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Roadbuilding

Caterpillar intros 84-inch drum CB68B tandem vibratory asphalt roller

Caterpillar has launched a new 84-inch drum tandem vibratory asphalt roller, the CB68B, which features a new operator station and multiple vibratory systems. The machine was on display at the 2016 World of Asphalt in Nashville. The new operator station, designed more like an airplane cockpit, is slightly canted toward one end. Pushing forward on […]

March 25, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros 815K soil compactor with improved cab and controls

During a press event last week at the company’s headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, Caterpillar unveiled a new soil compactor with an improved cab and increased productivity. Powered by a Cat C7.1 ACERT engine, the new 815K soil compactor is rated at 248 net horsepower and weighs in at 49,353 pounds. Cat says the 815K meets […]

March 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar’s new 304.5E2 XTC is half excavator, half skid steer

Bringing a whole new meaning to the term “hybrid machine,” Caterpillar has introduced the 304.5E2 XTC, an excavator with skid steer capabilities. This 4-ton Xtra Tool Carrier model excavator was conceived about four years ago by Cat’s Greg Worley, who realized replacing the machine’s dozer blade with a skid-steer interface would eliminate the need for two […]

March 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Who wants a skip loader? Why Caterpillar brought it back with the 415F2 IL

Though Caterpillar quietly displayed its new skip loader to the public at World of Concrete in February and provided us with the details on the machine a few weeks later, the company used a press event at its headquarters in Peoria last week to formally announce the 415F2 IL to the media with a walkaround that […]

March 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar unveils the S60: the first phone with a built-in FLIR thermal camera is Cat’s most powerful yet

When Caterpillar launched its first Android smartphone, the B15, back in 2013, it was unclear just what the company expected out of a product so foreign to its traditional yellow iron segments. Was it simply a stab at a licensing success (such as Cat boots and apparel), meant to gauge demand for that CAT logo […]

February 19, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros 4 new F Series excavators to round out versatile machine lineup

Caterpillar today introduced four new F Series machines, completing its family of 11- to 90-ton tracked excavators. The new machines include the 313F (which will complement the 313F GC introduced last year), the compact radius 315F, the 316F and 318F. 313F Caterpillar says the primary difference between the new standard F 313 and the GC […]

February 17, 2016

Equipment Experts

Caterpillar intros 320F L excavators with more efficient hydraulics, fuel use

The Cat 320F excavator is designed as a “simple, reliable, durable under 50,000-pound machine for contractors looking for a general construction machine,” says Brian Stellbrink, Caterpillar excavator product application specialist. Powered by a Cat C4.4 ACERT Tier 4 Final 161-horsepower engine, the 320F consumes 8.5 percent less fuel in standard mode than the Cat 320E […]

December 30, 2015

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros 320F L excavators with more efficient hydraulics, fuel use

The Cat 320F excavator is designed as a “simple, reliable, durable under 50,000-pound machine for contractors looking for a general construction machine,” says Brian Stellbrink, Caterpillar excavator product application specialist. Powered by a Cat C4.4 ACERT Tier 4 Final 161-horsepower engine, the 320F consumes 8.5 percent less fuel in standard mode than the Cat 320E […]

December 30, 2015

Construction Equipment

China-made Caterpillar 307E2 compact excavator debuts in U.S., fills gap in lineup

The new Cat 307E2 7.2-metric-ton compact excavator is positioned to fill the gap between the company’s 5.5-metric-ton 305.5E2 and 8-metric-ton 308E2 machine, says Sherrie Williams, product application specialist. At a Cat press conference in November, she announced that 150 of the models, which are manufactured at Caterpillar’s plant in Wujiang, China, were expected to be […]

December 7, 2015

Technology

Caterpillar’s online fleet management quiz is quick way to get acquainted with telematics

Much of Caterpillar’s focus as of late, beyond its corporate focus of drastically reducing costs, has been on technology. Specifically, outfitting machines with more technology and sensors so that Cat customers are able to mine the most minute operation data possible from their equipment, and thus being able to make better decisions when it comes […]

December 4, 2015

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar extends fuel payback guarantee program; says 15% of enrollees are new customers

Caterpillar announced today it will extend its “Cat pays you back” fuel consumption guarantee program to include more than 130 machines purchased through June 30, 2016. “To date, approximately 70 percent of the machines customers have self-enrolled in this program are running below the guarantee,” says Jason Hurdis, senior market professional, Caterpillar. Hurdis also indicates […]

November 11, 2015

Technology

How Caterpillar is developing virtual and augmented reality to design and service heavy equipment

We are in the midst of a transition between ages. Data is everywhere. Computers will soon be in nearly every pocket and screens are increasingly being strapped to more and more wrists and heads. Even our homes, a thing that you wouldn’t necessarily have pegged as a data-intensive environment, have become Smart with a capital […]

October 22, 2015