WW2. it seems same Wizards are at play. Crysler, Ford, Fiat,...Albert Khan erected 500+ Soviet factories and Stalin was paying...the magic wand. The same Force is arming both sides, why would Yanks build up the Reds?! And who armed the Nazis...its ridiculous
My grandfather worked for cat for 43 years. Started on the line as a tool and die maker and wound up an executive in Peoria. He was pulled out of retirement twice to close deals in nova Scotia. He was the last one who knew every nut and bolt to every model
You are so wrong I’m sorry you are doing this just for content but if you’re going to put out history, get your facts straight! Stop doing this for the fucking money
I worked in Peoria at plant that made the track shoes for catepillar tractors... then they pulled your grandfather out of retirement and they sent the jobs to mexico... tell your grandpa thanks!!!
My dairy farmer uncle who was born 1918 bought his first new tractor, on 1950, a D2 Cat. It is still running with my cousin, clearing snow around the farm in Hammondsport, NY. .
My experience has been the cat excavators have very weak swing brakes ...don't work after 1000 hours no matter what. We have many cats and many johndeeres and komatsu I will work on the john deere or komatsu first and never tell anyone to buy a cat.
One thing you left out was Caterpillar purchasing the underground mining equipment manufacturer Elephantstone of Australia. It was a way for Caterpillar to get into the small niche industry that at the time produced about 1,300 equipment units a year. Elephantstone used exclusively Caterpillar engines, transmissions , axles for their machines. I used to work for Atlas Copco Wagner Mining Equipment Co. Australia was a big market for us and Elephantstone was a major competitor. One machine that I think that Caterpillar purchased the rights to was Wagner Mining 645 fullback 3 axle , articulated dump truck. Wagner conceived it from the ground up but do to a lot of issues and to many to go into sold the rights to an undisclosed buyer which we all believed was Caterpillar. Years later I got a chance to look over Caterpillars 3 axle dump truck and saw a lot of similarities to the Wagner fullback.
@@Jaksmodteam at Wagner Mining where I worked that was purchased by Atlas Copco they did a development of. 3 axle 45 ton capacity truck back in the 90’s called the fullback. One mistake engineering did because of cost was designing and building the front power frame around only 1 transmission. A German made ZF transmission instead of an Allison. It was junk . They decided to bail on the project financially and sold the rights and design plans to an undisclosed buyer. I think it was Caterpillar because years later I looked over one of their 3 axle trucks on a dealer lot and it looked dam near vary close to our fullback. There was one company that purchased I think 9 of them used and cut and modified the power chassis for an Allison transmission. A lot of these big 45 to 50 ton capacity trucks today look a lot like our original truck. The reason for the ZF transmission was it cost 10,000.00 Less then an Allison.
As a once driver of a Cat 3406 powered truck I was deeply saddened to what Cat leave the truck market. The government’s constant tightening of EPA standards was brutal.
Worst company I’ve ever worked for. Absolutely horrible management who treated its workers like a throw away tool. The HR practices are nothing short of predatory. Corporate oligarchy and indentured servitude come to mind. It’s founders would be ashamed of this current grotesque entity.
When i grraduated high school in 77, my parents were hell bent on me going to cat like everyone else. Went in the military instead. Think i got the better deal. 21 years later.
When I started my diesel apprenticeship there were in our shop and after that some of the the following CATS : 12E and more modern 120G graders D7F tractors ( we called them dozers) later D7G ( the best in my opinion) 955 and 977 tracked loaders, after that D8 and D9L , D9G ( bit before, petrol start ) , D9H ..bit like the D7G ...tough. , 235 excavators , 3304, 3306, 3208 engines etc ...the thing that fascinated me were the beautiful hard cover service repair manuals (real thick) and tbe brown soft coved parts manuals...works of art.
I worked at Pontiac, IL at CAT in the Fuel Injector Honing Dept, lots of corners were cut and the QC aspect was very low, I tried to tell my supervisor that the guy they had in charge was doing it wrong, but he didn’t care, I quit shortly after, I can guarantee you those injectors are gonna fail prematurely.
Operated and owned heavy equipment for 30 years, Cat was always one of the best. Nothing in the world like a mid-sized pay loader, you can do anything.
