The Entire History of Caterpillar Inc.
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- Опубликовано: 22 янв 2025
- If we talk about the construction industry, one name rises above the dust and noise: Caterpillar Inc. This industry titan has not only built machines but also carved a legacy into the very bedrock of modern civilization.
For over 100 years, CAT has been a global leader in heavy machinery, serving a whopping 192 out of 195 countries! That's right; CAT isn't just a big name; it's a titan of the industry, holding a massive 16.3% share of the world's heavy machinery market.
But how did it manage to come this far? What kind of products do they sell? This is the untold story of CAT, a company that has literally shaped the world in ways you might never have imagined.
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Allis-Chalmers if you havent done it yet would be really cool mate. Subbed btw. I Enjoyed this video, looking fwd to the next. Cheers.
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WW2. it seems same Wizards are at play. Crysler, Ford, Fiat,...Albert Khan erected 500+ Soviet factories and Stalin was paying...the magic wand. The same Force is arming both sides, why would Yanks build up the Reds?! And who armed the Nazis...its ridiculous
Barber Greene.
My grandfather worked for cat for 43 years. Started on the line as a tool and die maker and wound up an executive in Peoria. He was pulled out of retirement twice to close deals in nova Scotia. He was the last one who knew every nut and bolt to every model
You are so wrong I’m sorry you are doing this just for content but if you’re going to put out history, get your facts straight! Stop doing this for the fucking money
Now they are moving to Mexico, so big deal
I worked in Peoria at plant that made the track shoes for catepillar tractors... then they pulled your grandfather out of retirement and they sent the jobs to mexico... tell your grandpa thanks!!!
@djchennault4348 does Melvin felker ring a bell?
@@djchennault4348they will never be able to replicate the heat treat results. Kk and bb will never leave
I just today used my 1949 Cat D2 . It's still getting the job done after 76 years.
My dairy farmer uncle who was born 1918 bought his first new tractor, on 1950, a D2 Cat. It is still running with my cousin, clearing snow around the farm in Hammondsport, NY. .
Now thats some good ole American muscle you can rely on!
As a once driver of a Cat 3406 powered truck I was deeply saddened to what Cat leave the truck market. The government’s constant tightening of EPA standards was brutal.
One thing you left out was Caterpillar purchasing the underground mining equipment manufacturer Elephantstone of Australia. It was a way for Caterpillar to get into the small niche industry that at the time produced about 1,300 equipment units a year. Elephantstone used exclusively Caterpillar engines, transmissions , axles for their machines. I used to work for Atlas Copco Wagner Mining Equipment Co. Australia was a big market for us and Elephantstone was a major competitor. One machine that I think that Caterpillar purchased the rights to was Wagner Mining 645 fullback 3 axle , articulated dump truck. Wagner conceived it from the ground up but do to a lot of issues and to many to go into sold the rights to an undisclosed buyer which we all believed was Caterpillar. Years later I got a chance to look over Caterpillars 3 axle dump truck and saw a lot of similarities to the Wagner fullback.
Elphinstone.
@@scrandy233079 I wasn’t sure of the correct spelling. It’s been a long time ago
@@MrMopar413and they are still junk today. Volvo has got us beat on the articulated trucks
@@Jaksmodteam at Wagner Mining where I worked that was purchased by Atlas Copco they did a development of. 3 axle 45 ton capacity truck back in the 90’s called the fullback. One mistake engineering did because of cost was designing and building the front power frame around only 1 transmission. A German made ZF transmission instead of an Allison. It was junk . They decided to bail on the project financially and sold the rights and design plans to an undisclosed buyer. I think it was Caterpillar because years later I looked over one of their 3 axle trucks on a dealer lot and it looked dam near vary close to our fullback. There was one company that purchased I think 9 of them used and cut and modified the power chassis for an Allison transmission. A lot of these big 45 to 50 ton capacity trucks today look a lot like our original truck. The reason for the ZF transmission was it cost 10,000.00 Less then an Allison.
Great Company! I was discharged from army in 1970. Caterpillar offered me an apprenticeship program. After graduation I held several positions in manufacturing management & HR management in 42 yrs. One has to remember that this company produces a product that keeps the world growing.
Great Video,my Dad owned and operated heavy equipment for 28 years and Cat was the olny thing he would have.
My experience has been the cat excavators have very weak swing brakes ...don't work after 1000 hours no matter what. We have many cats and many johndeeres and komatsu I will work on the john deere or komatsu first and never tell anyone to buy a cat.
