The 82-40 tractor: an overview by Richard Campbell

The Euclid 82-40 was added to the range of Euclid track type tractors during 1966 and joined the already established 82-30 (introduced 1958) and TC-12/82-80 (introduced 1954).

As can be seen from the model number, the 82-40 fitted between the other two machines and was, in industry terms, a D8 sized tractor, weighing in, fully equipped, at around 35 tons.

More than just a scaled-up version of the smaller 82-30, the 82-40 had Euclid engineers breaking in quite a bit of new technology for the time in order to produce a workable and reliable product. Test machines went to the Milford, Michigan proving grounds in 1965 and, subsequently, prototypes were sent to selected contractors’ jobs where they could be monitored carefully under actual working conditions.

These trials all proved successful and very few changes were required before the type was put into quantity production.

First off the line was the 82-40AA followed by the 82-40BA (1967) and 82-40CA (1968).

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