Caterpillar had to reengineer its over-100-hp excavators because the EPA’s Tier 3 emissions limits apply to that size class in 2007, but they wanted more marketable features than just cleaner engines. Surveying excavator customers revealed a simple, overriding expectation: Do more with less. Cat responded by adding engine power, hydraulic power and weight to its […]

Caterpillar Incorporated, also known as CAT is a United States based corporation that is based in Peoria, Illinois. The company commonly known as CAT is known around the world as the largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Well known and famous for their products that […]

The construction and mining machinery/equipment market is in the midst of a consolidation phase, as acquisitions and strategic partnerships are still continuing after a spurt in the consolidation wave of the nineties. The highly competitive industry has maintained price levels in the moderate range with slight fluctuations, over the last few years.
Nearly 4.8% growth is […]

Excavators heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining. An excavator, also called a 360-degree excavator or digger, sometimes abbreviated simply a 360, is an engineering vehicle consisting of a backhoe and cab mounted on a pivot (turntable is a more apt description) atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. The term excavator is […]

On this snow course, there is no down up and around, or put your weight on one ski. You try to get through a course of snow obstacles on a bulldozer or excavator.
It wasn’t exactly what Ed Mumm had in mind, but as mountain towns struggle to dig out from several feet of snow, Mumm […]