@@muskokaroads2371 Hitatchi makes JD trackhoes, I like how snappy the cats feel but have run JD/hitatchi mostly. JD is just not as fancy hitatchi
I live in Stockton. CA where Holt developed the caterpillar. The museum here (Haggin Museum, which also has one of the largest collections of Albert Bierstadt collections) Benjamin Holt Drive is one of the major roads in Stockton. I worked with Cat D-9s and other Cat stuff in the Stockton till I retired. I still have a Cat motor in my boat
The founders would fire everyone in charge now.
Why’s that?
I worked at Pontiac, IL at CAT in the Fuel Injector Honing Dept, lots of corners were cut and the QC aspect was very low, I tried to tell my supervisor that the guy they had in charge was doing it wrong, but he didn’t care, I quit shortly after, I can guarantee you those injectors are gonna fail prematurely.
The founders would find themselves forced out by clever managerial tricks before they fired anyone.
Yeah, while all this history is interesting, let's not get too rah rah about Cat. It is NOT the Cat it used to be. And it never will be again.
All Spinning in their graves. Another American ICON in name only.
Ive operated CAT 950,960, 966, 980, 988, wheel loaders & they are bad ass❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Such a well-produced documentary! Really interesting to see the business world from this perspective.
When I started my diesel apprenticeship there were in our shop and after that some of the the following CATS : 12E and more modern 120G graders D7F tractors ( we called them dozers) later D7G ( the best in my opinion) 955 and 977 tracked loaders, after that D8 and D9L , D9G ( bit before, petrol start ) , D9H ..bit like the D7G ...tough. , 235 excavators , 3304, 3306, 3208 engines etc ...the thing that fascinated me were the beautiful hard cover service repair manuals (real thick) and tbe brown soft coved parts manuals...works of art.
Fun fact: A major cross street in Stockton, Ca is named Benjamin Holt Drive because of this man and his connection to Stockton 0:52
wow! the ENTIRE history condensed into a 20 minute video. colour me impressed
Worst company I’ve ever worked for. Absolutely horrible management who treated its workers like a throw away tool. The HR practices are nothing short of predatory. Corporate oligarchy and indentured servitude come to mind. It’s founders would be ashamed of this current grotesque entity.
When i grraduated high school in 77, my parents were hell bent on me going to cat like everyone else. Went in the military instead. Think i got the better deal. 21 years later.
You sound like an angry guy🥵
Spill the teeaa!
Maybe u were just lazy or not as intelligent as u thought?
It's horrible that they not only wanted you to show up but they expected you to do something too. 😭
Thanks so much for this great documentary. What a wonderful story of a great company. The Golden Gate bridge is my favourite bridge in the world, and wonderful to hear of the part that the great Caterpillar company played in that construction. The mention of Bucyrus was interesting as I can recall seeing Ruston Bucyrus earth moving equipment working in England many years ago! Well done on this what a fabulous story of success!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Caterpillar is the powerhouse of the construction industry.
All I know is that I have been heavily invested my entire working career (my Dad was an employee) which allowed me to retire at 52 very comfortably.
How many years did it take him to repair a simple hydraulic leak ? Not until the Japanese got involved with the simple o-ring
I know several people who have worked at the Cat plant here. They say it's not a good place to work. Everyone reports for work on Monday morning. At that time you are told what you schedule will be. Some weeks you may only work 8 hours, other weeks 60 or 70 hours. Some people get sent home with no work at all.
Operated and owned heavy equipment for 30 years, Cat was always one of the best. Nothing in the world like a mid-sized pay loader, you can do anything.
I am working with Hastings Deering, a CAT Dealer. I'm proud to be part of the great company.
Greetings from Papua New Guinea🇵🇬
Greetings Wayne!
Thanks for sharing this exciting story of CAT. It is quite fascinating to see that a successful business is not without challenges in and outside the company.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing, thr first time discovering this huge empire after seeing it for year.
Keep moving. 🎓
I was discharged from the army in 1970. My resume had nothing to offer an employer but Caterpillar offered me apprenticeship. After graduation I worked in several different positions from manufacturing & Human Resources in 42 years. To say everyday was perfect would not be true. What can say is that Caterpillar is company that produces a product that keeps the world growing.
Thanks for sharing your experience with CAT Tony!
Who reads the comments while listening ?
I do. All the time.
@@HartPfortmuellersame
Anyone with a clever mind.
me every single time
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I worked at Atlantic Wood in GA. (Yes, that Atlantic Wood, the most expensive super fund site in the United States.) I started in 1992 scraping pine trees. By 1994 I was getting a tast of operating large equipment. In 1995 I was the youngest state certified front end loader, I was given a old Kawasaki 80z3. I was only allowed 2 trips to unload each truck as it comes in.
