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Construction Equipment

Caterpillar announces migration process for 4-to-6-liter Tier 4 engines to lesser-regulated countries

Cat has announced the process its dealers in lower regulated countries will use to modify 75-to-174 horsepower Tier 4 equipment migrating into their areas. This comes a year after Cat said its 175-horsepower-and-up engines would need no modification when they were sold into lower regulated countries. Tier 4 machines, whether Interim or Final, require ultra […]

November 4, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar E2 series mini-excavators overcome emissions challenges with high-def hydraulics, smart technology

High-definition is a term normally associated with televisions, but Caterpillar is using it to describe a new hydraulic system that plays a crucial role in the company’s next generation of mini-excavators. The new Caterpillar E2 series of mini hydraulic excavators, introduced to the press in Clayton, North Carolina, in September, include five models ranging from […]

November 2, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar launches E2 Series mini hydraulic excavators with new “Hi-Def” hydraulics, redesigned cab

[imagebrowser id=134] Caterpillar unveiled today five new mini hydraulic excavators, all of which will benefit from a new hydraulic system and will be produced at the company’s new Athens, Georgia facility. The new E2 Series machines include the 303.5E2, 304E2, 305E2, 305.5E2 and 308E2. Each of the new machines will feature Cat’s new High Definition […]

September 24, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar launches M318F, M320F wheel excavators with greater durability, lower operating costs (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=131] Caterpillar has launched two new wheel excavators—the M318F and M320F—which the company says incorporates the best features of predecessor models with improvements based on customer input. The resulting machines provide reliability and durability combined with low operating costs. Both excavators deliver 169 horsepower from a Cat C7.1 ACERT engine that includes an emissions […]

September 9, 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

Business

Caterpillar profit rises 5% in 1Q due to surge in construction equipment sales

After a rough 2013 that saw profits drop 33 percent, the momentum Caterpillar gained during a strong fourth quarter appears to have remained in tact in 2014 and the company has raised its profit forecast for the year. The company today announced profits of $922 million, or $1.44 per share, for the first quarter ending […]

April 24, 2014

Technology

How Caterpillar uses iPads to build 700-ton trucks faster

While looking for ways to increase productivity on its assembly line in Decatur, Illinois, Caterpillar saw workers climbing up and down countless times from the massive 797F mining trucks it assembles there. As Randy Krotowski, Cat’s vice president of global information services, explains in the video below, those workers were checking assembly instructions for the […]

April 23, 2014

Construction Equipment

Watch this Caterpillar D11T annihilate an old pickup truck because of hockey

Gotta love Canada. As you’ll see in their half-hearted play before the good stuff actually begins, this particular group of Canucks was heartbroken that the start of hockey season had been delayed. So, they decided to take their aggression out on the poor old Chevy pickup that happened to be nearest them. What did the […]

February 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

Down an excavator, dozer operator loads rock truck by driving on top of it

No. 9 Video in 2014 « NO. 10 NO. 8 »   At the beginning of the video below, we hear the guy behind the camera mention that he and his crew are already down a rock truck and an excavator. (For what it’s worth, it appears they were making repairs to the excavator’s bucket.) […]

February 21, 2014