If a farm customer had a problem, Cyril and Louis Keller made it their goal to solve it. Hear how these brothers from Minnesota tell their story of how they used scrap metal and used parts to build the first Bobcat loader.
VIDEO HERE (19 minutes)
If a farm customer had a problem, Cyril and Louis Keller made it their goal to solve it. Hear how these brothers from Minnesota tell their story of how they used scrap metal and used parts to build the first Bobcat loader.
VIDEO HERE (19 minutes)
The original turkey chaser, perfected by Melroe, copied by many
ReplyDeleteThat's a very similar story to the one of Pat Crawford of Wisconsin, the man who developed Timbco feller bunchers. Among the many firsts he thought up were a crawler machine that had zero tail sweep and a leveling cab that allowed for cutting timber on steep ground. He also invented a boom design which was pinned at the back, not the front, of the machine. This allowed Timbcos to cut literally next to the carrier and eliminated the need for counterweights off the back of the machine.
ReplyDeleteHe was just a logger with no formal training in engineering but the ideas that he brought into reality were truly amazing. An amazing man.
Now called a skid steerer. Most are referred as a Bobcat like adjustable pliers are Channel locks and adjustable wrenches are Crescent wrenches. I have a Case skid steerer. Learned on a Bobcat at 12 years old. I am 50. Controls have been changed to Bobcat style. I can also run a Unilaoder style it just isn't as natural for me. I can run a Cat too. And I mean run not just make it go.
ReplyDeleteI recently purchased a old hydra-mac skid steer. Was told they were the first skid steer that was all hydraulic steer with no belts, chains or clutches. Engine driven hydraulic pumps. The really old bob cats with clutches for steering needed more maintenance than the latter hydrostats. Hydramac was connected with IH and Geihl in 70s and 80s. Just repeating what the guy told me who I bought the little green 5000lb skid steer from.
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