What is a company going to do when the contracts for govt jobs are written so only the favorite company can meet the specs for equipment? Build a replica of the equipment.

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Not a lot of imagination went into building this grader. It appears to be a direct knock off of a Caterpillar #12 of the 1950's, presumably done so that they could bid against Cat on government spec bids and meet the spec's which were often written to attempt to exclude anything except a Cat grader.

http://www.vannattabros.com/road5.html

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