Benjamin Holt and the Caterpillar Tractor

This clip is part of a larger history documentary produced in 2004 for HOLT CAT, the Caterpillar equipment dealer headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. They have a very rich history that goes back to Benjamin Holt, the man who developed the Caterpillar tractor in 1904. This clip includes animation of the original prototype, steam-powered, Caterpillar tractor, which was done in Lightwave 3D.

[leosypher]

One of my favourite things to have ever been made, the caterpillar track, thanks Mr. Holt!

[caseman]

From this video, Benjamin Holt was a very resourceful and innovative man. He was  a mechanical engineer in the truest sense of the word. A hard worker and a big achiever. He accomplished all that without the necessity of high education. Caterpillar certainly has a very rich and positive history.

[triple]

Sure been nice to have been born when simple innovation could be achieved without government interference. That's what allowed men like Holt to succeed and why very few since his era have.

[baumaschinenfreund]

I love the History of Caterpillar! More information please!

[richardtaylor]

Proud to be an 8th cousin descendant of Benjamin Leroy Holt the man who developed the Caterpillar tractor in 1904

[grayswandir]

The Museum of Agriculture in Woodland, California has a lot of Holt, Best and Ford tractors on display. It's worth stopping if you're in the area.

[Draglineoperator]

Holt didn't call it Caterpillar, a news reporter said it looked like a caterpillar crawling along the ground. And the headlines read that exactly

[Vlad]

In 1877, the inventor made "car" on caterpillar to a course, a reminding railway car with a wooden body. «Infinite rails» car represented the closed iron tapes consisting of separate links. The car had 4 basic wheels and four leading asterisks. It was actuated by horse draft and, in essence, represented the caterpillar trailer. In 1878 the petition was submitted to Department of trade and manufactories about delivery to V.Blinov of "privellegiya" (patent) which was given out in September 20 1879

[buildthings]

I wounder what happened to that first prototype Holt built with the tracks on it. Imagine what it would be worth these days.

[pcaetano]

they missed the part were the tractors were used in the Great War and helped lead to the development of the mark I tank.
this history skips from 1913 and jumps to 1925 .

[ImTHATguy...]

I could swear at 1:10 he says 1990, lol.

[qasimassi]

It is really the United States is the master of the progress and development in the modern civilization

[Raxarax]

damnit... where the hell's the rest of it ! ?

[jwise]

Stocktown 209 represent who tf watching 2024

[Vlad]

With 1881 Pancakes begins "self-feed" construction on caterpillar to a course which was constructed in 7 years, in 1888. It had the device as a car in which the steam-engine in capacity of 12 hp was established. Thus the car gathered speed of 3 versts at an o'clock (3, 2 km/h). Blinov "self-feed" was exposed at Russian industrial exhibitions, in 1889 it was shown in work at an agricultural exhibition in Saratov, in 1896 — at the Nizhny Novgorod fair.

[georgemck]

the word Caterpiller writen like aworm was first used in 1925 when Holt and Best join to make the Catterpiller tractor Co

[pedroramirez]

Soy mecamico y fanatico de la industria cat pero x fa pudieran traducir estos vidios en español gracis

[birdsarentreal]

27-12-2020
11:39am
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[prqXnA]

NGL grimly reminecent of LOMBARD steam hauler 🫣

[Vlad]

Me Surprises why people still deceive and call inventors of others people