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Dealers
Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils 745 artic; Manitowoc debuts new cranes; JCB launches Teleskid; Gomaco intros GP4 slipform paver; Sany enters compaction market
Cat unveils redesigned 745 articulated truck with larger cab, stability assist to counter overturns The 45.2-ton Cat 745 articulated truck unveiled last week at the companyâs ConExpo booth is visibly different from its predecessors, and features a new external âspinalâ ROPS that uses bonded rear quarter glass, thus eliminating the structural rear pillar. The result: what [âŚ]
March 28, 2017
Dealers
Business Roundup: Construction jobs reach 10-year high; Cat closing attachment plant; off-highway equipment GDP impact; FPT/Liebherr engine deal; dealers should add rent-to-rent
Construction sees largest monthly jobs increase in nearly a decade; home starts up 3% The U.S. construction industry added 58,000 jobs in February, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Monthly jobs figures can change as the department revises past estimates month to month, but if Februaryâs figure holds, it would be the second-largest monthly construction jobs [âŚ]
March 28, 2017
Construction Equipment
Cat 953K track loader moves more with 22% less fuel, features new cab
The Cat 953K Track Loader moves 22 percent more material with 22 percent less fuel than its predecessor, the 953D, and comes with an updated cab and safety features. The track loaderâs 173-horsepower Cat C7.1 ACERT engine is also quieter than the 953D. And an Eco Mode âautomatically reduces engine speed but maintains selected ground [âŚ]
March 24, 2017
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar to close attachment manufacturing facility in Iowa
A facility in Elkader, Iowa, is the latest Caterpillar plant to see an announced closing date as the companys continues its cost reduction efforts. According to a report from KCRG TV, the Elkader facility manufactures excavator buckets, wheel loader buckets and dozing blades. The move will cut 75 jobs, the station reports, and Caterpillar says it will be [âŚ]
March 21, 2017
Construction Equipment
Cat unveils redesigned 745 articulated truck with larger cab, stability assist to counter overturns
The 45.2-ton Cat 745 articulated truck unveiled last week at the companyâs ConExpo booth is visibly different from its predecessors, and features a new external âspinalâ ROPS that uses bonded rear quarter glass, thus eliminating the structural rear pillar. The result: what Cat calls a âdramatic improvement in visibility from the cab.â The 745 is also [âŚ]
March 13, 2017
Construction Equipment
Cat CEO: âWe were surprisedâ by federal raid
Caterpillarâs Jim Umpleby has had what is likely the busiest week of his short tenure as chief executive officer. Days after three of his companyâs facilities were raided by federal officials as part of a criminal investigation into the companyâs tax strategies, Umpleby was in Las Vegas for the companyâs corporate press conference at ConExpo-Con/AggâNorth Americaâs largest [âŚ]
March 8, 2017
Equipment Experts
Operating a D8T 1,700 miles away with Catâs Remote Operator system at ConExpo
ConExpo attendees will be able to sit in a simulator-type set up in Caterpillarâs Gold Lot booth and remotely operate a D8T located at the companyâs Edwards Demonstration & Learning Center in Peoria, some 1,700 miles away. In what is called a Command Trailer, operators behind the D8T controls can take the machine around a [âŚ]
March 7, 2017
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Operating a D8T 1,700 miles away with Catâs Remote Operator system at ConExpo
ConExpo attendees will be able to sit in a simulator-type set up in Caterpillarâs Gold Lot booth and remotely operate a D8T located at the companyâs Edwards Demonstration & Learning Center in Peoria, some 1,700 miles away. In what is called a Command Trailer, operators behind the D8T controls can take the machine around a [âŚ]
March 7, 2017
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Cat: Connected assets, âvoice of the machineâ will drive growth, big productivity advances
Caterpillar says itâs putting its future bets on the huge opportunities it sees beyond the iron, in comments made this weekend on the eve of ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017. âInstead of Cat being a brand on the jobsite, weâre pushing to make Cat the jobsite brand,â says Paolo Fellin, Cat vice president, global construction and infrastructure. Cat [âŚ]
March 6, 2017
Technology
Caterpillar invests in busybusy with plans to integrate appâs digital time sheet service
Caterpillar Ventures has announced an investment in busybusy, the startup development firm behind the digital timesheet app of the same name. The deal includes plans to integrate the software into the Cat Connect suite of connected machine offerings. busybusy was founded by Isaac Barlow, an excavation contractor from St. George, Utah. After pinpointing labor costs as [âŚ]
March 6, 2017
Construction Equipment
Power Dozerâs tracked blade can build earth walls, clear minefields, backfill like nobodyâs business
Look at this thing and tell me you donât immediately want to hop into the cab and see what it can do. While you might not see a Viking Power Dozer on most jobsites, there probably arenât many earthmoving jobs that wouldnât benefit from having it around. This dozer configuration makes quick work of backfilling [âŚ]
March 3, 2017
Construction Equipment
Federal agents raid Caterpillar HQ as part of investigation; stock tumbles
UPDATE 4:10 p.m: Cat has issued a brief press release regarding Thursdayâs raid of its facilities by federal agents. This story has been updated to reflect this new information.  Three of Caterpillarâs Illinois facilities received surprise visits from federal agencies Thursday morning as law enforcement officials seized documents and electronic records apparently pertaining to an [âŚ]
March 2, 2017
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