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The Model 20

 

The Model Twenty was the first product designed and built by Caterpillar that was not a carryover from Holt or Best.

It was introduced in 1927 in San Leandro, California then began production in East Peoria a year later.

Harmon Eberhard, an engineer for Holt and later became President and Chairman of Caterpillar, helped design the Twenty.

Check out this feature in an advertising booklet from 1931; customer testimonials for the Caterpillar Ten on top and the Model Twenty on the bottom.

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Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor pulling a train car, ca. 1928.
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Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor pulling a train car, ca. 1928.

Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor, ca. 1928.
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Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor, ca. 1928.

Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor leveling grape pomace at the largest independent wine grower in the U.S. at the time, 1937.
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Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor leveling grape pomace at the largest independent wine grower in the U.S. at the time, 1937.

Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor helping plant a tree in New Jersey, ca. 1928.
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Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor helping plant a tree in New Jersey, ca. 1928.

Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor working on a beach in New Jersey, ca. 1930.
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Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor working on a beach in New Jersey, ca. 1930.

Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor with a dragline repairing the bank of the new drainage channel of Farm Creek in East Peoria, Illinois, 1930.
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Caterpillar Model Twenty Track-Type Tractor with a dragline repairing the bank of the new drainage channel of Farm Creek in East Peoria, Illinois, 1930.