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Caterpillar 926M, 930M and 938M wheel loaders debut at World of Concrete with “hybrid-type” fuel savings
[imagebrowser id=181] Caterpillar announced the successors to its K Series small wheel loaders during a special pre-show briefing at World of Concrete Monday night with the 926M, 930M and 938M. The new M Series loaders are all available with a set of new options and are powered by a Cat C7.1 ACERT Tier 4 Final […]
February 3, 2015
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The Programmable Wheel Loader: How the Caterpillar 938K transforms from pile puncher to finesse machine with a few taps
Have you ever operated a wheel loader that was perfect in some applications, but less than ideal in others? Imagine if you could simply program the machine to operate one way in the morning, then just tap out a few choices on the in-cab monitor and have it react with a completely different feel that […]
January 19, 2015
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New financed construction equipment sales rise 16% in October, up 13 % year-over-year
The number of financed new units of construction equipment sold or leased in October increased by 16 percent compared with September, according to Equipment Data Associates, which tracks financed construction equipment activity. In October, 8,503 new machines were sold, compared to 7,094 in September. New financed sales rose 13 percent compared with October 2013. Used […]
December 1, 2014
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Optimized Z-bar and Performance Series buckets highlight Caterpillar’s new 910K and 914K compact wheel loaders
So you want the breakout force of a Z-bar linkage but you don’t want to give up the ability to sling around worktools. Problem? Not any more. Caterpillar took the best of both loader linkage designs and combined them into one. The company’s Optimized Z-bar loader linkage gives you the aggressive digging of a Z-bar […]
November 18, 2014
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Caterpillar’s rugged new 903C compact wheel loader is low-spec by design
Most new machine introductions come with all the bells and whistles. But when Caterpillar introduced its atypically low-spec 903C compact wheel loader in Clayton, North Carolina, they had good reason. The “simple yet rugged design” of the 903C, says Jeff Brown, senior project engineer, was created for the customer who operates in a corrosive environment […]
October 23, 2014
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Caterpillar unveils 903C compact wheel loader with hydrostatic transmission, auxiliary hydraulics
Caterpillar has taken the wraps off its newest machine. The 903C compact wheel loader boasts an operating weight of 9,150 pounds and is designed for work in the construction, industrial, agricultural, landscaping and snow-removal markets. The machine is powered by the 42-horsepower, Tier 4 Interim Cat C2.4 engine and is paired with a hydrostatic transmission. […]
October 7, 2014
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Why are new wheel loaders seeing more fuel efficiency gains than other Tier 4 machines?
For most machines, Tier 4 Final fuel efficiency gains are around 5 percent. Yet fuel efficiency for wheel loaders is up 20 percent and more. How is that possible? There’s not some magical technology applied to wheel loaders that’s yet to be rolled out to other machines. In fact, every technological advance on wheel […]
October 1, 2014
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Caterpillar dozers, graders build TORC off-road racing tracks before its no. 2 truck tears them up (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=110] Though the machines it sells are known more for their brawn than their speed, motorsports are nothing new at Caterpillar. For decades, Cat Racing has fielded a car in NASCAR races and has a strong driver behind the wheel of the no. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet in Ryan Newman. But very recently, the company […]
July 10, 2014
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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
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No. 13 in 2013: Caterpillar M Series Launch
Back in November, we gave you the first look at Caterpillar’s new M Series wheel loaders. The lineup that includes the 972M XE, which is joining the 966M as an XE designated model. In addition to the XE models, the M Series will include an additional size, the modified 12-ton 982M, plus upgrades to the 950, […]
December 30, 2013
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Caterpillar 924K wheel loader makes guest appearance during March Madness
In what was one of the goofier moments of this past weekend’s plethora of March Madness coverage of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, CBS  briefly put a Caterpillar 924K to work. Craig Sager, who has occasionally broken up the action on the court with lighthearted reports and outlandish suits, climbed into the Cat 924K […]
March 25, 2013
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