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Caterpillar D10T takes on The Mountain from ‘Game of Thrones’ in a heartwarming tug of war
Ever wonder just how strong the guy who plays The Mountain in the HBO series Game of Thrones is? Apparently strong enough to stop the giant Cat D10T in its tracks. Now, while this latest installment in Cat’s Built For It trials is certainly more storybook than field test, we do see strongman Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson’s […]
September 25, 2015
Equipment
Caterpillar built a moving golf course atop dump trucks and loaders to create the true Greatest Game Ever Played
As if golf wasn’t frustrating enough, the evil minds at Caterpillar thought it would be fun if the holes moved. But how does one create a moving golf course? After all, though they may be hard to hit, greens aren’t exactly small. Luckily, Cat happens to be the manufacturer of some of the biggest dump trucks on […]
June 18, 2015
Equipment
Caterpillar powers village’s massive Chinese New Year celebration with a single generator in this beautiful ad
It’s got to be a hard thing to make an interesting ad about a generator. Let alone one that’s kind of beautiful and highlights the power (pun not intended) of something that a lot of us take for granted. But that’s what Caterpillar has managed to pull of in the latest video in its series of Built for […]
February 24, 2015
Equipment
Caterpillar excavators build world’s tallest sand castle ever, then completely destroy it
Everyone knows the best part about building a sand castle of any significance is getting to kick it into nonexistence afterward. Thankfully, the folks at Caterpillar didn’t forget that when breaking a Guinness World Record. The latest in its series of Built for It Trials videos, Caterpillar built the behemoth sand castle in Rio de […]
December 11, 2014
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
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
Better Roads
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
Technology
Caterpillar B15 rugged smartphone tested with 35-foot high dive before being crushed by a 277D
Caterpillar today released the second in its series of Built For It videos which submit Cat machines to the ultimate tests. RELATED: Behind the B15: The design process of Caterpillar’s rugged smartphone Titled “Gravity,” the latest video focuses on the extreme durability of Caterpillar’s B15 Android smartphone. Released last year to a lot of positive […]
May 6, 2014
Equipment
Caterpillar excavators stack 600-lb. blocks in the biggest game of Jenga you’ve ever seen
We have a feeling that after seeing this, equipment operators everywhere are going to try to get their hands on their own 8.1-ton Jenga set. As the first in its new “Built for It” series of trials showing off the capabilities of its heavy machines, Caterpillar posted a video called “Stack” to YouTube today, calling […]
April 15, 2014
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