In a message dated 3/23/2010 8:01:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Lcjudge at scrtc.com writes: He was buying a new Cat dozer and they offered him the opportunity to go to the plant in Peoria, IL and view the operations. I too was fortunate to take a Cat plant tour in Peoria many years ago. They sure put on a show for us! Tom Schmutz Concord, Va. germoamer at AOL.com