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Construction Equipment

Caterpillar to begin manufacturing mini excavators as market growth ends deal with Wacker Neuson

While much of Caterpillar’s focus over the course of the last year or so has been cost reduction through the elimination of some machine production and the consolidation of company divisions and facilities, growth in demand for its mini excavator lineup has convinced the company to bring manufacturing of these less-than-three-ton machines in-house, ending a […]

August 25, 2016

Technology

REVIEW: Cat S60’s design, speed, built-in FLIR thermal camera combine for the ultimate construction phone

Let’s go ahead and get something out of the way: the S60 is Cat’s best smartphone yet. With that said, and maybe more importantly, this device is also the most likable Cat phone to date. The S60 has a distinctive character to it, a quality slowly disappearing from smartphone design as manufacturers race to create […]

August 24, 2016

Dealers

Cat to end track drill production, intends to sell room and pillar underground mining machine business

Following the announcement of another in a string of division consolidations within the company in the last year, Caterpillar said it would stop making track drills and announced its intent to sell off its lineup of room and pillar equipment for underground soft rock mining. The moves will lead to the elimination of nearly 200 […]

August 19, 2016

Technology

With VP Henricks’s retirement, Caterpillar cuts more jobs in consolidation of tech, R&D efforts

Following a 35-year career with the company, Gwenne Henricks, vice president for the Caterpillar Product Development & Global Technology Division, has announced she will retire from the company. Henricks is the third Cat VP to retire in the last year. Former mining VP Chris Curfman announced his retirement in September and in February former Electric […]

August 19, 2016

Driver/operator coaching/training

Cat shows how to operate large loaders like a pro with in-depth tour of 988K

Caterpillar has posted a helpful training video for large loader operators to its Cat Mining YouTube page. The 25-minute video spends much of its time going through pre-operation basics such as maintenance checks, control location/functionality and start-up/shutdown procedures, but the last 10 or so minutes are chock full of information that even seasoned operators should […]

August 11, 2016

Business

Caterpillar cuts jobs at Tucson Proving Ground

As the company laid out in its most recent earnings report, Caterpillar is making further cuts to its workforce, this time at its Tucson Proving Ground in Arizona. According to a report from the Arizona Daily Star, Cat is making an undisclosed number of job cuts at the facility. The affected employees are not part […]

August 3, 2016

Construction Equipment

Meticulous Cat D11 Lego RC custom build nails details down to the C32 engine

Our love for heavy equipment extends from the full-size machines all the way down to the scale models and their remote control counterparts. And one of the things we especially like to see are the amazing creations skilled Lego “engineers” are able to come up with. And while it’s cool that Volvo Construction Equipment worked […]

August 2, 2016

Dealers

Caterpillar profit drops 41% in Q2 as oil, gas, mining continue to hurt sales

Reporting a second quarter that saw sales fall 16 percent, Caterpillar has again cut its outlook for 2016. Facing continued downturns in the oil, gas and mining industries coupled with sluggish economic conditions in developing countries, sales and revenues fell to $12.3 billion while operating profit dropped 41 percent to $785 million. Cat chairman and CEO […]

July 27, 2016

Dealers

Recession weary heavy equipment buyers flock to rental, RPOs to lower risk

“Our views haven’t changed drastically when it comes to buying new equipment,” says Al Gorick, president Gorick Construction, Binghamton, New York. “We have always tried to make purchasing decisions based on projected utilization, and when a good value presents itself.” Still others, such as G. W. Tatro Construction of Jeffersonville, Vermont, didn’t have much of […]

July 26, 2016

Equipment Experts

Articulated dump trucks see rapid size growth as customers move to bigger rigs

Is bigger better? The articulated dump truck (ADT) market thinks so.   The Equipment World Spec Guide reveals the rapid progression of ADT sizes. In 2006, the smallest ADT was the JCB 714 at 14 tons, while the largest was Cat’s 740 at 42 tons. During that year, most models were in the 20-to-less-than-30-ton size […]

July 22, 2016

Dealers

Articulated dump trucks see rapid size growth as customers move to bigger rigs

Is bigger better? The articulated dump truck (ADT) market thinks so.   The Equipment World Spec Guide reveals the rapid progression of ADT sizes. In 2006, the smallest ADT was the JCB 714 at 14 tons, while the largest was Cat’s 740 at 42 tons. During that year, most models were in the 20-to-less-than-30-ton size […]

July 22, 2016

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Dozer sales and buyer trends

July 21, 2016