Английская Википедия:Acco super bulldozer

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Coord Шаблон:Infobox tractor The Acco Super Bulldozer is the largest and most powerful tracked bulldozer ever made.Шаблон:Citation needed It was built in Portogruaro in northern Italy by the Umberto Acco company. The Acco super bulldozer was constructed mainly of Caterpillar parts; however, many other components were specially adapted. The dozer blade, for example, is bigger than anything Caterpillar has ever made. This bulldozer has a gross weight of 183 tonnes and is powered by two Шаблон:Convert Caterpillar engines placed horizontally opposed, which deliver a total combined output of Шаблон:Convert. The super bulldozer has a blade that is Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert high, whilе the total length of the bulldozer is over Шаблон:Convert, from the tip of the blade to the ripper on the rear. The ripper alone is about Шаблон:Convert tall, being powered by huge hydraulic rams.[1][2]

This bulldozer was initially built to be exported to Libya in the early 1980s to help in land development.[3] As the Leader of Libya, Colonel Gaddafi, was heavily involved with international terrorism at that time, the United States imposed a trade embargo on that country in 1986.[4] As a direct consequence of these trade restrictions, the completed Acco Dozer was never shipped to its intended destination.[5] This bulldozer has never been put to any operational use and was put into storage where it was built.Шаблон:Citation needed

Acco ceased to exist when its founder Umberto Acco died and his son died shortly afterward. They left no legacy for managing the Acco company.Шаблон:Citation needed Beginning in 2008, Acco's former main and secondary shops slowly turned into a dumping ground for surplus earth moving machinery, including the super bulldozer and its brother, a 200-ton super grader.Шаблон:Citation needed

By the end of May 2012 the dozer had been moved away from the abandoned Acco facility and is now safely stored at a gardening company in the same town, to be preserved and eventually put on display.Шаблон:Citation needed The Acco Superdozer moved under its own power onto the trailer that took it to the new location.[6][7]

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