CAT leaving the "on highway" truck engine business

Sounds like your trucks maybe old too. Cummins mechanically governed trucks haven't been available since the early 1990s. Are your trucks gliders?

 

Ever own a Cat?

 

Says the anti hot-rodder who thinks its juvenile to have a truck thats faster than somebody else.Sorry,bud,but with "a little bit of work" a C15 would pull 'em backwards up hill.

 

A view from down under.
For a start we are tiny compared to the USA and about 4-5 years behind with engines.
The company I was contracted to last year was about 50/50 split C-15-C12 and ISX 475,520,565,580and Sig 620 over about 300 trucks.
C-15 problems: Turbo
ISX/Signature problems:Very bad oil comsuption,Cracked blocks,Exhaust manifold gasket failures,Rebuild about 150k miles before a C-15.

The Cummins did get better fuel economy and perform well if you drive it hard.Most of them had the rings replaced to stop oil comsuption.

Caterpillar are far cheaper to fix and quicker to get going,more relaxed to drive and willing to pull of an intersection at 1000rpm where a ISX wont.
Some people over here wont touch a Cummins ever again and the same for CAT each to ther own
On the subject of "hot rodding" its all about playing around with the engine so it suits you not about how many trucks you can pass.
When I built my engine up I could not belive the people who would rubbish what I have done.....Jealous??? I think so.
Least CAT engines give us a choice to uprate HP if we want to.
I rate the ISX/Signature I think its a good engine BUT Caterpillar suits what I want to do and how I drive.

 

Well consider this my thrifty friend.Usually after we're done tuning a C15 to the point where you would say its juvenile,they get a half mile to the gallon mileage improvement,sometimes more.Let me think,is that not increasing revenue? I like Cat engines because they are reliable if properly maintained,and they can be tuned to the customers liking for a fairly reasonable price.You say you don't know why ANYBODY is making truck engines anymore.Why did you even start this urinating competition?Maybe your trucks should'nt be parked so much,wait,they have Cummins engines.Might as well park em and make room for the rest.:smt065

 

Why is it that so many are dumping the cat powered trucks on all the for sale boards and papers? Truckpaper is completely littered with cat powered trucks.

I have been shopping for my own truck for awhile now and finding anything decent without a cat is like pulling teeth.