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"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 04/23/2019 at 11:11 • Filed to: None

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I wasn’t aware, or least hadn’t noticed that CAT makes on highway trucks. Were others aware of this? Was I in a coma?

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:19

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They are mean looking trucks. I see them every once in a while here in southern MN. I like the look of them, they always catch my eye.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:20

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This is news to me as well. I knew there were a lot of cat engines underhood, but have never seen a Cat branded rig.

Can match your truck, hat, pants, boots, cell phone, garden equipment. Like a big Ferrari, or a les s green John Deere.

facw > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:21

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 04/23/2019 at 11:21

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I saw this one this morning.

As somewhat of a truck buff and due to my profession, I always scrutinize trucks on the highway.

Mercedes Streeter > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:22

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They’re exceedingly rare in my area (I see more vintage COEs than CAT trucks) but they do seem to exist. They look pretty handsome!

jimz > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:23

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I think Navistar builds them for Cat, with Cat engines.

E90M3 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:23

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They also make fluid ends for positive displacement frac pumps.

Arrivederci > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:26

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News to me as well - they are good-looking trucks though.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:28

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I did not. The last trucks to confuse me were Sterling. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:30

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Yup, there a few around here, mostly dum p trucks!

The Ghost of Oppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:31

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Even the in the real photo, the grill looks like a photoshop job

MonkeePuzzle > E90M3 04/23/2019 at 11:33

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ahh big blue overspray

E90M3 > MonkeePuzzle 04/23/2019 at 11:34

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I heard these were trial units or something that we got for free, and back in early 2015 that was a big deal. 

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter 04/23/2019 at 11:35

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Funny, I see them every day.  There’s a CAT rental place on Lake St in Elmhurst.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > MonkeePuzzle 04/23/2019 at 11:36

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“You idiots, you were supposed to put the plaque on after painting, not before”

shop-teacher > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:36

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I knew this, because there is a CAT rental place on my route to work.  I’m pretty sure they’re a rebadge of a Navistar truck.  

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:36

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Just did a bit of googling, and it appears they're not priced too badly. Bet our local Ford dealer has F-series that are stickered higher.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3 04/23/2019 at 11:43

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I don’t know about those, but CAT actually makes pretty good hydraulic components on their earth moving machinery. They’re not in the same league as the absolutely glorious systems and components that Komatsu makes, but they’re by far the best of the American equipment.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:45

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They’ve been making* trucks for over 5 years now at least

*paying someone else to slap the Cat name on their product

Also, fun fact, when first introduced Cat didn’t have an emissions compliant engine...so there are some “Cat” trucks running around with Cummins engines that were painted Caterpiller yellow

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > E90M3 04/23/2019 at 11:48

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I too, like large blue pumps

E90M3 > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/23/2019 at 11:48

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I don’t know about longevity on the fluid ends, that wasn’t my area. I do know 99% of the frac pumps we had were powered by CAT 3512Bs. 

DutchieDC2R > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 11:54

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Yes, I was aware of that........by playing ATS.......and downloading the CAT Truck mod. 

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 12:26

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First became aware when I saw one on the road a couple years back, I don’t think they’ve been in that game for long. I feel like they may also be rebadge jobs of some other truck but IDK.

jimz > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 04/23/2019 at 13:22

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IIRC Caterpillar no longer sells on-highway (truck) engines to anyone else.

arl > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 13:32

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I did not know that. Interesting.

Also, might be new Lexus grill for 2021. You never know!

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > jimz 04/23/2019 at 13:37

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Makes sense, if they now have their own line of complete vehicles. I was never really up on the topic but was surprised when a relative bought a pair of older Ford 5 tons at auction and we found matching Cat engines under the hood when we got them home. No idea if they left the factory that way, but damned if they weren’t both pretty much identical so I always kind of assumed as much.

Kar Wai Wong > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 13:59

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I was kinda mindblown when I first heard of them, but I live in the UK, so I assumed that Americans just assume it as normal, but guess not.

greasemonkey235097 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/23/2019 at 22:05

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just a rebadge International.  Not even a CAT engine

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Kar Wai Wong 04/25/2019 at 15:25

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I'm Canadian, but yeah, not usual to the North American market