Thanks so much for this great documentary. What a wonderful story of a great company. The Golden Gate bridge is my favourite bridge in the world, and wonderful to hear of the part that the great Caterpillar company played in that construction. The mention of Bucyrus was interesting as I can recall seeing Ruston Bucyrus earth moving equipment working in England many years ago! Well done on this what a fabulous story of success!
Thanks for sharing this exciting story of CAT. It is quite fascinating to see that a successful business is not without challenges in and outside the company.
I know several people who have worked at the Cat plant here. They say it's not a good place to work. Everyone reports for work on Monday morning. At that time you are told what you schedule will be. Some weeks you may only work 8 hours, other weeks 60 or 70 hours. Some people get sent home with no work at all.
I worked at Atlantic Wood in GA. (Yes, that Atlantic Wood, the most expensive super fund site in the United States.) I started in 1992 scraping pine trees. By 1994 I was getting a tast of operating large equipment. In 1995 I was the youngest state certified front end loader, I was given a old Kawasaki 80z3. I was only allowed 2 trips to unload each truck as it comes in. Then in 1999 we switched to Cat equipment. I got a brand new cat 993, I could unload 40 thousand pounds of trees in 1 load. I had AC, radio with a CD player, a built-in refrigerator and a seat that adjusted itself to the movement of the machine. When the epa shut us down I cried because I would never get to operate that exalent machine again. The feeling I got by grabbing an entire load of fresh cut 70 to 100 foot long pine trees and moving them to the plant never got old.
yea, came here to say that. What gave it away for me was when he as about the 17 months period when the workers struck and right after got right back to ass kissing the corporation in the same sentence :)) Not only it;s AI written but AI voiced as well, wish there would be a way to report this kind of shit.
No one even pronounces it as A.G.C.O, its AGCO Allis Gleaner Corporation. Bucyrus was also another one. I get that some have a speech impediment, but this is straight up using a machine to enunciate.
My grandfather worked for Cat in York Pa and I remember the strike they had when I was younger. Cat and Harley Davidson were the two major companies in the York Pa area growing up they paid so well until they cut jobs and left the area.
GM saw the end of EMD, because of EPA coming down hard on 2 strokes. Under Cat, virtually all new EMD's are exported, or re-powered with Cat 4 strokes. A couple have Cummins, and (choke), even GE engines. But, it looks like GE (Wabtec) pretty much forced the EMD out. Sure prefer the sound of the EMD's, tho. Same story for Detroit Diesel 2 strokes. Owned by MTU of Germany, now. .............................. EMD 1010 engines, meh!
Tragedy and luck. Uncle Ben, the inventor, has his engineering plans stolen by former employee and then he dies. Bankers take over HIS business and lands a big government contract. Thanks for sharing.
I deliver diesel to job sites. Most guys can name Cat's by model number by memory, for example they'll say, the D90 needs fuel, the 980G needs fuel, the 330C... It shows how frequent Cats are used.
You completely missed Hoover Dam and I think you got some dates wrong . I was a Caterpillar Employee pretty short presentation . But good to the point .
This is NOT, by any means, the "complete" history of Caterpillar -- there is no mention of Peoria/East Peoria Illinois? I grew up in Peoria in the 50s and 60s, and half the adult men I knew worked for Caterpillar (technically in East Peoria with the main offices in Peoria). Caterpillar so dominated Peoria and East Peoria (on opposite sides of the Illinois River) that special traffic laws applied to the main arterials that served the bridges between the two cities, during the times of Caterpillar's three shift changes per day. When Caterpillar shut down for two weeks in the Summer for vacation (everybody at Caterpillar got two weeks of vacation, all at the same time), many of the retail businesses in Peoria (and, I assume, East Peoria) laid off up to half their workforce. The massive, sprawling East Peoria facility took in pig iron and turned out all manner of finished Caterpillar products. When OSHA came into being, they labeled that complex the safest industrial workplace in the Country. (Across the river, Keystone Steel and Wire Company was the most dangerous!) Anyway, you left out a huge and important piece of the "complete" history of Caterpillar.
Психология людей удивительна. Ещё много десятилетий после появления таких машин, люди планировали стратегические действия, так как будто бы этих машин нет. Прогресс пришёл так стремительно, что психика людей, ранее формировашаяся, тысячи лет не успевала перестроится за пару десятков лет. Американцы соорентировались раньше всех, быстро поставили машины себе на службу. А вот, для японцев например, во время ВМВ, было настоящей магией, как американцы строили аэродромы за пару недель в непроходимых джунглях.
