It succeeded the Cockshutt 50 heavy tractor in the Cockshutt product line, and was capable of pulling five plows.

The new tractor was restyled in accordance with the trend toward squared-off lines, compared to earlier Cockshutt offerings.

In accordance with industry trends of the early 1960s, the 570 was styled with squared-off lines by industrial designer Raymond Loewy.

[6] The Cockshutt 570 Super was introduced in 1961 with a 339-cubic-inch (5,560 cc) Hercules diesel engine that substantially increased performance.

[1] Three prototypes of an even larger tractor, the 100-horsepower (75 kW) 580 were built in 1961, just before Cockshutt was taken over by the White Motor Company, using a 354-cubic-inch (5,800 cc) six-cylinder Perkins diesel.