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From 1972 to 1976 Cat were built the M520 "Truck, Cargo, 8-ton, 4x4", nicknamed Goer, truck series was formerly the US Army’s standard heavy tactical truck before its replacement by the Oshkosh HEMTT. As trucks go, the Caterpillar 'Goer' stands out, due to being articulated, much wider than other trucks, and lacking suspension on the wheels.
1883 :Brothers Charles Henry Holt and Benjamin Holt found the Stockton Wheel Company in Stockton, California.
1904:Holt produces the first commercially successful caterpillar-style tractor, or crawler, which is soon sold under the Caterpillar brand.
1908:Holt Manufacturing produces its first gas-powered crawlers; Daniel Best sells his company to Holt.
1909:Holt establishes an eastern manufacturing operation by purchasing a plant in Peoria, Illinois.
1910:Best's son, C.L. Best, forms his own tractor manufacturing company, C.L. Best Gas Tractor Company.
1925:Holt Manufacturing and C.L. Best Gas Tractor merge to form Caterpillar Tractor Company.
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