Bobcat 50 Years Unleashed North American Road Tour Stops at Perimeter Bobcat

Bobcat 50 Years Unleashed North American Road Tour Stops at Perimeter Bobcat

by Patty LeFever, Perimeter Bobcat

(LAKE CITY, Ga. — June 2008) As part of the year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the Bobcat loader, a traveling historical exhibit is visiting 23 Bobcat dealers in the United States and Canada. The Bobcat 50 Years Unleashed North American Road Tour stopped at Perimeter Bobcat on Thursday, June 5.

Guests who visited Perimeter Bobcat viewed an exhibit with an overview of Bobcat history, several early Bobcat® loaders and a collection of Bobcat memorabilia from the last 50 years.

Attendees viewed demonstrations showing Bobcat equipment and the numerous applications the equipment can perform when used with Bobcat attachments. Operators were able to test their skill through a Bobcat excavator competition and a utility vehicle ride-along obstacle course.

Ten attendees were selected as finalists for The Great Road Tour Giveaway. At the end of the Bobcat 50 Years Unleashed North American Road Tour, finalists from each dealership will be included in a national drawing. The winner of The Great Road Tour Giveaway will receive one of two $50,000 contractor equipment packages. The finalists included Sharon Hayes, James Meeks, Shane Whittemore, Steve Sheffield, Harry Cassarino, Tim Blount, Nanci Whimpey, Gary Ledford, Mark Cooper and Darby Steele.

Attendees also participated in BobCare clinics — seminars explaining Bobcat equipment maintenance practices.
In 1958, a company from North Dakota forged a partnership with two blacksmith-inventor brothers and built a machine that changed the way people worked. Melroe Manufacturing Company purchased the rights to an innovative machine designed by Cyril and Louis Keller. The first Melroe Self-Propelled Loader was a three-wheeled, front-end loader that was the precursor to the skid-steer loader in 1960 and the Bobcat brand two years later.

Throughout 2008, Bobcat Company will commemorate the partnership between the Melroe brothers and the Keller brothers, and the little loader that started the compact equipment industry 50 years ago.

Perimeter Bobcat operates four locations in the greater Atlanta area:
6972 Best Friend Road, Atlanta, Ga., (770) 242-6500
1945 Athens Street, Gainesville, Ga., (678) 450-6610
1637 Forest Parkway, Lake City, Ga., (404) 608-8533
2006 Delk Industrial Boulevard, Marietta, Ga., (770) 850-1443

More information about Perimeter Bobcat can also be found at http://www.perimeterbobcat.com.

Fifty years ago, Bobcat Company unleashed a way to work better, smarter, faster. During 2008, the company is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bobcat compact equipment, which began with the Melroe Self-Propelled Loader — a three-wheeled front-end loader — in 1958. That machine evolved into the Bobcat skid-steer loader and spawned the worldwide compact equipment industry. Today, Bobcat continues to lead the world in the design, manufacture and distribution of compact equipment.

Bobcat Company, headquartered in West Fargo, N.D., is part of Doosan Infracore International (DII), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Doosan Infracore, a global manufacturer of construction equipment.

For more information about Bobcat Company visit http://www.bobcat.com

I went to this and it was a lot fun. Be sure to go when it comes to YOUR town. It’s an education and you can take the equipment for a spin… even golf with a bobcat. strange!

Posted by Brett Neal on 07/15/2008

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