Drott Manufacturing Company
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The Drott Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of heavy equipment buckets. The company existed from 1916 until 1968.
History
The company founded (as the Drott Tractor Company) by Edward Drott in 1916.{{cite web |title=A Look Back at Drott Manufacturing Company (1916-1968) : CEG |url=https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/a-look-back-at-drott-manufacturing-company-1916-1968/28937 |website=www.constructionequipmentguide.com |access-date=June 26, 2021 |language=en}} The company was based in Butternut, Wisconsin before moving to Wausau, Wisconsin. In 1923, after several re-organizations, it became the Drott Manufacturing Company. Drott was taken over by Tenneco in 1968 and became a division of Case Corporation which was owned by Tenneco.
Drott Buckets
Drott developed buckets for other manufacturer's construction bulldozers, including one of the first of its type for Caterpillar in 1930.{{cite book |last1=Haddock |first1=Keith |title=The Earthmover Encyclopedia |date=2007 |publisher=MotorBooks International |isbn=978-1-61059-209-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8svyOXSaZkAC&dq=drott+manufacturing&pg=PA63 |language=en |pages=62–63}} The bucket held roughly 1 cubic yard of soil. The company's best-known product was the Drott 4 in 1 bucket.{{cite book |last1=Haycraft |first1=William R. |title=Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry |date=2002 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-07104-1 |pages=203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vv0bQHZGebcC&dq=drott+manufacturing&pg=PA203 |language=en}} This was a tractor attachment with four functions: dozer, clamshell, bucket and scraper. The "International Drott" was an International Harvester tractor fitted with Drott equipment.{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/internationaldrottclub/ |title=International Drotts | Welcome to my site! |accessdate=May 30, 2014 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105622/http://www.freewebs.com/internationaldrottclub/ |archivedate=May 31, 2014 }} In 1950, International signed an agreement with Drott to produce the machines under the name "International-Drott."
United Kingdom
The Drott 4 in 1 bucket was manufactured in the UK by Rubery Owen{{cite book |title=Australasian Weekly Manufacturer |date=1964 |publisher=Manufacturer Publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRksAQAAMAAJ&q=drott+manufacturing |language=en}} and tractors fitted with this equipment became known as "Drotts".
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- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpjkU_Sd2ME IH Drott B100 at work]
Category:Companies based in Wisconsin
Category:Construction equipment manufacturers of the United States
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1916
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