Then in 1999 we switched to Cat equipment. I got a brand new cat 993, I could unload 40 thousand pounds of trees in 1 load. I had AC, radio with a CD player, a built-in refrigerator and a seat that adjusted itself to the movement of the machine. When the epa shut us down I cried because I would never get to operate that exalent machine again.
The feeling I got by grabbing an entire load of fresh cut 70 to 100 foot long pine trees and moving them to the plant never got old.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the 993 James! 🙌
Just a word for the documentary Amazing ❤
Great content and edition. Congrats!
The cat triangle design has been around for a long time. I think it was around 2018 when they introduced their hexagonal design.
Brilliant, informative,interesting,lastly captivating audience
Many thanks! 🙌
Showcasing their heavy equipment in action
Your content is always so informative and inspiring. Keep up the fantastic work!
My grandfather worked for Cat in York Pa and I remember the strike they had when I was younger. Cat and Harley Davidson were the two major companies in the York Pa area growing up they paid so well until they cut jobs and left the area.
This has to be AI generated as I have never heard Bucryus pronounced that way.
I’m here to see what they say about BE, as my dad worked for BE for 42 years!
its everywhere now
yea, came here to say that. What gave it away for me was when he as about the 17 months period when the workers struck and right after got right back to ass kissing the corporation in the same sentence :)) Not only it;s AI written but AI voiced as well, wish there would be a way to report this kind of shit.
No one even pronounces it as A.G.C.O, its AGCO Allis Gleaner Corporation. Bucyrus was also another one. I get that some have a speech impediment, but this is straight up using a machine to enunciate.
Great video 😊
"There's a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer
Wonder what that thing's for" - Memorial Day, James McMurtry
Should of mentioned that Cat since 2010 owns Progess Rail which manufacturers half of the locomotives in North America
GM saw the end of EMD, because of EPA coming down hard on 2 strokes. Under Cat, virtually all new EMD's are exported, or re-powered with Cat 4 strokes. A couple have Cummins, and (choke), even GE engines. But, it looks like GE (Wabtec) pretty much forced the EMD out. Sure prefer the sound of the EMD's, tho. Same story for Detroit Diesel 2 strokes. Owned by MTU of Germany, now. .............................. EMD 1010 engines, meh!
Tragedy and luck. Uncle Ben, the inventor, has his engineering plans stolen by former employee and then he dies. Bankers take over HIS business and lands a big government contract. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent historical video on the founders and where the company is today! I enjoy history and this company has been around for some time!
Why was nothing said about Cat truck engines? There were a lot of Caterpillar engines used in OTR trucks.
Proud to be a Telehandler Caterpillar owner. 😊
You completely missed Hoover Dam and I think you got some dates wrong . I was a Caterpillar Employee pretty short presentation . But good to the point .
The cat triangle logo was introduced in the early 90s not 2018!
he made a mistake in the script. no need to yell like a tosser
@@Toro_Da_Corsa A "tosser"? What is a "tosser"?
@@audryhaynes3277Toss the salad
I love yo're video's keep up the good work:)
I deliver diesel to job sites. Most guys can name Cat's by model number by memory, for example they'll say, the D90 needs fuel, the 980G needs fuel, the 330C... It shows how frequent Cats are used.
they should sponsor you at this point
You forgot to add yancey brothers is the reason caterpillar is why it is what it is today.
As a battlefield/cat employee , best employer possible
I love my Caterpillar stock!
Me too! It's a solid company to invest in.
Jaw-dropping power packed in every motion!
Still using that annoying verbage "jaw dropping"? Dude, this is like 2024!
Cat should mention their road building in the USA, black top and cement machines...
10:51 please help me fint what do we call this type of animation and if guys have any tutorial available on RUclips?
Great Video.
⚠️♥️⚠️I LOVE CATERPILLAR⚠️♥️⚠️
Great history spanning a century
Fun fact. There’s a city Named Holt near Stockton California.
I was hoping to hear about the new CAT pickup truck
Was also hoping to hear about the introduction of the L track crawlers in the early eighties, significant move
maybe talk about how Cat started manufacturing in Peoria Il
Do a dive into General Electric and its many subsidiaries.
Thanks Caterpillar 😊
You have to see their machines u0 close to appreciate them.
Im a Mill Wright and worked around logging,steel mills and alot of new construction.
They are built to move and get a job done .
That they do.
I did a walk through in the Arkansas plant. When i was in college. In 90-91.
Impressive then.
Employees not being treated well?
That is a shame for an iconic American legend.
Great job with the video
Should be made into a movie.
Cat make the best work boots too.
