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Construction Equipment
Cat’s new flat-floor buckets perform light grading tasks
Designed for the Cat M and K Series small wheel loaders, flat-floor buckets are general purpose buckets that incorporate a long floor and rear cutting edge to aid light grading or back-dragging tasks. The flat-floor bucket is one of Cat’s Performance Series buckets, which feature curved side bars to promote an aggressive cut and better […]
November 22, 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 gives M Series medium wheel loaders meaty update with several design, tech enhancements
Caterpillar has updated its entire M Series medium wheel loader lineup for 2016 with engine, technology, durability and safety upgrades. The M Series medium wheel loader lineup consists of the 950M, 962M, 966M, 972M, 982M, 966M XE and 972M XE. The M Series was unveiled in 2013 and went on sale in 2014. Since then, Cat […]
April 8, 2016
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar says compact wheel loader is the fastest growing compact machine in North America
Compact wheel loaders have been the fastest growing compact machine in North America year, says B. J. Meier, senior product engineer, Caterpillar. As of early November, unit sales for these machines shot up 30 percent in 2015. Still, compact wheel loader sales in North America—now at 13 percent of the total global market for these […]
December 23, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar intros 963K track loader with new Performance bucket, big fuel savings (PHOTOS)
Caterpillar bills the track loader as one of its most versatile machines and says the new 963K boasts several improvements that greatly increase that capability over its predecessor the 963D. The 45,568-pound machine is powered by a 193-horsepower, Tier 4 Final Cat C7.1 ACERT engine equipped with a twin turbo for faster machine response under […]
May 4, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar launches 906M, 907M, 908M compact wheel loaders in highly-customizable configurations
Caterpillar has expanded its compact wheel loader line by three, launching the 906M, 907M and 908M with several ways to customize the machines for particular applications. The loaders are powered by a 75-horsepower, Tier 4 Final Cat C3.3B engine. Options include a high-speed configuration, ride control system and high-flow hydraulics. The single-plan coolers use a […]
March 26, 2015
Construction Equipment
WHEEL LOADED: Latest Tier 4 Final wheel loaders offer much more than fuel efficiency improvements
Equipment manufacturers break wheel loader applications into two broad categories: production and utility. Production work is repetitive loading using a V-pattern (or Y-pattern) cycle or a load-and-carry cycle. The loader may run constantly throughout a work shift. Utility work involves more varied use – including digging, loading and lifting – and may have more idle […]
March 11, 2015
Equipment Experts
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
Construction Equipment
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
Construction Equipment
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
Construction Equipment
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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