Caterpillar was founded in 1925 when C. L. Best Tractor Company joined with Holt Manufacturing Company. The name Caterpillar was conceptualized by Benjamin Holt himself before 1925.
Holt was responsible for the invention of the continual tracked system and he named his newly invented machine “caterpillar” for how it crawled along the ground. The name followed him when Holt Manufacturing merged with C.L. Best and the company of Caterpillar (also known as CAT) was born.
Caterpillar is one of the most recognized brands of heavy equipment and machinery. With over 110 manufacturing facilities worldwide and almost 24 different types of vehicles, CAT now offers two types of rock trucks: the articulated truck with a bare chassis and the three-axle articulated dump truck.
They offer seven different models of articulated dump trucks ranging from 26.5 ton to a 45.2 ton payload.