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Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Backhoe sales and buyer trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price services.

October 14, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat’s new tiltrotator brings extra versatility to wheeled excavators

Caterpillar has introduced a tiltrotator as an available option for its wheeled excavator models up to 30 tons, including the recently announced M315F and M317F. The tiltrotator allows the excavator bucket to rotate 360 degrees and tilt 40-degrees side to side. This added maneuverability allows the operator to reach more work areas from one position, […]

October 12, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros M315F, M317F wheeled excavators with tool carrier, compact radius design

Caterpillar is expanding its lineup of F Series wheeled excavators with the introduction of two new compact radius models designed to work as tool carriers. While the new M315F and M317F are smaller than the rest of their F Series brethren, Cat says neither sacrifice power, performance or stability and instead boast larger working envelopes, […]

October 11, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat intros lineup of grade-control-ready excavator tilt buckets

Caterpillar has launched a new lineup of excavator tilt buckets that gives operators more precise control across a range of machines. Hydraulically tilting 45 degrees from vertical, right and left, the buckets provide added capacity when working on angled surfaces or in precise grading applications. Two horizontal cylinders on the buckets are sized to provide forces […]

October 5, 2016

Technology

How Caterpillar’s Fitbit-like Smartband can just about predict when a heavy equipment accident will happen

If we could predict accidents, we’d have fewer of them. But despite the imaginings of science fiction writers, nobody yet has been able to see into the future. When it comes to accidents in the construction, trucking and mining space, however, Caterpillar Safety Services is now using a technology that can predict with significant accuracy […]

October 3, 2016

Vocational

How Cat is using the 793F haul truck to bring automation to more machines

Caterpillar first started internal discussions on autonomous trucks back in 1996, says Jim Hawkins, director of the company’s mining technology enabled solutions, “but really we didn’t start in earnest until 2012. We really wanted to focus on how to make an autonomous truck outperform a truck with an operator.” Company executives, including Hawkins and Cat group […]

September 27, 2016

Dealers

Caterpillar execs stress confidence in long-term health of mining, despite present depths

Topmost in the mining industry’s mind are these two questions: “Have we hit the bottom of the mining cycle? Is it possible there will be a slight upturn in 2017?” “While there are some definitely optimistic signs that we are at the bottom, we’re still not seeing it in sales.” says Denise Johnson, Caterpillar group […]

September 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat enters home/outdoor power market with introduction of 4 portable generators

Dubbed the RP Series, Cat has introduced a new lineup of generators aimed at the home and outdoor power market. However, the company says the 4-model lineup isn’t necessarily limited to use by consumers. RP Series generators range in power from 3.6 kilowatts to 7.5 kW, and are designed to provide backup or recreational power […]

September 26, 2016

Technology

Airware acquires Caterpillar partner Redbird to offer full drone planning solution for construction, mining

In order to better integrate planning for and analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights on construction jobsites, Airware, a San Francisco-based company that develops what it calls a “comprehensive operating system for commercial drones,” has acquired French drone data startup Redbird. If that second name sounds a bit familiar, that’s because Redbird has been […]

September 23, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar’s new 14M3 is a better motor grader in just about every way

With power, balance, steering, service interval and fuel efficiency boosts along with a fully scalable factory integrated semi-automatic cross sloping system, Caterpillar’s new 14M3 represents a major upgrade over previous models. First, Cat has replaced the C11 engine found in previous models with a C13 ACERT with a net power range of 238-235 horsepower. The […]

September 22, 2016

Dealers

Caterpillar, dealers to invest $1 billion to expand footprint, workforce training throughout Africa

Caterpillar has announced plans to expand its footprint and workforce development program in countries throughout Africa through a $1 billion investment over the next five years. In addition to improving the company’s parts distribution capacity across the continent and building new Certified Rebuild Centers, the investment will add new dealer branch locations and expand the […]

September 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar cuts thousands more jobs in Europe as part of cost reduction plan

Caterpillar has announced the latest in a long line of facility consolidations and job cuts as part of the cost reduction plan it initiated last year. According to a report from the Peoria Journal Star, between 200 and 250 jobs will be cut over the next one to two years in Northern Ireland where Cat […]

September 5, 2016