Wed August 28, 2013
Cat TH514C Telehandler Has New Engine
Powered by a new 101-hp (76 kW) Cat C3.4B engine that meets U.S. EPA Tier IV-Interim emissions regulations, the Cat TH514C telehandler has an operating weight 24,890 lbs. (11,290 kg), a rated load capacity of 11,000 lbs....
Mon August 26, 2013
H&K Emerges From Economic Slump With Cat Lease
For the first time since the economy’s, and more specifically, the construction industry’s downward spiral in 2008, John B. Haines IV, co-chairman of the board of The H&K Group, signed leases for three, brand new, Caterpillar 980K loaders....
Wed August 07, 2013
Contractors ’Get In Get Real’ With Hawthorne CAT
Hawthorne CAT recently teamed with Caterpillar to host the “Get In Get Real” national demonstration event on June 20. The all-day event was held at 16111 Old Milky Way, Escondido, Calif. More than 125 attendees from the greater San Diego region were able to view and test drive more than 20 Cat machines featuring Tier IV Interim Technology, including the D6T track-type tractor, 430F backhoe loader, CB44B vibratory compactor, 320EL RR hydraulic excavator and a 140M2 motorgrader....
Wed August 07, 2013
Cat Demolition, Sorting Grapples Combine Brute Strength With Precise Control
Cat demolition and sorting grapples are designed for the most rigorous applications, including building demolition, construction and demolition debris recycling, scrap recycling, solid waste transfer station loading, tree removal and retaining wall construction, as well as placing boulders, rip rap, concrete, blocks and other difficult-to-handle materials....
Thu July 25, 2013
Cat Waste Buckets Equip Wheel Loaders for High Productivity in Solid Waste Applications
Caterpillar introduces two new wheel loader bucket designs — the dozing bucket and the load-and-carry bucket — for solid waste handling in transfer stations and recycling centers. The buckets are specifically designed to enhance the productivity of Cat small and medium wheel loaders in waste applications....
Thu July 25, 2013
Cat E Series Hammers for Medium, Large Excavators Deliver Enhanced Durability, Easy Operation, Maint
Caterpillar has added three new models to the E Series hammer line — H140Es, H160Es and H180Es — for use on medium and large excavators. Cat E Series hammers feature a rugged design for extended durability and solid reliability, and features such as automatic shut-off, silencing and vibration buffering make them easy on the operator....
Wed July 17, 2013
Cat 336E H Hybrid Helps Daytona Rise
On July 5th, Cat machines participated in the groundbreaking of DAYTONA Rising, a historic $400 million redevelopment project at Daytona International Speedway. The significance for Daytona parent company International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and Caterpillar Inc....
Giles Lambertson - Fri July 12, 2013
Niagara Falls Project Poses Unusual Challenges
Fifty-seven years ago — June 7, 1956, to be exact — a rumbling behind a wall of the Schoellkopf power plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y., was a prelude to the tumbling of a huge rock wall into the Niagara River gorge....
Tue July 09, 2013
Caterpillar Employee Stabbed to Death in Thailand
Thai police announced Monday that they have arrested a Bangkok taxi driver accused of stabbing an American passenger to death in an argument over a fare worth less than $2. Police Lt. Col. Teerayut Maiplaeng said the 32-year-old taxi driver confessed that he pulled a 12-inch machete from his trunk and repeatedly slashed Troy Lee Pilkington, who allegedly got out of the taxi and refused to pay a 51 baht ($1.60) fare....
Tue June 18, 2013
Carter Machinery, Cat Global Mining Reach Distribution Deal
Carter Machinery Company Inc. and Caterpillar Global Mining LLC finalized a transaction June 3, 2013, through which Carter acquired from Cat Global Mining its expanded Cat Mining products distribution and support business for Carter’s service territory....
