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1905.
William Pigott, Sr. founded
Seattle Car Manufacturing Co. to produce railway and logging equipment.
A few years later the company merged with Twohy Brothers of Portland
to become Pacific Car and Foundry Company.
 1924.
Glenn T. Braden founded Braden Winch and Steel Company in
Tulsa, Oklahoma and the first BRADEN Winch, Ryan Braden Hub Winch,
is sold into the oil field market. The Reliable Braden Hub Winch was
built into the hub of a truck wheel and allowed all transmission speeds
to drive the winch drum.
1924.
William Pigott sold control of the Company to American Car
and Foundry Company.
1928.
With changes in the design of truck wheels, Braden was faced
with designing conventional horizontal winches for truck mounting.
Braden designed the first tapered bearing worm gear winch with a
patented automatic oil cooled safety brake.
1933.
The great depression nearly forced Braden Steel and Winch
Company out of business, but the innovative ideas and determination
of T.J. Schuetz, Chief Engineer of the Winch Division, kept the
company alive by selling units from stock and servicing winches
in the field.
1934.
Paul Pigott, son of the founder, acquired a major interest
in the Pacific Car and Foundry Company from American Car.
 1934.
Under the leadership of Paul Pigott, Pacific Car and Foundry
Company expanded its products and introduced the Carco line of winches
for use on crawler tractors in the logging industry.
1934.
Metallurgical research at Pacific Car and Foundry Company
developed a new patented alloy cast-steel called 'Carcometal'. This
high manganese steel paid off in longer life and superior service
to the customer. Winch housing and cable drums were cast from 'Cacrometal'.
1935.
As the country recovered from the depression, Braden Steel
and Winch Company began manufacturing winches again. A new series
included Model A, B, C, rated 10,000, 15,000 and 20,000 pounds.
1936.
Braden Steel and Winch Company separated into two unique
companies, Braden Steel Company and Braden Winch Company.
1938.
Braden Winch Company manufactures low mount worm gear winches
for front bumper mounting on oilfield trucks.
1940.
Braden Winch Company lands its first order from Dodge Truck
Divison for 1,200 units to be mounted on military trucks. Over the
next five years Braden manufactured over 250,000 winches for the
military with a wide range of features including: power take-off
driven front bumper winches, manual winches for search lights, vertical
capstans for amphibious vehicles, link chain hoists, and double
drum models.
1940.
Braden Winch "M" series winches are introduced. Model capacities
ranged from 6,000 to 100,000 pounds of line pull.
 1946.
Frank Lawrence founded Gearmatic in Vancouver, BC, Canada
to manufacture Models 16 and 20 Air Shift Transmissions for Yarders.
1947.
Braden Winch Company breaks ground for a new plant in Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma.
1952.
Gearmatic developed the Model 8 mechanical winch for use
on small crawler tractors. From 1952 to 1964 the Model 8A was mounted
on Caterpillar, John Deere, Oliver tractors and skidders.
1955.
Braden Winch Company designs and manufactures the Model
LU4, a 7,500 pound water tight winch for military vehicles.
1959.
Braden introduces constant load, constant speed winches,
Model CL-3L/4L series.
1960.
Gearmatic introduced the first hydraulic planetary winches,
Model 11 and Model 22. The first shipments early in 1961 went into
the fishing and logging industry. Grove Crane Inc. first purchased
the Model 11 in March of 1961 launching a new era in winch history
with most major crane manufacturers seeking hydraulic planetary
hoists for their vehicles.
1962.
Gearmatic designs Model 4 and 5 winches and a Model 7 net
drum-drive for use in the fishing industry.
1963.
PACCAR purchases Gearmatic.
1963.
Carco introduces its first "Power-Shift Winches" for use
on the new power-shift crawler tractors. The new winches permit
shifting while the crawler tractor is on the move.
1965.
Gearmatic Model 9 replaces the Model 8A. Models 19, 119
and 190 go into production for use on crawler tractors and log skidders.
Over 20,000 of these new models penetrate the market place.
1965.
Carco introduces the Model P90. The first hydrostatically
driven planetary winch for a crawler tractor mounted line-sagger.
1967.
Braden announces its first power drum designs, hydraulic
planetary models PD10 and PD15.
1970.
Gearmatic wrote the first SAE specification requirements
for hydraulic hoist in the crane market and introduced the "free-fall"
option on Model 11 and Model 22 planetary winches.
1974.
Braden Winch Company expanded operations and established
its second plant located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
1977.
PACCAR purchases Braden Winch Company.
1978.
Braden Winch Division introduces the PD12, today's top selling
hydraulic planetary hoist.
1981.
Braden introduces the W150, the world's largest truck mounted
oilfield winch rated at 150,000 pounds.
1982.
Gearmatic introduces Constant Tension winches.
1982.
Braden Winch Division unveils the second generation CH series
hydraulic planetary hoist. Large capacity, durable construction
hoists.
1984.
PACCAR consolidates the Company's three winch divisions
to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
1985.
Carco Model 30 introduced into the logging and forestry
industries.
1986.
GH15 is added to the Gearmatic hydraulic planetary hoist
product line.
1987.
BRADEN introduces the Magnum series planetary gearboxes
for applications as swing drives, track drives and wheel drives.
1990.
The Braden BP200, a hydraulic planetary, cable pulling winch,
is introduced to meet the needs of the utility market.
1990.
The innovative efforts of engineering design a specialized
high performance gearbox for offshore oil liftboats.
1992.
Engineering designs and patent's the Braden WR30 speed reducer
gearbox.
1992.
The Carco product line adds the Model H110, the first successful
heavy duty, hydrostatically driven planetary recovery winch for
tractor mounting.
1993.
CH240, a high speed construction hoist, replaces the CH22.
1998.
The CH400 and CH500, with increased line pull at faster
speeds, are introduced to the offshore crane market.
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