The Dirt from Cashman

This “track on one side, wheel on the other” road maintainer was developed by The Holt Manufacturing Company (which eventually became Caterpillar) in 1909. Known as the “Good Roads Machine,” it was a forerunner of the motor grader.

Tags: 1909 Good Roads Machine, Cat motor grader, Holt Manufacturing Company

This entry was posted on Friday, January 25th, 2013 at 10:00 am and is filed under Cat Equipment, New Comments. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.