Recently I was invited to attend an event in which Caterpillar unveiled its new 993K Wheel Loader. Though this size of equipment will primarily be used in the mining industry and is larger than the ...

Instead of continuing to stretch out its existing large wheel loader models, Caterpillar is filling a product-line gap with an entirely new model. On what was described as a "historic" day at the ...

With the updated Cat 993K wheel loader, lowered rated speed, Auto Idle Kickdown and Engine Idle Shutdown reduce fuel consumption as much as 10% from the previous model. In-cab sound levels have also ...

The Cat ® 993K Wheel Loader offers a new size class in the Caterpillar ® line. The 993K loader capacity matches perfectly with the Cat 777 (four pass) and 785 (six pass) off-highway trucks. Built on ...

With the month of April, Caterpillar has completed the production rollout for its L Series of medium wheel loaders — the spiritual successors to the OEM’s H Series of machines — designed with Tier 2 ...

The new Cat 992 wheel loader offers 32 percent greater productivity than the earlier model. This new large mining loader reduces maintenance costs by as much as 10 percent and offers up to 48 percent ...

Recent design refinements to the 993K include a choice of a Tier 4-Final or Tier 2-equivalent Cat C32 engine, new engine control and powertrain features, and a new Cycle Timer feature. The updated ...