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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,915 posts) Tue Apr 25, 2023, 02:06 PM Apr 2023

Bobcat Prototype Arrives at National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum

Bobcat Prototype Arrives at NIHF Museum

TUE APRIL 25, 2023 - NATIONAL EDITION
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Joe Keller brought a 1958 prototype skid-steer loader to Alexandria, Va., where it will be part of an exhibit at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum. (National Inventors Hall of Fame photo)

A legendary piece of construction history arrived at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum on April 19.

Joe Keller, the son of 2023 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee Louis Keller and nephew of Inductee Cyril Keller, was on a cross-country trip with the Keller brothers' invention — a 1958 prototype skid-steer loader.

Keller brought the loader to Alexandria, Va., where the prototype will be part of an exhibit at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum honoring the 2023 Class of Inductees, who will be recognized in October during NIHF's 50th anniversary Induction Ceremony.

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Bobcat Prototype Arrives at National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author du4guest Apr 2023 #1

I just got off my Bobcat S-570, came in for lunch, and saw this !! alittlelark Apr 2023 #2

Mucking stables or moving gravel and dirt? marble falls Apr 2023 #3

Moving dirt and BIG boulders. alittlelark Apr 2023 #4

Those steers could/can move a lot of stuff for their size. And pretty simple to operate with a ... marble falls Apr 2023 #5

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alittlelark

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2. I just got off my Bobcat S-570, came in for lunch, and saw this !!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Apr 25, 2023, 02:26 PM

Apr 2023

I prefer the evolved form. 🤓

marble falls

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3. Mucking stables or moving gravel and dirt?

Reply to alittlelark (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 25, 2023, 04:12 PM

Apr 2023

alittlelark

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4. Moving dirt and BIG boulders.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 26, 2023, 05:53 AM

Apr 2023

She’s a brawny gal !!

marble falls

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5. Those steers could/can move a lot of stuff for their size. And pretty simple to operate with a ...

Reply to alittlelark (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 26, 2023, 06:24 AM

Apr 2023

... lot of protection for the operator.

When I was a kid I worked construction for my uncle. Driving a steer (dumping gravel down around foundations), I was told if a business agent for the operators' or laborers' union showed up and asked me for my card I was to tell him I was a member of the union he didn't represent.

One day a guy showed up and asked for my card. I asked who he represented. He said "operators", I said "laborer".

He said, "Listen you little son of a bitch, you'd better be down at the hall tomorrow morning at 7:00am!"

Told my uncle and I believe a hundred bucks changed hands.

A couple of years later I joined my first union and been pro-union ever since.

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