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Construction Equipment

Cat machines will soon look slightly different with updated logo design, new trade dress

Cat's new trade dress marks the latest of many changes the company has made to the way it brands its heavy equipment machines. Learn more on Equipment World.

October 15, 2018

Construction Equipment

Cat unveils its first UTVs with gas and diesel models coming Summer 2018

Caterpillar today introduced its first-ever utility vehicle to meet a growing demand for tough work utility vehicles – while also expanding the company’s reach into the consumer market. The gas-powered Cat CUV82 and the diesel-powered CUV102D will roll into dealerships in summer 2018 with the manufacturer’s suggested retail prices of $14,999 and $16,299, respectively, says […]

November 16, 2017

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: The heavy equipment, dirt and demos of ICUEE 2017

The Equipment World team has spent the last few days walking the lots and exhibit halls of ICUEE 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. Known as “the demo show,” ICUEE offers a lot of chances to get behind the controls of some of the latest machines on the market. Below is a collection of photos of all […]

October 5, 2017

Dealers

Caterpillar profit drops 41% in Q2 as oil, gas, mining continue to hurt sales

Reporting a second quarter that saw sales fall 16 percent, Caterpillar has again cut its outlook for 2016. Facing continued downturns in the oil, gas and mining industries coupled with sluggish economic conditions in developing countries, sales and revenues fell to $12.3 billion while operating profit dropped 41 percent to $785 million. Cat chairman and CEO […]

July 27, 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

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

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar launches AP500/555F, AP300/355F pavers with new screed heating system, flexible consoles

Along with new cold planers and a new roller, Caterpillar unveiled last week at the World of Asphalt show two new pavers with wheeled and rubber-track versions of each model. AP500F/AP555F The AP500F, accompanied by its rubber track version the AP555F, is the larger of the two models. It’s powered by a Tier 4 Final Cat C4.4 […]

March 28, 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

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

Equipment Experts

Caterpillar intros 320F L excavators with more efficient hydraulics, fuel use

The Cat 320F excavator is designed as a “simple, reliable, durable under 50,000-pound machine for contractors looking for a general construction machine,” says Brian Stellbrink, Caterpillar excavator product application specialist. Powered by a Cat C4.4 ACERT Tier 4 Final 161-horsepower engine, the 320F consumes 8.5 percent less fuel in standard mode than the Cat 320E […]

December 30, 2015