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Skid Steers vs. Compact Track Loaders: Buyers Guide

Are you researching compact equipment to add to your construction fleet? Comparing your options is a necessary part of the process. The clearest difference between skid steer loaders (SSLs) and compact track loaders (CTLs) is how they move — SSLs are equipped with rubber tires, while CTLs operate on two parallel rubber or steel tracks. Though […]

Common Cat® Fault Codes

As a Cat® equipment owner, understanding common Cat fault codes can help you proactively care for your equipment and prevent serious complications. By knowing just what a specific fault code means, you can schedule the right maintenance and repairs to keep your machines in top shape. Fortunately, the Cat Central App makes it easy to […]

The Cat 255 & 265: Two Workhorses Transforming Landscaping

Whether you’re spreading dirt or moving pavers, you need a reliable compact track loader your landscaping business can count on. Something you can grow with, where no job is too big. That’s why Cat has created the next generation of Cat compact track loaders—the 255 and 265. The 255 replaces the 259D3, while the 265 […]

Cat Trials 11: Hot Wheels®

Remember the hours you spent as a kid playing with Hot Wheels®? Maybe it was all those adventures in the sandbox. Or maybe it was the time you spent creating the most challenging track setups you could imagine. How cool it would be in real life? With Caterpillar, you don’t have to imagine it, as with […]

How Cat’s Electric Drive D6 XE Dozer Delivers Max Torque, Big Payback

Caterpillar’s New D6 XE Electric Drive Unlike the D7E introduced nine years ago, Caterpillar’s new D6 XE electric drive will be a high drive machine, the first in an electric drive dozer. Compared to the 3-speed D6T, which it replaces, the D6 XE, first unveiled at the Trimble Dimensions show, offers up to 35 percent better […]

Cat® Dozer Name Change

Caterpillar® is known for changing the game with their dozers – but now, these industry-leading machines are getting some upgraded names as well. The nomenclature change is being implemented in an effort to simplify the names of the machines. Now, the dozers have titles that drop the letter suffixes following the numbers. Additionally, the number within […]

Caterpillar Announces Plan to Sell the Purpose-Built Forestry Business

LaGrange, GA – Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Weiler, Inc. to sell the Cat® purpose-built forestry business. The sale is subject to negotiation of a final agreement, the closing of which is expected by early 2019. “We remain committed to supporting our forestry customers and […]

CAT Dozer Helps Burger Shaping Hit Hole-in-One

Marc Burger, Burger Shaping LLC, Irmo, SC, recently hit a hole-in-one on his latest project at the Country Club of Asheville. Burger completed a Donald Ross restoration under the direction of Richard Mandell, the golf course architect on the project. The job involved reshaping the entire green surface of the club’s golf course. According to […]

Caterpillar Makes Impact on North Carolina’s Infrastructure

Not only does Caterpillar make construction equipment used on the roads and other infrastructure projects, but they, along with their dealers and customers, are all users of the transportation system. The condition and efficiency of the U.S. transportation infrastructure is exceptionally important — whether we are importing or exporting, receiving parts at our facilities, shipping […]