Earthmovers & Excavators – October 2019

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esignedwithcustomerexperienceatits

core,Caterpillarhasspentsixyearsworking

withcustomersaroundtheworldtodevelopits

newNextGenerationMiniplatformandhasdone

sobygoingrightbacktothedrawingboard.

Theresultarefournewmodelsdesigned

fromtheground-up,whichprovidesignificant

performanceimprovementscombinedwithlower

fuelconsumption,lowermaintenancecostsanda

bunchofnewfeaturesthatgiveoperatorscontrol

likeneverbefore.

NEXTGENERATION8 TONNER

Let’sstartwiththenew 308 CR(CompactRadius)

NextGenerationexcavator,whichreplacesthe

308E2CR.Thisis complementedwiththe 309 CR

highflow.

Bothmodelscomewithswingboom,rubber

orsteeltrackswithoptionalrubberinsertsas

wellasoptionalfactoryinstalledboomandstick

loweringcheckvalves.

InadditionCaterpillaris introducingtoAustralia

a 307.5and 310 standardradiusexcavatorwith

fixedboom,whichwouldbeconsidereddigging

andliftingpowerhousesfortheirsize.

FUNCTIONALITY

AllmodelscomewiththenewCatNextGen

sticksteerandcruisecontrolfunction.Atthe

pressofa buttonontheleftjoystickthemachine

switchesoffthetraditionaltravelleversand

activatestravelthroughtheleftjoystick.

Upuntilnowtheonlywaytofine-tune

performanceneedsoutofanexcavatorofthis

sizeis toadjustengineRPM.Moreenginerevs

givesmorepowerandfastercycletimes.Lower

revsreducesspeedandgivesmorecontrol.

Caterpillarhasbroughtin a secondlevelof

settingthatallowsoperatorstosetmachine

functionstoa desiredresponsiveness.Want

fastcycletimes?Settheboomandstickon

aggressivemodeandthemachinegivesyouget

maximumhydraulicflowforthepoweravailable

whichis greatforbulkingout,trenchingortruck

loading.Haveaninexperiencedoperatororneed

toliftdelicateobjects?Thensetfinemodeandit

slowseverythingdownsoyoucancompletefiner

taskswithoutcompromisingonpower.

Insidethecab,theNextGenerationmonitor

coversa varietyoffunctionsallin theone

screen.Aswellasanaloguegaugesforfuel

andtemperaturethemonitorservesasthe

controlcentreformostrequirementsincluding

radio,auxiliarycontrol,Bluetooth,andheater/

aircon.

Whileeachmachinecomeswithtwointegrated

Bluetoothkeysthatsignalsitsproximitytothe

machine,therebyallowingthemachinetostart,

thekeyitselfis nolongerneeded.Initsplaceis a

push-to-startbuttonwhichis usedtogetherwith

a passcodeenteredintothemonitor.

LIFTINGANDFLOW

The 308 CRNextGenerationMiniExcavator

bringswithit animpressiveupto 65 percent

increaseinliftoverthefrontandaswellas

40 percentoverthesideofthetracksover

thepreviousmodel,aswellasa 25percent

improvementinswingtorque.

Inadditiontothe308CRis the309CRhighflow,

whichis a littleheavierandprovidesdedicated

hydraulicpowertotheauxiliarycircuittoallow

useofattachmentssuchasmulchers,mowers

oraugerswhilealsoallowingthemachineto

simultaneouslytravel,ormulti-function.

Inadditiontoallofthisthenew308CRandother

modelsofferupto 10 percentlowerownership

coststhroughlowerfuelconsumption,lower

repaircostsandextendedserviceintervals.

n Visit http://www.cat.com to learn more or

contact your Cat dealer to arrange a demo.

Hot on the heels of

the release of five

new Cat Next

Generation Mini

Excavator models in

the 1 to 2-ton class

comes four new

Next Generation

models in the 7 to

10 ton range

SPONSORED CONTENT

All models come

with the new Cat

Next Gen stick steer

and cruise control

function.

Above: There is a push-to-

start button and a passcode

required to start the

machine

1. High flow prevents loss of
   functionality when using
   attachments


2. The Next Generation
   monitor covers a variety
   of functions


3. The new machines
   have an up to 65 per
   cent increase in lift
   over the front


4. The new models come
   with the new stick steer
   and cruise control

next-gen 7-10 ton

Cat excavators

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