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Originally Posted by RPM RON
Tried to use it as a bull dozer - didn't work too well
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I did use my '55 4-dr sedan as a bulldozer in 1989 to knock down two loads of 60 tons of dirt each down flat. It did work very well.
I had found a 8 ft long 1" x 24" plank that had been previously used as a workbench top and strapped it to the front bumper. The first couple of passes caused the top portion of the plank to break off, but by then, the mountain was levelled down enough that it didn't matter.
Later, I drove forward and backward over the levelled dirt to pack it down. That took a while since the car had G-78X15 tires on it back then.
There is an old polaroid instamatic photo around here somewhere of the car with the plank mounted on the front sitting on the levelled dirt pile.
I needed the dirt to fill inside the foundation I had built before I could pour the concrete floor for my new garage.
Those were the days!