[History News] Legend: 100 years of the Caterpillar sixty

One hundred years ago – just outside of Oakland, California – a legend was born. On June 24th, 1919, C.L. Best, who would go on to be Caterpillar’s first chairman of the board introduced the Best 60 Tracklayer. It was to become not only the best-known of Best’s track-type tractors but was also the largest tractor of its era. Renamed the Caterpillar Sixty after the merger between Best and Benjamin Holt, this machine was met with huge approval in the marketplace, and its innovations in engineering can be found in the DNA of today’s lineup of Cat^® dozers.