Dozer vs. Bulldozer - What do you call it?

[brak512]

I've had an ongoing debate among friends and coworkers about what you call these machines. Is it Bulldozer or just Dozer? The Wikipedia article and most definitions say Bulldozer. CAT sells Dozers. Guys on sites seems split either way.

What do you call it?

 

[newbury]

A dream.

 

[bcp]

"Dozer" just fits the common pattern of shortening words. (phone-telephone, TV-television, etc.)

"Bulldozer" has an interesting history.

World Wide Words: Bulldozer

What in the Word?! The racist roots of ‘bulldozer’ | OxfordWords blog

Bruce

 

[k0ua]

A small effeminate machine would just be a "Dozer", But a really large hefty rip roaring snorting machine would be a "Bulldozer". *


* I just made that up.

 

[CobyRupert]

Dozer is short for bulldozer.

 

[CobyRupert]

"Dozer" just fits the common pattern of shortening words. (phone-telephone, TV-television, etc.)

"Bulldozer" has an interesting history.

World Wide Words: Bulldozer

What in the Word?! The racist roots of ‘bulldozer’ | OxfordWords blog

Bruce

Now their saying "Bulldozer" is a racist word? Why that's crazy, they're out of their cotton-pickin' minds!

(See what I did there?)

 

[WVBill]

We shouldn't apply labels. It all depends on how the machine "self-identifies".

 

[RedNeckRacin]

dozer, only the kids or ill informed call them bulldozers IMO. JD and CAT both list them as "Dozers" or "Crawler Dozers" on the new equipment websites.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Actually, it's a "track tractor"...

Dozer is just short for bulldozer.

SR

 

[MossRoad]

Now their saying "Bulldozer" is a racist word? Why that's crazy, they're out of their cotton-pickin' minds!

(See what I did there?)

Yeah.... you used "their" when you should have used "they're" while making a crude racist joke.