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Found Some Neat Cat's Today..

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I had to go get parts for our 936 Loader today at the Cat dealer and finally got some neat photos of some old Holt and Best Tractors. Thought I would share them with Y'all. And yes, this is one of the original Holt Caterpillar Dealerships.

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Wow, those were great! Do any of them run?

Ben W.
According to one of the managers, Every one of those pieces of equipment, minus the pull type combine are fully operational.

I would love to be there when they fire them up which they do from time to time.

The Trencher and the 1 pull type Road Grader are awaiting restoration.
 
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Thanks Brian, some great pictures. Did Caterpillar buy out Holt or did they simply change the name?
Bill, Holt used the Cat Logo before they merged with Best. Best used the logo "Track Layer" on their first stuff. It's my understanding that they formed a Partnership the become Caterpillar Corp.
 
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Thanks Brian, some great pictures. Did Caterpillar buy out Holt or did they simply change the name?
Correct you are Brian. Holt and Best combined companies and together made the Caterpillar Tractor Co. Got the name when a reporter watched the tracks rolling over rocks and said it looked like a caterpillar crawling over something and the name fit.
 
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