Drott Manufacturing Company
The Drott Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of heavy equipment buckets. The company existed from 1916 until 1968.
History
[edit]The company founded (as the Drott Tractor Company) by Edward Drott in 1916.[1] 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.[2]
Drott Buckets
[edit]Drott developed buckets for other manufacturer's construction bulldozers, including one of the first of its type for Caterpillar in 1930.[3] The bucket held roughly 1 cubic yard of soil.[3] The company's best-known product was the Drott 4 in 1 bucket.[2] 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.[4] In 1950, International signed an agreement with Drott to produce the machines under the name "International-Drott."[3]
United Kingdom
[edit]The Drott 4 in 1 bucket was manufactured in the UK by Rubery Owen[5] and tractors fitted with this equipment became known as "Drotts".
References
[edit]- ^ "A Look Back at Drott Manufacturing Company (1916-1968) : CEG". www.constructionequipmentguide.com. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ a b Haycraft, William R. (2002). Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry. University of Illinois Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-252-07104-1.
- ^ a b c Haddock, Keith (2007). The Earthmover Encyclopedia. MotorBooks International. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1-61059-209-3.
- ^ "International Drotts | Welcome to my site!". Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ Australasian Weekly Manufacturer. Manufacturer Publishing Company. 1964.
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