Caterpillar - Tue November 12, 2024

Cat Command for Loading Now Available for Cat Medium Wheel Loaders

Caterpillar is announcing Cat Command for Loading is expanding to all medium wheel loaders, excluding the GC models. Removing the operator from the machine, Command for Loading offers semiautonomous remote control of next generation Cat 950 – 982 wheel loaders designed to increase operating safety in hazardous environments....

Caterpillar - Mon November 11, 2024

Caterpillar Launches Autonomous Cat 777 Off-Highway Truck at Luck Stone Quarry

Caterpillar Inc. announced it has successfully demonstrated the fully autonomous operation of its Cat 777 off-highway truck. The debut of this latest model of Cat MineStar Command for hauling at Luck Stone's Bull Run plant in Chantilly, Va., marks a significant milestone in Caterpillar's objective to deliver an autonomous hauling solution for the quarry and aggregates sector....

CEG - Fri November 08, 2024

Gregory Poole's Demo Days Event Features Cat Iron

Gregory Poole Equipment Co. held a Demo Days event Oct. 24, 2024, at the Caterpillar Customer Center in Clayton, N.C. The highly anticipated event gives attendees the chance to demo equipment before purchasing and view newly announced equipment from Cat....

CEG - Thu November 07, 2024

Yancey Bros. Co. Hosts Technology Event

Yancey Bros. Co. and its Topcon supplier, Roper Laser Company based in Marietta, Ga., held a technology demo event Oct. 30, 2024, at The Atlanta Motor Speedway. This was the second technology event hosted by Yancey in October, with the first one being held in Savannah, Ga., on Oct....

CEG - Thu October 31, 2024

VIDEO: Milton Rents Hosts Event at New Facility in Syracuse, N.Y.

Milton Rents recently hosted an open house at its new facility located at 336 Ainsley Drive in Syracuse, N.Y. The event attracted a crowd of attendees from across the central New York region who enjoyed good food, entertainment and product demonstrations....

Brittney Christopher – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 30, 2024

Pennsylvania Manufacturer Gives Major League Baseball All the Dirt

In the weeks and months leading up to the World Series, manufacturer DuraEdge Products Inc. , headquartered in Grove City, Pa., worked hard to spread its specially-formulated dirt across United States baseball fields in preparation of big games such as this....

Caterpillar - Tue October 29, 2024

Cat 995 Wheel Loader Offers More Payload, Performance While Using Less Fuel

The Cat 995 wheel loader is built to the same size as the 994K it replaces, yet, it features a higher rated payload and 6 percent increase in hydraulic force with equal cycle time to deliver up to 19 percent increased productivity....

Caterpillar - Mon October 28, 2024

High-Efficiency Electric Drive System for Cat R2900 XE Underground Loader Reduces Fuel Consumption, GHG Emissions

The diesel-electric Cat R2900 XE load-haul-dump (LHD) loader is built on the R2900G's platform, Caterpillar's most popular underground loader. It features optimized lift arm and component geometry plus load-sensing hydraulics to improve breakout force by 35 percent over the R2900G....

Caterpillar - Mon October 28, 2024

Cat Water Delivery System 2.0 Provides Higher Water Output, Allowing Trucks to Run at Higher Speeds

Nearly 20 years ago, Caterpillar changed the dynamics of managing haul roads with the introduction of the Cat Water Delivery System (WDS). Designed to work with an existing Cat truck platform, the system controls dust and addresses underwatering and overwatering issues....

CEG - Wed October 23, 2024

Fabick Cat Holds Fall Customer Appreciation, Demo Day in Springfield, Mo.

Fabick Cat welcomed 175 guests to its Fall Customer Appreciation and Demo Day at its Springfield, Mo., branch, located at 2222 E Kearney St., on Oct. 4, 2024. With the newest equipment from Caterpillar on display, customers were given the opportunity to test drive the new 265 and 255 compact track loaders, excavators, wheel loaders as well as a variety of other Cat machines....

Fabick Cat - Mon October 14, 2024

Fabick Cat Technician Advances to Regionals in Cat's Global Dealer Technician Challenge

Fabick Cat announced that Jack, lead service technician of the company's Madison, Wis., location, is heading to Cat's Global Dealer Technician Challenge in Tucson, Ariz., this December. Jack is one of only 10 technician finalists from the entire western United States and Canada region heading to the next round of competition....