Just picked up our new cat dump truck. Have to put her to work and see how she does.
good luck,
Nice truck.... Lots of luck with it! Let us know how you like it.
Is Navistar still building the Cat trucks this year? I had heard somewhere that Cat was going to split from Navistar on this deal. Nice truck, I want one too. Jeff
Yes it's a navistar. They just paint the motor yellow. They took it out today for the first time.
Navistar everything but the block casting and the hood. all the top end in navistar built too. thats why i wished you good luck
Pricey too aren't they ?
I've got some broken concrete to haul if you want to get the dents out of the way??? Nice looking truck!
that'd be hard to watch
So far they only put a scratch on the back of the mirror when he pulled out of the pit. Just replayed our Mack from them hauling concrete. But thanks for the offer.
Yes Mike it's priced about the same as a kW. We have a good relationship with the local cat house so that's why we went with the cat insted of a kW.
A Cat with a Cummins? - http://www.constructionequipment.com/cat-trucks-get-cummins-scr-15l-doubt That article is 3 years old, did they start using Cummins? That looks like an OX Chishlom body, concrete ain't going to dent it.
I was told Catapillar was talking about putting the cummins 15L in but as of now that is not an option. Yes that is the ox body.
International/Cat is using Cummins SCR components on their new engines. Cat rep told me to watch for an announcement in 2016 about their return to on-road engines. They already have prototype off road equipment running SCR/Urea engines. International is supposed to be re-introducing a new Paystar 5600 model that they told me will have many of the changes Cat made to their version of it.
Nice truck!!!Good luck to you.
nowing75, all i can say is that 38 Square Excavating is very jealous of this purchase. Been wanting on of these trucks for a couple of years now. i hope it all work good for you. maybe in a few years we can turn the old pete dump truck into a road tractor again and buy a real dump truck!