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From: Davignon, Russell (no email)
Date: Thu Jul 01 2004 - 15:46:05 EDT
Re Caterpillars, Guess they have been around " a bit" longer than
Yanmar. Russ Davignon
Circa
1890. Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best experimented with various forms of
steam tractors for use in farming. They did so separately, with separate
companies.
1904. Holt's first steam track-type tractor.
1906. Holt's first gas track-type tractor.
1915. Holt "Caterpillar(r)" track-type tractors are used by the Allies
in World War I.
1925. The Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Co.
merge to form Caterpillar Tractor Co.
1931. The first Diesel Sixty Tractor rolled off the assembly line in
East Peoria, Illinois, with a new efficient source of power for
track-type tractors.
1940. The Caterpillar product line now included motor graders, blade
graders, elevating graders, terracers and electrical generating sets.
1942. Caterpillar track-type tractors, motor graders, generators sets
and a special engine for the M4 tank are used by the United States in
its war effort.
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