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Roadbuilding

Caterpillar intros 84-inch drum CB68B tandem vibratory asphalt roller

Caterpillar has launched a new 84-inch drum tandem vibratory asphalt roller, the CB68B, which features a new operator station and multiple vibratory systems. The machine was on display at the 2016 World of Asphalt in Nashville. The new operator station, designed more like an airplane cockpit, is slightly canted toward one end. Pushing forward on […]

March 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Caterpillar unveils PM620, PM622 cold planers with increased storage, enhanced controls

Caterpillar’s new PM620 and PM622 cold planers, introduced during the 2016 World of Asphalt in Nashville, have been developed over several years in order to allow engineers to incorporate multiple customer driven features. “This is the first time you can see the machine,” A.J. Lee, market segment manager for cold planers, said at unveiling of […]

March 24, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros 815K soil compactor with improved cab and controls

During a press event last week at the company’s headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, Caterpillar unveiled a new soil compactor with an improved cab and increased productivity. Powered by a Cat C7.1 ACERT engine, the new 815K soil compactor is rated at 248 net horsepower and weighs in at 49,353 pounds. Cat says the 815K meets […]

March 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar’s new 304.5E2 XTC is half excavator, half skid steer

Bringing a whole new meaning to the term “hybrid machine,” Caterpillar has introduced the 304.5E2 XTC, an excavator with skid steer capabilities. This 4-ton Xtra Tool Carrier model excavator was conceived about four years ago by Cat’s Greg Worley, who realized replacing the machine’s dozer blade with a skid-steer interface would eliminate the need for two […]

March 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Who wants a skip loader? Why Caterpillar brought it back with the 415F2 IL

Though Caterpillar quietly displayed its new skip loader to the public at World of Concrete in February and provided us with the details on the machine a few weeks later, the company used a press event at its headquarters in Peoria last week to formally announce the 415F2 IL to the media with a walkaround that […]

March 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Inside Caterpillar’s top secret Peoria Proving Grounds to see how machines come to life

Even if you could take a photo of Caterpillar’s Peoria Proving Grounds property—which, by the way, you can’t since photography is prohibited at the company’s highly secretive primary testing facility—there wouldn’t be much to look at. Upon arriving to the facility where steel toed boots, hard hats, protective eyewear and a piece of tape over that […]

March 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

How 3- to 8-cu. yd. wheel loaders settled into a period of refinement

Transmissions Two types of transmissions are commonly found on wheel loaders: hydrostatic and torque converter. With torque converters, the lock-up feature is standard on some models and optional on others. “Hydrostatic is simpler and has fewer moving parts,” says Mike Stark, product specialist, heavy wheel loaders with Doosan. “Another benefit of hydrostatic is better power […]

March 7, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar discontinues on-highway vocational truck line, will exit business immediately

Less than a year after announcing plans to more fully commit to the business by building its own trucks, Caterpillar this morning announced it will scrap its on-highway vocational truck lineup entirely. Cat will cease taking orders for the CT660, CT680 and CT681 work trucks immediately but will continue to offer customer support for trucks […]

February 26, 2016

Business

Another Caterpillar VP retires with company’s consolidation of Electric, Marine power divisions

Caterpillar announced today the retirement of another vice president as the company continues implementing changes associated with its sweeping cost reduction plan. Electric Power Division VP Steve Niehaus has “elected to retire,” according to a Cat release, following a 27-year career with the company. He served as VP of the Electric Power Division for the […]

February 24, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar unveils the S60: the first phone with a built-in FLIR thermal camera is Cat’s most powerful yet

When Caterpillar launched its first Android smartphone, the B15, back in 2013, it was unclear just what the company expected out of a product so foreign to its traditional yellow iron segments. Was it simply a stab at a licensing success (such as Cat boots and apparel), meant to gauge demand for that CAT logo […]

February 19, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros 4 new F Series excavators to round out versatile machine lineup

Caterpillar today introduced four new F Series machines, completing its family of 11- to 90-ton tracked excavators. The new machines include the 313F (which will complement the 313F GC introduced last year), the compact radius 315F, the 316F and 318F. 313F Caterpillar says the primary difference between the new standard F 313 and the GC […]

February 17, 2016

Dealers

A symbolic nudge toward embargo’s end, Caterpillar names dealer for Cuba

Whenever the United States decides to officially lift its 55-year-old trade embargo on Cuba, Caterpillar will be ready. The heavy equipment manufacturer today announced that it will sell machines to Cuban customers through Rimco, a Pureto Rican company Cat has been working with for 34 years. Currently, Rimco is the Cat dealer for Puerto Rico and the Eastern […]

February 10, 2016