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WantACaseLASomeday
01-09-2008 18:06:25
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Re: Davis Manufacturing ( Case ) Trencher in reply to skyharborcowboy, 01-09-2008 17:19:01
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Davis was (is) in Wichita Ks and the leftovers of the company still manufacture Case skid steers here. You *might* be able to get some info from Case New Holland since the local factory is a direct legacy of the old Davis.
Found this on the net:
Wichita Eagle Sunday, February 4, 1979 page 4B.
Feature article about Charles J. Davis, 64, and the Davis Manufacturing Company. Last month the company introduced a new line, including a forklift, a loader-backhoe, and a multi purpose street repair machine.
In 1950 Davis bought Mid-Western Industries, a small subcontractor for the aircraft industry, and introduced his own line of tractor mounted loaders and backhoes. Within eight years they became an industry standard and he sold the company to Massey-Ferguson Ltd. of Canada. By 1959 Davis was back in Wichita and established Davis Manufacturing Company to improve the design of trenching machines. In 1969 he sold the company to Tennecco, Inc. Davis Manufacturing continues making trenchers in Wichita as a division of J. I. Case Company.
Tuesday, January 8, 1980 page 5B.
Wichita’s Davis Manufacturing Company, which was bought out by the J. I. Case Company 12 years ago changed its name effective yesterday to the J. I. Case Light Equipment Division. It employs about 800 people in Wichita, mainly at a 24,000 square foot plant at Hoover and 31st Street South.
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