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I was interested to see the 4 in 1 bucket in use there..... and I did a little digging to see who invented it, as I was always surprised at how early some machines posessed them and found this quote
The name Drott comes from the name of the company that patented the 4in1 bucket. The Drott Manufacturing Company of Wausau Wisconsin USA,this company developed the 4in1 plus other items during the 1950's.In 1968 it was building mobile cranes and hydraulic excavators. In January 1968 TENNECO acquired the Drott manufacturing company and set it up as a division of CASE. In the UK Rubery Owen made 4in1 buckets for companies such as JCB and FORDS. The 4in1 bucket on todays machines are fitted with forks that can be swung forward so the machine can be used as a forklift. Drott also made a Grubber for removing tree stumps.
As you may have noticed on my guestbook page, I have had a message posted from John Drott jr,his grandfather,Ed Drott invented the 4 in 1 bucket which turned out to be a landmark developement in the plant industry.This type of bucket is used on many types of machines of all makes.
Those of us that have drivern machines fitted with a 4 in 1 will testify how versitile this attachment is.I am hoping that John can supply me with information about how the 4 in 1 was developed and maybe an insight into the Drott family.The Drott family started out in the logging industry which I guess was a great help in developing grabs and what would lead to 4 in 1 bucket developement.
from this site here
http://www.freewebs.com/internationaldrottclub/
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That's pretty interesting I never saw one of those Drott's with a cab before, it's amazing how so few machines before the mid 80's here in Canada had open ROPS canopies and even in the 60's and 70's many tracked tractors like D7's and D8's didn't even have a canopy of any kind when used for pulling scrapers and other work. I like how they had showed a little bit of one of International's rubber-tire excavators moving around, my friend has the same one on tracks but I can't convince him to sell it to me.
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Its got a cab because it is english built .Seeing it never stops raining there that the reason why it has a cab .Comment
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http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/plantmachinery/3811036
Might be of interest to someone........................A driven man with a burning passion.Comment
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International Dozers and Towed scrapers .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Zy1fOuhIQ6UComment
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Those are great videos Ian I love how people are uploading the old promotional videos on to youtube.
How about one for the International Drott with 4 in 1 bucket.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tztj9lZLus&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE2ax...feature=relmfu
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