[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.

[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.

[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.