Cat Backhoe prototypes

Cat Traxcavator · Post #1 by **Cat Traxcavator** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:04 am

Here are some patent documents for backhoes that never saw the ligth of day

Cat backhoe articulated frame like a hydrema from 1978
https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US4122959.pdf

Telleporter backhoe loader from the 1990s like the manitou mani hoe
https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US5618156.pdf

Post #2 by **Jeremy Rowland** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:49 am

Quite amazing just how many machines don't make it off the drawing board; nice find. :thumbup:

Jeremy

jcb4cx · Post #3 by **jcb4cx** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:48 pm

see who the inventor was on the second one :thumbup:

Cat Traxcavator · Post #4 by **Cat Traxcavator** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:14 am

jcb4cx wrote:see who the inventor was on the second one

Is that anything to do with DJB trucks I don't know mutch about british equipment since I'm from Canada except for Jcbs and hymacs mostily what I know is from this site about british equipment

Post #5 by **Jeremy Rowland** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:41 am

Cat Traxcavator wrote:
jcb4cx wrote:see who the inventor was on the second one

Is that anything to do with DJB trucks I don't know mutch about british equipment since I'm from Canada except for Jcbs and hymacs mostily what I know is from this site about british equipment

Yes that is the same guy who was DJB trucks.

Jeremy

Cat Traxcavator · Post #6 by **Cat Traxcavator** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:58 am

The articulated backhoe loader is ironic snice the 444E/F is about as big as a hydrema but not articulated I chould see cat makeing a articulated 444 of topic a bit but what's the biggest backhoe loader ever made any way

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