Tag: Caterpillar D6

Construction Equipment

How to use Cat’s touchscreen monitor stack on the new D6 dozers

Cat has released a series of videos on YouTube that provide a great overview and introductions to specific functions for the new touchscreens. See here.

June 11, 2019

Construction Equipment

How Cat’s electric drive D6 XE dozer delivers max torque, big payback

Equipment World explains how Caterpillar's D6 XE electric drive dozer works and its ability to offer max torque at any speed. Get all the details here.

November 19, 2018

Construction Equipment

Cat unveils two all-new D6 dozers, one with electric drive, at Trimble Dimensions

The new D6 dozers are will serve as the replacement models for the D6T dozers and come with all new frames, blades, push arms, engines, hydraulics, and more.

November 8, 2018

Equipment Experts

Cat unveils D6T dozer with fully auto transmission, big fuel savings, standard GRADE tech

Cat has updated its D6T bulldozer with a new transmission that the company says makes the machine not only easier to operate but much more fuel efficient. The new machine is powered by a Tier 4 Final Cat C9.3 ACERT delivering 215 horsepower (253 gross). The engine is now paired with a fully automatic, […]

February 28, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat unveils D6T dozer with fully auto transmission, big fuel savings, standard GRADE tech

Cat has updated its D6T bulldozer with a new transmission that the company says makes the machine not only easier to operate but much more fuel efficient. The new machine is powered by a Tier 4 Final Cat C9.3 ACERT delivering 215 horsepower (253 gross). The engine is now paired with a fully automatic, […]

February 28, 2017

Technology

Walk right through a D6 with the VR tech Cat uses for machine design

During a recent press event, Caterpillar showed off a virtual realty (VR) demonstrator that allowed editors to walk straight through a current production D6, viewing internal components along the way. (See video below.) If Cat offers this same experience at ConExpo, it will have a line of attendees snaking through the aisles waiting to get […]

November 11, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat D6 dozer rescued from watery pit by intricate 3-truck winch setup

The video below is a bit lengthy (though it does compress a three-hour machine rescue to just more than 17 minutes) but the process it documents is a pretty cool thing to behold. The sunken Cat D6 in peril is wedged firmly in the muck of a mining pit and has been soaking there for […]

June 23, 2016

Construction Equipment

How dozers are leading the way toward smarter, more productive heavy equipment of the future

Electronics continue to lead the dozer technology parade, but there have been two big shifts in the way electronics are used. First, nearly all machines offer electronics packages as standard or optional equipment, where these features were once restricted to high-end models. Second, electronics packages come in lots of sizes to fit a variety of […]

May 24, 2016

Construction Equipment

Excavator pushes dozer up steep grade before clawing its own way up to escape loose terrain

Steep grades and loose terrain can be formidable foes for heavy machinery on their own. So it’s no surprise that combining the two with both an excavator and dozer needing to reach the top creates quite the puzzle for all involved. The video below is a bit long but provides a pretty interesting watch. We’d […]

April 18, 2014