You have to see their machines u0 close to appreciate them. Im a Mill Wright and worked around logging,steel mills and alot of new construction. They are built to move and get a job done . That they do. I did a walk through in the Arkansas plant. When i was in college. In 90-91. Impressive then. Employees not being treated well? That is a shame for an iconic American legend.
Don't forget The giant earth moving machines, built by r g liturno, used cat engines from the very beginning. R g moved his plant from stockton, california to peoria, just to be next to cat.
Cat is one of the most exspensive brands in the world. There are a lot of other good brands around that are a lot cheaper and more reliable. Don't buy a Cat because of the name, look around and you will be surprised
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Allis-Chalmers if you havent done it yet would be really cool mate. Subbed btw. I Enjoyed this video, looking fwd to the next. Cheers.
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WW2. it seems same Wizards are at play. Crysler, Ford, Fiat,...Albert Khan erected 500+ Soviet factories and Stalin was paying...the magic wand. The same Force is arming both sides, why would Yanks build up the Reds?! And who armed the Nazis...its ridiculous
Barber Greene.
My grandfather worked for cat for 43 years. Started on the line as a tool and die maker and wound up an executive in Peoria. He was pulled out of retirement twice to close deals in nova Scotia. He was the last one who knew every nut and bolt to every model
You are so wrong I’m sorry you are doing this just for content but if you’re going to put out history, get your facts straight! Stop doing this for the fucking money
Now they are moving to Mexico, so big deal
I worked in Peoria at plant that made the track shoes for catepillar tractors... then they pulled your grandfather out of retirement and they sent the jobs to mexico... tell your grandpa thanks!!!
@djchennault4348 does Melvin felker ring a bell?
@@djchennault4348they will never be able to replicate the heat treat results. Kk and bb will never leave
I just today used my 1949 Cat D2 . It's still getting the job done after 76 years.
My dairy farmer uncle who was born 1918 bought his first new tractor, on 1950, a D2 Cat. It is still running with my cousin, clearing snow around the farm in Hammondsport, NY. .
Now thats some good ole American muscle you can rely on!
Great Video,my Dad owned and operated heavy equipment for 28 years and Cat was the olny thing he would have.
My experience has been the cat excavators have very weak swing brakes ...don't work after 1000 hours no matter what. We have many cats and many johndeeres and komatsu I will work on the john deere or komatsu first and never tell anyone to buy a cat.
@@muskokaroads2371 Hitatchi makes JD trackhoes, I like how snappy the cats feel but have run JD/hitatchi mostly. JD is just not as fancy hitatchi
Such a well-produced documentary! Really interesting to see the business world from this perspective.
One thing you left out was Caterpillar purchasing the underground mining equipment manufacturer Elephantstone of Australia. It was a way for Caterpillar to get into the small niche industry that at the time produced about 1,300 equipment units a year. Elephantstone used exclusively Caterpillar engines, transmissions , axles for their machines. I used to work for Atlas Copco Wagner Mining Equipment Co. Australia was a big market for us and Elephantstone was a major competitor. One machine that I think that Caterpillar purchased the rights to was Wagner Mining 645 fullback 3 axle , articulated dump truck. Wagner conceived it from the ground up but do to a lot of issues and to many to go into sold the rights to an undisclosed buyer which we all believed was Caterpillar. Years later I got a chance to look over Caterpillars 3 axle dump truck and saw a lot of similarities to the Wagner fullback.
Elphinstone.
@@scrandy233079 I wasn’t sure of the correct spelling. It’s been a long time ago
@@MrMopar413and they are still junk today. Volvo has got us beat on the articulated trucks
@@Jaksmodteam at Wagner Mining where I worked that was purchased by Atlas Copco they did a development of. 3 axle 45 ton capacity truck back in the 90’s called the fullback. One mistake engineering did because of cost was designing and building the front power frame around only 1 transmission. A German made ZF transmission instead of an Allison. It was junk . They decided to bail on the project financially and sold the rights and design plans to an undisclosed buyer. I think it was Caterpillar because years later I looked over one of their 3 axle trucks on a dealer lot and it looked dam near vary close to our fullback. There was one company that purchased I think 9 of them used and cut and modified the power chassis for an Allison transmission. A lot of these big 45 to 50 ton capacity trucks today look a lot like our original truck. The reason for the ZF transmission was it cost 10,000.00 Less then an Allison.
