Early Uses Of Caterpillars
 

Cool video I stumbled upon. In this area it's Alban Cat, in business since 1925 I think. I have their catalog from back then, but this film is neat!

https://youtu.be/zQcrYjsHFtc

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Pretty cool especially way back then.

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They were a new thing! That Mr Caterpillar was a smart guy! :lol:

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Interesting video.

Thanks for posting it.

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Mr. Benjamin Holt I believe

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Yep, that would be the serious and correct answer.

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Hey, Special-K, mind if I post some old and new cat stuff?

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😂🤣😂

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Mr Caterpillar was a worm who stole Holt's thunder :lol: Besides, this whole crawler thing might not have kicked off so well had he named them Holts. We abbreviate Caterpillar to Cat, so how would we abbreviate Holt... Ho? :lol:

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We already have ho's, some people call them excavators, I call them track ho's

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Hey, you're right. I missed your post about posting a post here. Yeah buddy, post away. I only started this thread. It's not mine once it's on the internet. It belongs to the wide world. I'd like to see what you got

Road building
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPT-6IPj2W0

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An early cat powered Peterbilt, like peanut butter and jelly.

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Absolute beauty in the flessss... I mean Steel! Now I wonder what brand low-boy that is.

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Me and the grand kids saying goodbye to our D8 14A, sold it and it was on its way to Waco Texas. Hoping to replace it with a D8 46A powershift.

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Found this nice Cat display at a mining museum in Globe Arizona. A large spread on size of cat rock trucks.

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Dang! I'll say.

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Just sharing a few pictures I took a few years ago.

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Was that show in your area? I want to catch a construction equipment show. Never have made one.

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It is at the Rock River Thresheree, Edgerton, WI. The show is every Labor Day Weekend.

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