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Construction Equipment

Toddler operates his Cat D8 homemade mini dozer like a boss

Using lawn mower and snowmobile parts, a dad created a miniature version of a D8 for his 2-year-old son. Check out the video of the serious little operator.

July 14, 2016

Dealers

How Tier 4 Final impacted the skid steer segment and how manufacturers are responding

Why did Tier 4 Final have so much impact on skid steers? Three reasons. First, emissions standards for machines less than 75 horsepower are different than the standards for those with 75 horsepower and above. Skid steer models fall on both sides of this rating. Second, skid steer customers are price sensitive, and Tier 4 […]

July 1, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar’s new 300.9D VPS mini excavator works on diesel or electric power

Caterpillar has introduced a new version of its smallest mini excavator, the 300.9D, that allows the machine to operate on either diesel or electric power. The 300.9D VPS (Versatile Power System) can work using the power of its 13-horsepower Yanmar diesel engine, or electricity, when connected to its remote hydraulic power unit. Cat says the new […]

June 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat D6 dozer rescued from watery pit by intricate 3-truck winch setup

The video below is a bit lengthy (though it does compress a three-hour machine rescue to just more than 17 minutes) but the process it documents is a pretty cool thing to behold. The sunken Cat D6 in peril is wedged firmly in the muck of a mining pit and has been soaking there for […]

June 23, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar’s new MH3295 material handler a marriage of 390F and 385C excavators

In order to create a machine engineered for the wear, tear and torsion of bulk material handling and scrap recycling applications, Caterpillar engineers married the design facets of two excavators. The new MH3295 combines the cab of the 390F with the boom, stick and most of the undercarriage of the 385C to create a package Cat […]

June 21, 2016

Technology

Cat details FLIR thermal imaging features on S60 phone; launches SDK for third-party app access

As Cat readies to launch its latest smartphone, the S60, here in the U.S., the heavy equipment manufacturer is giving a few more details on all the functionality this phone’s built-in FLIR thermal imaging camera brings. Unveiled back in February, the S60 is the first smartphone to offer built-in thermal imaging. The embedded FLIR system highlights […]

June 6, 2016

Construction Equipment

More Than Small: The renaissance of the compact excavator

Compact excavators also have experienced bracket creep; the category was once capped at machines weighing 6 tons, then went up to 8 tons, and currently includes units weighing 10 tons and lower. The range is now broad enough that some in the industry are defining subsets as micro, mini, midi, and compact with no adjective […]

May 30, 2016

Construction Equipment

How dozers are leading the way toward smarter, more productive heavy equipment of the future

Electronics continue to lead the dozer technology parade, but there have been two big shifts in the way electronics are used. First, nearly all machines offer electronics packages as standard or optional equipment, where these features were once restricted to high-end models. Second, electronics packages come in lots of sizes to fit a variety of […]

May 24, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar’s new C2 Series articulated dump trucks are stronger, smarter than ever

With the introduction of the company’s new three-model C2 Series lineup of articulated dump trucks, Caterpillar says it focused on making the trucks easier and safer to operate, more durable and more powerful through horsepower and torque increases with a better transfer of power and torque to the ground. To that end, all-axle wet brakes […]

May 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar brings back the 918 compact loader in M Series expansion; intros updated 910, 914

Acknowledging it as a “gray area” machine, Caterpillar is reintroducing the 918 wheel loader, absent from its compact wheel loader lineup since the early 90s, to the market. “We’re providing a smaller frame than the 926, but still in a really powerful machine,” says B.J. Meier, Cat’s compact wheel loader product manager. “The 918 is a unique […]

April 29, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar profit falls 71% in 1Q as energy demand, competitive pressure in construction knock sales

Though things aren’t looking any brighter for Caterpillar on the financial front, chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman says he is pleased with the effects of an ongoing cost reduction plan. The company today reported first quarter sales and revenues of $9.5 billion, down 26 percent from the first quarter of 2015. Operating profit plummeted 71 percent […]

April 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Upgrades to Cat’s C9.3B engine bring greater power density, packaging flexibility

At Bauma last week, Caterpillar took the wraps off a retooled big engine, the C9.3B that delivers 335 to 455 horsepower and a whopping 1,535 foot pounds of torque. The new output stats are an 18-percent improvement over its predecessor, and the engine is also 209 pounds lighter. The company also reduced the size of […]

April 21, 2016