As a once driver of a Cat 3406 powered truck I was deeply saddened to what Cat leave the truck market. The government’s constant tightening of EPA standards was brutal.
Worst company I’ve ever worked for. Absolutely horrible management who treated its workers like a throw away tool. The HR practices are nothing short of predatory. Corporate oligarchy and indentured servitude come to mind. It’s founders would be ashamed of this current grotesque entity.
When i grraduated high school in 77, my parents were hell bent on me going to cat like everyone else. Went in the military instead. Think i got the better deal. 21 years later.
You sound like an angry guy🥵
Spill the teeaa!
Maybe u were just lazy or not as intelligent as u thought?
It's horrible that they not only wanted you to show up but they expected you to do something too. 😭
When I started my diesel apprenticeship there were in our shop and after that some of the the following CATS : 12E and more modern 120G graders D7F tractors ( we called them dozers) later D7G ( the best in my opinion) 955 and 977 tracked loaders, after that D8 and D9L , D9G ( bit before, petrol start ) , D9H ..bit like the D7G ...tough. , 235 excavators , 3304, 3306, 3208 engines etc ...the thing that fascinated me were the beautiful hard cover service repair manuals (real thick) and tbe brown soft coved parts manuals...works of art.
The founders would fire everyone in charge now.
Why’s that?
I worked at Pontiac, IL at CAT in the Fuel Injector Honing Dept, lots of corners were cut and the QC aspect was very low, I tried to tell my supervisor that the guy they had in charge was doing it wrong, but he didn’t care, I quit shortly after, I can guarantee you those injectors are gonna fail prematurely.
The founders would find themselves forced out by clever managerial tricks before they fired anyone.
Yeah, while all this history is interesting, let's not get too rah rah about Cat. It is NOT the Cat it used to be. And it never will be again.
All Spinning in their graves. Another American ICON in name only.
Operated and owned heavy equipment for 30 years, Cat was always one of the best. Nothing in the world like a mid-sized pay loader, you can do anything.
Ive operated CAT 950,960, 966, 980, 988, wheel loaders & they are bad ass❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thanks so much for this great documentary. What a wonderful story of a great company. The Golden Gate bridge is my favourite bridge in the world, and wonderful to hear of the part that the great Caterpillar company played in that construction. The mention of Bucyrus was interesting as I can recall seeing Ruston Bucyrus earth moving equipment working in England many years ago! Well done on this what a fabulous story of success!
Glad you enjoyed it!
wow! the ENTIRE history condensed into a 20 minute video. colour me impressed
Thanks for sharing this exciting story of CAT. It is quite fascinating to see that a successful business is not without challenges in and outside the company.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great content and edition. Congrats!
Brilliant, informative,interesting,lastly captivating audience
Many thanks! 🙌
How many years did it take him to repair a simple hydraulic leak ? Not until the Japanese got involved with the simple o-ring
Just a word for the documentary Amazing ❤
Who reads the comments while listening ?
I do. All the time.
@@HartPfortmuellersame
Anyone with a clever mind.
me every single time
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I know several people who have worked at the Cat plant here. They say it's not a good place to work. Everyone reports for work on Monday morning. At that time you are told what you schedule will be. Some weeks you may only work 8 hours, other weeks 60 or 70 hours. Some people get sent home with no work at all.
I worked at Atlantic Wood in GA. (Yes, that Atlantic Wood, the most expensive super fund site in the United States.) I started in 1992 scraping pine trees. By 1994 I was getting a tast of operating large equipment. In 1995 I was the youngest state certified front end loader, I was given a old Kawasaki 80z3. I was only allowed 2 trips to unload each truck as it comes in.
Then in 1999 we switched to Cat equipment. I got a brand new cat 993, I could unload 40 thousand pounds of trees in 1 load. I had AC, radio with a CD player, a built-in refrigerator and a seat that adjusted itself to the movement of the machine. When the epa shut us down I cried because I would never get to operate that exalent machine again.
