Why Did Cat Stop Making Truck Engines?

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  1. Chinatown

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  3. Oldironfan

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    Didn't you post this already???
     
  4. hagarcobra

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    They didn't want to deal with the ever increasing EPA restrictions.
     
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    Considering that off road emission standards are now equal to the on road standards they didn't really dodge that bullet. All they did was gain 6 years of development time. Cat still produces a Tier 4 compliant C-15 but will not put it in anything that isn't built by them.
     
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  6. Oldironfan

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    Your not referring to the cat vocational truck I'm guessing, your referring to earth movers?
     
  7. AModelCat

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    That vocational truck was just a cornbinder with Cat logos on it. It was probably just a yellow Maxxfarce under the hood too.

    Seems lately (and was told this by a Cat dealer as well) that Cat doesn't want their engines being put in other manufacturer's equipment or vehicles. They want to keep them exclusively for their own products.
     
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  8. Oldironfan

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    Well cat needs a truck that is 100% their own.
     
  9. AModelCat

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    Don't even say that. Their equipment is engineered to be a b#### to fix. They'd probably make you take half the truck apart to change filters.
     
  10. Oldironfan

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    I retract my statement.
     
  11. 22dragoo

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    Pretty good explanation
     
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