Best Manufacturing Company

The company's initial product was a portable grain cleaner, soon followed by a combine harvester.

In 1890, the company purchased the rights to manufacture the Remington steam engine, and produced a range of steam-driven farm machinery, including steam tractors and combine harvesters.

In 1891, the company built a gasoline powered locomotive for San Jose and Alum Rock Railroad.

This was the first internal combustion locomotive built in the western United States, though it was only a limited success and was returned to Best in 1892.

This new company acquired the rights to manufacture the Lombard Steam Log Hauler, an early tracked crawler, and began producing "tracklayer" tractors.