground. All became clear yesterday when another Allis Chalmers dozer (a slightly bigger model) turned up with a tow rope. Turns out the steel is used as a skid, and that\'s how you move a tracked vehicle around when the tracks have rusted solid. You can just about make out a length of sheet steel with a bend at the end in the last photo. The dozer tracks were rested on those, and I\’d assumed they were an attempt to stop it from sinking into the ground.

All became clear yesterday when another Allis Chalmers dozer (a slightly bigger model) turned up with a tow rope. Turns out the steel is used as a skid, and that\’s how you move a tracked vehicle around when the tracks have rusted solid.

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