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Business
PHOTOS: Caterpillar unveils new 3-tower HQ campus spanning 6 city blocks in Peoria
[imagebrowser id=199] Caterpillar will make major, but very welcome, changes to the Peoria skyline with the construction of a three-tower company headquarters building along the city’s riverfront. RELATED: PHOTOS: Tour the Caterpillar Visitors Center, a walk through the history of yellow iron The plans are the result of a multiyear study with the aim of creating […]
February 23, 2015
Equipment Experts
Caterpillar 926M, 930M and 938M wheel loaders debut at World of Concrete with “hybrid-type” fuel savings
[imagebrowser id=181] Caterpillar announced the successors to its K Series small wheel loaders during a special pre-show briefing at World of Concrete Monday night with the 926M, 930M and 938M. The new M Series loaders are all available with a set of new options and are powered by a Cat C7.1 ACERT Tier 4 Final […]
February 3, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar 926M, 930M and 938M wheel loaders debut at World of Concrete with “hybrid-type” fuel savings
[imagebrowser id=181] Caterpillar announced the successors to its K Series small wheel loaders during a special pre-show briefing at World of Concrete Monday night with the 926M, 930M and 938M. The new M Series loaders are all available with a set of new options and are powered by a Cat C7.1 ACERT Tier 4 Final […]
February 3, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar intros TL1055D, TL1255D telehandlers with improved cab, more attachments (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=180] In a special pre-show media briefing here at World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Caterpillar introduced two new telehandlers the company says boasts improvements to the cab and sight lines as well as an expanded range of attachments. The new TL1055D has a lift capacity of 10,000 pounds while the TL1255D maxes out […]
February 3, 2015
Construction Equipment
The Programmable Wheel Loader: How the Caterpillar 938K transforms from pile puncher to finesse machine with a few taps
Have you ever operated a wheel loader that was perfect in some applications, but less than ideal in others? Imagine if you could simply program the machine to operate one way in the morning, then just tap out a few choices on the in-cab monitor and have it react with a completely different feel that […]
January 19, 2015
Business
Caterpillar cost-cutting continues: company to clip 240 workers at Illinois mining plants
Caterpillar will lay off 240 workers across two of its Illinois plants as the company continues to cope with a global decline in demand for mining equipment. The company told the Chicago Tribune it will begin the layoffs January 19 at its Decatur and East Peoria plants, both of which manufacture products for the mining industry. Cat […]
January 9, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar excavators build world’s tallest sand castle ever, then completely destroy it
Everyone knows the best part about building a sand castle of any significance is getting to kick it into nonexistence afterward. Thankfully, the folks at Caterpillar didn’t forget that when breaking a Guinness World Record. The latest in its series of Built for It Trials videos, Caterpillar built the behemoth sand castle in Rio de […]
December 11, 2014
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar’s new 825K the first 4-drum soil compactor with intelligent compaction system (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=149] The Cat 825K soil compactor is the first four-drum soil compactor with an intelligent compaction system option, says John Thomas, with Caterpillar’s construction technology and solutions group. The 825K now incorporates Caterpillar’s Machine Drive Power (MDP) system, which measures the soil’s load-bearing strength to assess the degree of compaction, sensing the rolling resistance […]
November 19, 2014
Construction Equipment
Optimized Z-bar and Performance Series buckets highlight Caterpillar’s new 910K and 914K compact wheel loaders
So you want the breakout force of a Z-bar linkage but you don’t want to give up the ability to sling around worktools. Problem? Not any more. Caterpillar took the best of both loader linkage designs and combined them into one. The company’s Optimized Z-bar loader linkage gives you the aggressive digging of a Z-bar […]
November 18, 2014
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar’s new AP1000F asphalt paver uses an integrated generator to cut screed heat time in half (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
[imagebrowser id=143] Number one on the “paving by the numbers” handout Caterpillar gives to contractors is “heat the screed.” That start-up process just got faster with the integrated generator and screed heating system on Cat’s new AP1000F asphalt paver. “With this generator, which runs directly off the engine, you can heat up a standard screed […]
November 10, 2014
Technology
PHOTOS: A tour of Trimble’s connected jobsite: Network of dozers, workers and the office removes chaos from construction
[imagebrowser id=142] When Trimble president and CEO Steve Berglund opened the company’s 2014 Dimensions user conference Monday, he mentioned how, from a technology standpoint, not much has changed for the company over the last several years. On a slide he showed three categories the company offers solutions for: 1) Modeling, analytics and decisions support; 2) […]
November 6, 2014
Construction Equipment
Value-conscious, no frills Caterpillar 303E CR introduced; suited to landscaping, utility and rental applications
In addition to its new E2 series of mini-excavators we reported on earlier, Caterpillar has also introduced another mini-ex, but one sufficiently different to warrant it’s own article. Unlike the E2 series with their high definition hydraulics and smart technology, the 303E is a no frills, back-to-basics machine. It is ideally suited to price conscious […]
November 5, 2014
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