1. By Brandon Fehr

2.  I chose cat because I like them and they make nice tractors. I wanted to learn more about them.

3. This tractor is in a field. It is pulling a plow. There are trees in the background. Can you guess which one it is a b

4.  Cat Inc. headquarters is located in Peoria Illinois.

5.  Cat has many manufacturing places all around the world. They have manufacturing plants in the USA, Brazil, France, and the Netherlands.

6.  Cat tractors helped in WW1 by hauling artillery and other heavy weapons. They also hauled supplies.

7.  Here is a video about the Cat tractor and who started it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJlObD GrFww http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJlObD GrFww  Cat beats John Deere  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1HbZ_ XIYmk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1HbZ_ XIYmk

8.  Benjamin Holt was the inventor of the Cat tractor. He got the idea because the wheeled tractors sunk into the soft dirt.

9.  The first Cat tractor was made by Benjamin Holt.

10. Agricultural  Demolition & Scrap  Forestry  General Construction  Governmental/Defense  Heavy Construction  Industrial  Landscaping  Marine  Mining  Oil & Gas  Paving  Pipeline  Power Generation  Quarry & Aggregates  Waste

12.  Cat also makes work boots for farmers and other people.

13.  Cat makes dump trucks for use in construction.

14.  Articulated Trucks  Asphalt Pavers  Backhoe Loaders  Cold Planers  Compact Track and Multi Terrain Loaders  Compactors  Feller Bunchers  Forest Machines  And much more.  http://www.cat.com/equipment http://www.cat.com/equipment