Talk:Bulldozer

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2 Bulldozer is the tool not the tractor
3 Image of a civilian bulldozer
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5 Yellow bulldozer?

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Bulldozers can be found on large and small scale construction sites, mines, roadsides, military bases, heavy industry factories, and large governmental projects. They can also be found in the middle of libraries and city halls of towns with poor zoning regulation.

(regarding some guy who rampaged a small town in Colorado, USA with improvised armored bulldozer because disputes with town hall [1])

MathKnight 15:38, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Well, not so much improvised - he spent two* months covering it with armor plating. DS 18:04, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Actually, closer to eighteen months.

Well, he worked hard on that armor but he wasn't a professinal. The armor did stop bullets but failed to prevent overheat in the radiator - what which stoped the bulldozer. So - it was not bad improvised armor, but still improvise. I wonder if it can stop RPGs or other anti-tank missiles. MathKnight 17:19, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bulldozer is the tool not the tractor

The curved blade in front (or behind) a tractor (or horse etc) is called a bull dozer. The machine its self is called a track-type tractor. It's also important to note that Caterpillar is a trademark and shouldn't be used as a generic name for the tractor or it's endless track chain. —the preceding unsigned comment is by 12.2.142.7 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 22 December 2005

Above Contributor’s IP is registered to Caterpillar Inc., so he can be assumed to be knowledgeable. Nevertheless, the statement that a bulldozer is the blade, not the tractor, is not an accurate statement. According to Webster’s New World College Dictionary, A bulldozer is “A tractor with a large, shovel-like blade on the front, for pushing or moving earth...” I think all Americans would agree with this common usage. The statement that Caterpillar is a trademark is true. •DanMS 02:50, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image of a civilian bulldozer

Might it be possible to include an image that does not depict a heavily-armored military monster intended to clear minefields and work under enemy fire? TaintedMustard 15:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)