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Separate engine control gives the operator several advantages of maneuverability not found in the conventional tractor. By reversing one side of the Twin, he can swing the machine around in its own tracks, saving long, backward runs and allowing use of the dozer blade on returns trips.”3
HUNGRY HORSE TWIN: NUMBER ONE ... OR NOT (1950)
Although many believe the Hungry Horse Dam machine was the first official Twin D8 Buster built, the facts stack up against it. There is no mention of it in the SEQ logbook. And while it certainly existed, it is hard to pin down exactly where the Hungry Horse Twin falls in the line-up of origin. Multiple articles discuss this early model.
The front page of the Kalispell Daily Inter-Lake from May 4, 1950 announced a Super Cat being assembled for work at Hungry Horse Dam. “J.H. Trisdale, a Redding, California, clearing contractor,
Top to bottom: Original Hi-Clearance Twin D8 in San Leandro; Buster Peterson conferring over design issues with engineer Fred Stevens; May 1950 article in trade publication Civil Engineering on Peterson’s new Twin D8
3 “Two-in-One Crawler Meets the Demands for Greater Earthmoving Capacity”, Construction Equipment Magazine, April 1950, p15. 420 | PETERSON: 85 YEARS AND GOING STRONG
      




























































































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