The feeling I got by grabbing an entire load of fresh cut 70 to 100 foot long pine trees and moving them to the plant never got old.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the 993 James! 🙌
Why was Peoria, Illinois not once mentioned in the video?
Excellent historical video on the founders and where the company is today! I enjoy history and this company has been around for some time!
All I know is that I have been heavily invested my entire working career (my Dad was an employee) which allowed me to retire at 52 very comfortably.
Great Video.
This has to be AI generated as I have never heard Bucryus pronounced that way.
I’m here to see what they say about BE, as my dad worked for BE for 42 years!
its everywhere now
yea, came here to say that. What gave it away for me was when he as about the 17 months period when the workers struck and right after got right back to ass kissing the corporation in the same sentence :)) Not only it;s AI written but AI voiced as well, wish there would be a way to report this kind of shit.
No one even pronounces it as A.G.C.O, its AGCO Allis Gleaner Corporation. Bucyrus was also another one. I get that some have a speech impediment, but this is straight up using a machine to enunciate.
Your content is always so informative and inspiring. Keep up the fantastic work!
The cat triangle design has been around for a long time. I think it was around 2018 when they introduced their hexagonal design.
I love yo're video's keep up the good work:)
The cat triangle logo was introduced in the early 90s not 2018!
he made a mistake in the script. no need to yell like a tosser
@@Toro_Da_Corsa A "tosser"? What is a "tosser"?
@@audryhaynes3277Toss the salad
Great video 😊
I love my Caterpillar stock!
Me too! It's a solid company to invest in.
Great job with the video
Great history
My grandfather worked for Cat in York Pa and I remember the strike they had when I was younger. Cat and Harley Davidson were the two major companies in the York Pa area growing up they paid so well until they cut jobs and left the area.
So nice
Proud to be a Telehandler Caterpillar owner. 😊
The Caterpillar is the powerhouse of the construction industry.
"There's a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer
Wonder what that thing's for" - Memorial Day, James McMurtry
Great history spanning a century
Should of mentioned that Cat since 2010 owns Progess Rail which manufacturers half of the locomotives in North America
GM saw the end of EMD, because of EPA coming down hard on 2 strokes. Under Cat, virtually all new EMD's are exported, or re-powered with Cat 4 strokes. A couple have Cummins, and (choke), even GE engines. But, it looks like GE (Wabtec) pretty much forced the EMD out. Sure prefer the sound of the EMD's, tho. Same story for Detroit Diesel 2 strokes. Owned by MTU of Germany, now. .............................. EMD 1010 engines, meh!
Thanks Caterpillar 😊
This is good ❤
As a battlefield/cat employee , best employer possible
Very interesting,
Why was nothing said about Cat truck engines? There were a lot of Caterpillar engines used in OTR trucks.
Fun fact: A major cross street in Stockton, Ca is named Benjamin Holt Drive because of this man and his connection to Stockton 0:52
I was hoping to hear about the new CAT pickup truck
Was also hoping to hear about the introduction of the L track crawlers in the early eighties, significant move
they should sponsor you at this point
Jaw-dropping power packed in every motion!
Still using that annoying verbage "jaw dropping"? Dude, this is like 2024!
I am a cat Product lover.good machines.
Tragedy and luck. Uncle Ben, the inventor, has his engineering plans stolen by former employee and then he dies. Bankers take over HIS business and lands a big government contract. Thanks for sharing.
maybe talk about how Cat started manufacturing in Peoria Il
Bientôt le grand anniversaire.. 100 years !
I deliver diesel to job sites. Most guys can name Cat's by model number by memory, for example they'll say, the D90 needs fuel, the 980G needs fuel, the 330C... It shows how frequent Cats are used.
Good job 👍
Do a dive into General Electric and its many subsidiaries.
Not one word about cat truck/boat engines as an owner of a Cat 3406b in a 1984 peterbilt i feel your documentary fell short
They mention marine engines but it’s essentially a foot note😂
Caterpillar truck engines are all I ran for 50 years. They are the best. But truck engine manufacturing was a minute part of the whole company.
Right? I used to drive a 04 Freightliner with a Cat motor in it, none of that Def crap, it ran so good.
What about the highway tractor engines they built? Also how that part of the business went under/got sold?
