Bobcat: Fifty Years
Marking the 50th anniversary of an icon of American industry, this book celebrates a half-century of Bobcat with brilliant images of these quintessentially American machines at work, including historical photographs and diagrams, alongside the full story of the only compact machines that have ever mattered.\ Often imitated but never equaled, the Bobcat skid-steer loader was born when some hardy souls in the Northern Plains needed a new way to get work done. The pictures in these pages show...
Search in google:
Marking the 50th anniversary of an icon of American industry, this book celebrates a half-century of Bobcat with brilliant images of these quintessentially American machines at work, including historical photographs and diagrams, alongside the full story of the only skid-steer loader that has ever mattered. Often imitated but never equaled, the Bobcat was born when some hardy souls in the Northern Plains needed a new way to get workdone. The pictures in these pages show how the Bobcat loader has been moving American industry ever since, joined over the years by Bobcat excavators and trenchers, utility trucks and more.
\ From the PublisherFarm Industry News, November 2007\ “This book is a handsomely illustrated and briskly written history. Much has changed, but this book demonstrates how one great idea continues to be the basis of 50 years of business success.”\ \ Forconstructinpros.com,\ “Brilliant images of these American machines at work.”\ \ Grand Folks Herald & Website, Oct. 19, 2007\ “From the invention of the Bob-Tach quick-change attachment system to the introduction of the Big Bob, the Mini-Bob and the M-700, Bobcat Fifty Years covers it all.”\ Aug. 29, 2007\ Thefreelibrary.com, November 2007\ “This history is informed, informative, and enthusiastically recommended for personal and community library collections.”\ \ Western Builder, November 2007\ “Recently released a book that details the history of the company, from the first compact loader to what has grown into a worldwide brand icon.”\ \ Rocky Mountain Construction, November 2007\ “Many of these accounts are in print for the very first time.”\ The Land Magazine, Dec. 13, 2007\ Thelandonline.com, Dec. 13, 2007\ “Padgett, and the people he wrote about, deserve a good old American pat on the back for a job well done.”\ \ \ \
