Caterpillar Sixty
{{short description|American tracked tractor produced 1925-1931}}
File:1929 Caterpillar.jpg, Northland, New Zealand.]]
The Caterpillar Sixty is a {{convert|60|hp|kW}} crawler tractor manufactured by the Caterpillar Tractor Company from 1925 until 1931. The Sixty was the largest tractor in Caterpillar's product line at that time.{{Sfn|Orlemann|2000|p=25}}
The Caterpillar Sixty was originally introduced for sale beginning in 1919 as the C. L. Best 60 Tracklayer, manufactured by the C. L. Best Tractor Company. The Best 60 was the most successful tractor in the Best model line.{{Sfn|Haddock|2007|p=19}} After the 1925 merger of the C. L. Best Tractor Company and the Holt Manufacturing Company, that formed the Caterpillar Tractor Company, the Best 60 was renamed the Caterpillar Sixty.{{Sfn|Orlemann|2000|p=25}}
Between 1919 and 1931, 18,948 C. L. Best 60 Tracklayer/Caterpillar Sixty tractors were manufactured.{{Sfn|Orlemann|2000|p=25}}
Specifications
The Caterpillar Sixty was powered by a four-cylinder, overhead valve gasoline engine that produced {{convert|60|hp|kW}} at the belt and {{convert|35|hp|kW}} at the drawbar.{{Sfn|Haddock|2007|p=19}} The Sixty was a {{convert|72|in|m|adj=on}} gauge machine and weighed {{convert|20500|lb|kg}}.
Numbers produced
File:Caterpillar-60, 1931.jpg, New Mexico, United States in 1931]]
Caterpillar produced model Sixty tractors in San Leandro, California through 1930 and in Peoria, Illinois through 1931. In total, 18,948 C. L. Best 60 Tracklayer/Caterpillar Sixty tractors were manufactured during twelve years of production.{{Sfn|Orlemann|2000|p=25}}
See also
- G-numbers, G022 army ordnance tractor.
- Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, manufactured copy of Caterpillar Sixty as Stalinets-60
Notes
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References
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book
| last = Haddock
| first = Keith
| editor-last = Glaser
| editor-first = Amy
| title = The Earthmover Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to Heavy Equipment of the World
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8svyOXSaZkAC
| edition = Paperback, 1st
| orig-year = 2002
|date=June 2007
| publisher = MBI Publishing Company
| location = St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
| isbn = 978-0-7603-2964-1
| quote = Undoubtedly the most successful tractor in the Best Company's history was the C. L. Best 60 Tracklayer, launched in 1919.
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Orlemann
| first = Eric C.
| editor-last = Johnson
| editor-first = Paul
| title = Caterpillar Chronicle: The History of the World's Greatest Earthmovers
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pTvLXD25AbQC
| edition = hardcover
|date=June 2000
| publisher = MBI Publishing Company
| location = St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
| isbn = 978-0-7603-0667-3
| quote = The largest tractor in the Caterpillar line was the Sixty, the former Best 60.
}}
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External links
{{commons category|Caterpillar 60}}
- [http://www.gasenginemagazine.com/tractors/caterpillar-model-sixty.aspx Caterpillar Sixty]
- [https://www.truck1.gr/construction-machinery/caterpillar/cat-966 Manufacture of Caterpillar 966 Machinery]
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