⚠️♥️⚠️I LOVE CATERPILLAR⚠️♥️⚠️
You forgot to add yancey brothers is the reason caterpillar is why it is what it is today.
You completely missed Hoover Dam and I think you got some dates wrong . I was a Caterpillar Employee pretty short presentation . But good to the point .
Keep it up
Thật là một kiệt tác, kết quả này quá đáng kinh ngạc!
Cat should mention their road building in the USA, black top and cement machines...
Cat make the best work boots too.
Very well-written.
Make a story on Siemens
Should be made into a movie.
Fun fact. There’s a city Named Holt near Stockton California.
This is NOT, by any means, the "complete" history of Caterpillar -- there is no mention of Peoria/East Peoria Illinois? I grew up in Peoria in the 50s and 60s, and half the adult men I knew worked for Caterpillar (technically in East Peoria with the main offices in Peoria). Caterpillar so dominated Peoria and East Peoria (on opposite sides of the Illinois River) that special traffic laws applied to the main arterials that served the bridges between the two cities, during the times of Caterpillar's three shift changes per day. When Caterpillar shut down for two weeks in the Summer for vacation (everybody at Caterpillar got two weeks of vacation, all at the same time), many of the retail businesses in Peoria (and, I assume, East Peoria) laid off up to half their workforce. The massive, sprawling East Peoria facility took in pig iron and turned out all manner of finished Caterpillar products. When OSHA came into being, they labeled that complex the safest industrial workplace in the Country. (Across the river, Keystone Steel and Wire Company was the most dangerous!) Anyway, you left out a huge and important piece of the "complete" history of Caterpillar.
So when did uncle ben start making the rice?
As soon as sales skyrocketed in Japan and China.
After he faked his death to get away from his nephew peter
DSV. Thank you.
NH MENTIONED RAHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅
Психология людей удивительна. Ещё много десятилетий после появления таких машин, люди планировали стратегические действия, так как будто бы этих машин нет.
Прогресс пришёл так стремительно, что психика людей, ранее формировашаяся, тысячи лет не успевала перестроится за пару десятков лет.
Американцы соорентировались раньше всех, быстро поставили машины себе на службу.
А вот, для японцев например, во время ВМВ, было настоящей магией, как американцы строили аэродромы за пару недель в непроходимых джунглях.
You have to see their machines u0 close to appreciate them.
Im a Mill Wright and worked around logging,steel mills and alot of new construction.
They are built to move and get a job done .
That they do.
I did a walk through in the Arkansas plant. When i was in college. In 90-91.
Impressive then.
Employees not being treated well?
That is a shame for an iconic American legend.
is cat owned by best and holt still or are they shareholders.
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… a Local Historical Legend of NorCal 🚜
Heavy metal ain't music...it's a CAT
Don't forget The giant earth moving machines, built by r g liturno, used cat engines from the very beginning. R g moved his plant from stockton, california to peoria, just to be next to cat.
@6:30 workplace safety has come a long way...
Go The Cat-Positrack! Full Buckets, All day All Night!!
There was a man with the initials RG that was the father of construction equipment, no one ever mentiones
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._G._LeTourneau 😁
Cat made it popular Latourneau made it first
I like these company ones how they grow
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
cl best has great grandchildren who still farm in yolo county california known as payne brothers farming and dan best ranches.
Do yanmar , kubota, Sany, Carter, Komatsu
I read a recent article that cat is going to make a pickup truck. Not sure if that’s true but if so that’d be cool.
Nice voice and ear pleading
How about Kenworth or Peterbilt trucks.
Could you feature A C Cosss0r & Sons Limited (UK)
CAT is a good JCB. 😂😂😂
A news for me in this brand off course i heard off this brand i live in europa must say bravo bravo Bravissimo ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
What about the acquisition of Solar Turbines?
Why don't they make Cat food?
Cat is one of the most exspensive brands in the world. There are a lot of other good brands around that are a lot cheaper and more reliable. Don't buy a Cat because of the name, look around and you will be surprised
I know a fellow that bull dozer work. He leases his tractors. He told me prices for leases. Cat was outrageous . He had other brands he used.
I'm surprised that you didn't include Caterpillar's part in Progress Rail and also buying Electro Motive Division (EMD) from General Motors?