The all-new Cat D6 dozer delivers new levels of efficiency and performance with a choice of Electric Drive or Fully Automatic power train. A redesigned purpose-built VPAT dozer offers best-in-class grading, while updated technology features help operators to be more productive from first pass to finish grade. Customer profitability is enhanced with up to 35 percent better fuel efficiency and…
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Cat Top Hammer Drill for Tough Applications
Even in granite-like conditions the new Cat MD5150C Top Hammer Drill is out-performing down-the-hole rigs, according to the company, with its higher productivity and much lower fuel consumption – while achieving comparable hole straightness. Cat drill customer Iron Mountain Quarry, located south of St. Louis, reports that overall productivity is almost double a competitor’s DTH drill. This productivity is achieved…
Read MoreCat Media Event Highlights Advancements
Caterpillar announced new products, equipment enhancements and Tier 4 updates at a media event in Peoria, Ill., attended by Rock Products Editor Mark S. Kuhar, who was the only chief editor of an aggregates industry publication to attend the event. The company showed off the new Cat 335F L CR excavator, which delivers a 16 percent improvement in fuel efficiency compared…
Read MoreCat 770G, 772G Off-Highway Trucks Have New Control Features
The new Cat 770G and 772G off-highway trucks have been designed with major advancements in emissions technology, transmission and traction control systems; frame, drive-train, and cooling system enhancements; added operator amenities; and serviceability improvements.
Read MoreCat Dealers Support Cleanup Following Oklahoma Tornado
It has been almost four months since Moore, Okla., was hit with an EF5 tornado on May 20 that flattened buildings and left many homeless. Cat dealer Warren Cat was onsite assisting first responders with rescue operations quickly following the disaster.
Read MoreCaterpillar Announces Adjusted Outlook
Caterpillar Inc. announced on July 24, 2013, a second-quarter profit per share of $1.45, down from second-quarter 2012 profit per share of $2.54. Sales and revenues were $14.621 billion, down from $17.374 billion in the second quarter of 2012. Profit was $960 million in the second quarter of 2013, down from $1.699 billion in the second quarter of 2012.
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