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Business

New financed construction equipment sales up 19% in April, bypass used sales

The number of new construction equipment units financed in April totalled 8,000, gaining a nearly 2-percent edge over the 7,846 used units financed last month, according to the latest data from Equipment Data Associates.* The monthly total represents the highest new financed equipment total so far this year, but lags about 17 percent behind the […]

June 4, 2014

Construction Equipment

How a small-town equipment operator became a globetrotting viral video star at Caterpillar

No. 5 story in 2014 « No. 6 No. 4 »   Ryan Neal believes at least part of his success as a heavy equipment operator is built in. “Some people have a natural ability for running equipment just like some people have natural abilities to play basketball or football or to sing,” he says. […]

June 2, 2014

Maintenance

How 3 diesel-electric and hybrid construction machines are waging war on wasted energy

For the past decade the drive to reduce diesel exhaust emissions has dominated the headlines. But with the last EPA mandated deadline of 2014 for Tier 4 Final engines here, the war is over and a new front has opened in the drive for cleaner, greener equipment. The new technology trend for heavy equipment is […]

June 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar launches the 990K: a more powerful wheel loader with more payload and a redesigned cab (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=84] Caterpillar has unveiled its latest wheel loader, replacing the 990H with the new, more powerful and more comfortable 990K. Cat increased the payload of the loader from 16.5 tons to 17.5 tons and says it pairs nicely with the 773, 775 and 777 construction and mining trucks. (In order to load the 777, […]

May 29, 2014

Roadbuilding

Cat mini excavator travels through $40k-worth china shop, breaks nothing

While Caterpillar hit viral video status with a video focusing on a massive game of Jenga, its latest Built For It Trials video centers on one of the most impressive displays of operator skill we’ve seen. In it, Ryan Neal, a senior demonstrator instructor at Cat, hops into a 301.7 CR mini excavator and drives […]

May 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar excavator tiptoes through China shop, stacks glass, somehow doesn’t break anything

While Caterpillar hit viral video status with a video focusing on a massive game of Jenga, its latest Built For It Trials video centers on one of the most impressive displays of operator skill we’ve seen. In it, Ryan Neal, a senior demonstrator instructor at Cat, hops into a 301.7 CR mini excavator and drives […]

May 27, 2014

Dealers

Caterpillar pushes dealers missing out on billions in sales each year to increase use of telematics data

Contractors aren’t the only ones not using telematics. Dealers of the largest heavy equipment manufacturer in the world are also being urged to up their use of the valuable data the technology creates. Caterpillar says its dealers are failing to capture somewhere in the range of $9 billion and $18 billion in revenue each year, […]

May 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: Tour the Caterpillar Visitors Center, a walk through the history of yellow iron

[imagebrowser id=73] If you’re in the construction industry or are a person who appreciates the fine art of heavy equipment, make a visit to the Caterpillar Visitors Center in Peoria, Illinois a priority. Even if you ever find yourself in the Chicago area, the two-and-a-half-hour drive southeast to Cat’s home base is well worth it […]

May 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

Yes, you can drift a 200-ton Caterpillar 789 mining truck

In the video below, famed gymkhana driver Mike Ryan hops on board a Caterpillar 789 mining truck and drifts to his heart content. While this truck has a lot of horsepower—2,000 to be exact powered by 78-liter V16 diesel—top speeds are around 40 miles per hour making it very difficult to drift a vehicle weighing […]

May 15, 2014

Roadbuilding

Material handler tries to destroy B15 smartphone

Watching this video of Caterpillar’s B15 smartphone put through tests – such as a 35-foot drop – made me feel like I was watching me put my iPhone through daily “tests.” [youtube mVPku-xItv8 nolink] Between my two kids handling my phone and my own, uh, “agility,” I managed to crack the screen on my phone […]

May 12, 2014

Construction Equipment

Watch a Cat 797B mining truck pancake a Land Cruser without even stopping

Watch a Cat 797B Haul Truck absolutely demolish a Land Cruiser without stopping in this vintage video.

May 9, 2014

Business

Lawsuit alleges Caterpillar hid defects in 2007-2010 engines from buyers

Nearly 10 class-action lawsuits have been filed against Caterpillar claiming that its 2007-2010 year model ACERT C13 and C15 engines were defective—driving up costs for owners and driving down resale value—and that the company concealed the information from buyers and owners. The lawsuits—the most recent of which was filed April 30—stem from Caterpillar’s emissions controls […]

May 8, 2014