The Drott Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of heavy equipment buckets. The company existed from 1916 until 1968.
The Drott Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of heavy equipment buckets. The company existed from 1916 until 1968.
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 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]
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".
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