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Takeuchi developed the world's first compact excavator in 1971 and in 1986 he introduced the compact track loader, another world first. [ citation needed ] The company has wholly owned subsidiary facilities in the United States (1979), United Kingdom (1996), France (2000) and China (2006).
Gehl was founded by Louis Lucas in 1859. [3]Gehl was acquired in September 2008 for US$30 a share by the French equipment maker Manitou Group. [6] This allowed the company to expand its telehandler market into the US and enter several new equipment markets.
Huppenkothen GmbH & Co KG is a company specializing in compact and mini excavators in Europe. It was founded in 1956 in Bregenz, Austria.. Besides Takeuchi compact and mini excavators, the company also sells and rents out dumpers, skid steer loaders, wheel loaders, single drum rollers and tracked carriers..
Skid-steer loaders are sometimes equipped with tracks instead of the wheels, and such a vehicle is known as a compact track loader. [7] Skid steer loaders, both wheel and track models, operate most efficiently when they are imbalanced – either the front wheels or the back wheels are more heavily loaded.
Komatsu Iron Works was started by Takeuchi Mining Industry as a subsidiary to make industrial tools for the parent company. Komatsu eventually became large enough to sell to the public, and was spun off on May 13, 1921, as Komatsu Ltd and founded by Meitaro Takeuchi. Komatsu produced its first agricultural tractor prototype in 1931.
A bulldozer, excavator, or wheeled loader will outperform a tracked loader under specific conditions, but the ability of a tracked loader to perform almost every task on a job site is why it remains a part of many companies' fleets. The first tracked loaders were built from tracked tractors with custom-built loader buckets. The first loaders ...
The Kellers' uncle, an equipment dealer for the Melroe Manufacturing Company based in Gwinner, North Dakota, suggested that Melroe market the machines, resulting in Melroe inviting the Kellers to exhibit at the 1958 Minnesota State Fair. Melroe introduced the four-wheeled M400 model "Skid-Steer Loader" in 1960, and began using "Bobcat" as a ...
Four years later in 1954, the company produced its first wheel loader H10. It was the world's first loader to feature a parallel lift arm system and attachment bracket, establishing Volvo as one of the leading construction companies in the world. They produced the world's first articulated hauler: the Volvo DR 631 Gravel Charlie-in 1966.