[DeTomaso] ZF

[Dave Londry]

You know, raking asphalt in the front of the spreader on a 105F day gave 
a lot of kids the inspiration to go to college.
With the roller, you got to sit under canopy and drive (slowly - but drive)
dave

ProvaMo.com wrote:
> I have some documentation that shows a diagram of the Fendt Roller somewhere in my
> pile of 'stuff', it may also be on my website somewhere.  It looks like what we called
> "steam rollers" as kids (but they were not powered by steam).  They were/are used to
> flatten asphalt. (Steam would rise off.)  Generally street paving is/was not performed
> in heavy rainy/wet conditions, nor in the hottest summer days (depending upon where
> you live I guess).
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of
> Charles Engles
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:18 PM
> To: JDeRyke at aol.com
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF
>
> Dear Jack,
>
>
>             You wrote:
>
>              " Since the ZF was first used in a Swedish pavement-building machine
> called a 
>              'Fendt Roller', "
>
>              Is that true??     I had heard an allegation that the ZF was originally
> designed for a road-grading machine.   It was said casually and I thought that it was
> possible, but not really plausible.   Is there really some documentation to support
> that the ZF was indeed designed and intended for a pavement building machine??    If
> so, then it would seem to explain why it is so tolerant of high torque and horsepower
> powerplants with minimal problems.
>
>
>                      Very curious,  Chuck Engles
>
>