Tag: Ryan Neal

The Dirt

The Dirt #02: Construction News + Cat’s Ryan Neal Talks New 395 Excavator, Career as an Operator

In this week’s episode of The Dirt, we discuss new CTLs and skid steers from JCB, Case and New Holland and we run down the biggest headlines in construction, including a look at how contractors should plan to move forward amid the coronavirus pandemic. Our interview this week is with Ryan Neal, a product applications […]

May 25, 2020

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar viral video star and in-house operator Ryan Neal answers your questions

As a Senior Demonstrator Instructor at Caterpillar, Ryan Neal travels the world teaching the company’s customers how to use those iconic yellow machines to get the most productivity out of them. To get that kind of job you have to have a lot of talent and Neal recently put his skills on display in a […]

June 19, 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