Posted by JMS/.MN on February 14, 2009 at 20:07:24 from (209.237.107.155):
In Reply to: Re: Bobcat Tractor posted by john in la on February 14, 2009 at 10:26:15:
FYI- Bobcat got started in a blacksmith shop in Rothsay, MN- Keller Bros. Local turkey farmer, Eddie Velo, back in the 50s, wanted a little machine he could hoist into the second story of a turkey barn, and clean out the manure. Bros came up with a planetary drive with a crazy wheel behind, was seen by some guys from Melroe Mfg, (they made tine harrows, and other?) Gwinner, ND, and developed into a 4wd, then progressively, into what it is today. I kept a copy of the Bobcat magazine , 25th anniversary edition...interesting reading and good original pix through the years. Now...foreign owned! SUX!!!!
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