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This is NOT, by any means, the "complete" history of Caterpillar -- there is no mention of Peoria/East Peoria Illinois? I grew up in Peoria in the 50s and 60s, and half the adult men I knew worked for Caterpillar (technically in East Peoria with the main offices in Peoria). Caterpillar so dominated Peoria and East Peoria (on opposite sides of the Illinois River) that special traffic laws applied to the main arterials that served the bridges between the two cities, during the times of Caterpillar's three shift changes per day. When Caterpillar shut down for two weeks in the Summer for vacation (everybody at Caterpillar got two weeks of vacation, all at the same time), many of the retail businesses in Peoria (and, I assume, East Peoria) laid off up to half their workforce. The massive, sprawling East Peoria facility took in pig iron and turned out all manner of finished Caterpillar products. When OSHA came into being, they labeled that complex the safest industrial workplace in the Country. (Across the river, Keystone Steel and Wire Company was the most dangerous!) Anyway, you left out a huge and important piece of the "complete" history of Caterpillar.
Don't forget The giant earth moving machines, built by r g liturno, used cat engines from the very beginning. R g moved his plant from stockton, california to peoria, just to be next to cat.
Great history
I am a cat Product lover.good machines.
Heavy metal ain't music...it's a CAT
Bientôt le grand anniversaire.. 100 years !
So when did uncle ben start making the rice?
As soon as sales skyrocketed in Japan and China.
After he faked his death to get away from his nephew peter
What about the highway tractor engines they built? Also how that part of the business went under/got sold?
Психология людей удивительна. Ещё много десятилетий после появления таких машин, люди планировали стратегические действия, так как будто бы этих машин нет.
Прогресс пришёл так стремительно, что психика людей, ранее формировашаяся, тысячи лет не успевала перестроится за пару десятков лет.
Американцы соорентировались раньше всех, быстро поставили машины себе на службу.
А вот, для японцев например, во время ВМВ, было настоящей магией, как американцы строили аэродромы за пару недель в непроходимых джунглях.
So nice
I worked in Lafayette, IN Large Engine Center for 89 days. On the 89th day they permanently laid off everyone in my entire crew and myself, 15+ people. What a waste of time to hire people for such a short amount of time. P.S. 3 months later they were hiring for the same positions again.
Very well-written.
Make a story on Siemens
Not one word about cat truck/boat engines as an owner of a Cat 3406b in a 1984 peterbilt i feel your documentary fell short
They mention marine engines but it’s essentially a foot note😂
Caterpillar truck engines are all I ran for 50 years. They are the best. But truck engine manufacturing was a minute part of the whole company.
Right? I used to drive a 04 Freightliner with a Cat motor in it, none of that Def crap, it ran so good.
This is good ❤
cl best has great grandchildren who still farm in yolo county california known as payne brothers farming and dan best ranches.
Do yanmar , kubota, Sany, Carter, Komatsu
… a Local Historical Legend of NorCal 🚜
Very interesting,
awesome
I read a recent article that cat is going to make a pickup truck. Not sure if that’s true but if so that’d be cool.
Good job 👍
This video shows no actual production steps thought, just that there were large tractors that seems to appeared from nowhere. That's whats also always in my mind when I sometimes stop at these devices. It must be a miracle, for example. There are thousands of these in videos where metal ores are gathered in Australia etc, leaving idea that they gathered ores somehow before these existed, and switch to these machines when they were built, without leaving me an idea, how?
Walking through X plant in Peoria ill. i spotted a sign at a persons workstation that said. "If it a ain't a CAT it's a dog"
CAT stopped making truck engines. The cost of modifying their factories was a bit too steep. Not good. That hurt em a good bit 😢😢
NH MENTIONED RAHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅
Please use this this to the reightway...
I like these company ones how they grow
And not once did they bother to mention, the very popular,very loved highway diesel engine for the trucking industry.the popular 3406,3408,3117,3126 c12,c15,and one of my favorite electronic ecm 600hp 2050ft lb tq C16 these engines were at the top as the best diesel engine ever produced for horsepower , torque and overall durability and longevity. Around 2011 or so they stopped producing highway engines for the trucking industry due to not being able to produce a diesel engine that was environmentally compatable with the new epa laws...Cummins diesel engines have always been another great engine and continue to produce mass quantities of the popular x15 and seem to have about 85%of trucking industries sales in highway engines as of 2024.no more torque monsters...
Keep it up
Maybe the swedish company Scania CV AB can be of intrest. An over 130 year old manufacture of heavy duty trucks. Actully it started with railway cars.
Well that's interesting all the islands in the south Pacific I thought I would like to visit have more rain fall than the uk
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