Caterpillar engines.

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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They used to be in Fodens,question is,why have they not been so popular as the major players on the curent market.

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All the major players in europe make there own engines

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Paccar,is that a large American firm that bailed out DAF many moons ago?

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I know DAF XF 105 have a paccar engine, canny engine aswel at that.

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They own daf and foden as well as kenworth any peterblt.
They also offer dafs mx engine in these as an option to the traditional cat ■■■■■■■ or Detroit options

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Caterpillar engines.

I nearly had a little spillage when I read that, :blush: superb engines IMPO - used widely in American trucks but as pointed out manufacturers like to use their own engines.

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Cat have pulled out of making highway engines due to the new emissions rules.
Cat are now in partnership with navistar ,selling highway trucks marketed as CAT ,but powered by i think a navistar engine.
C15 engine was a good un had one in the KW i drove never a problem…
jimmy.

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There was an owner driver from British International that had this huge Foden,it was stolen on his weekly rest,the poor bloke was in tears,what a sound it made though.The black beast he named it.

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The R.N.L.I. use Caterpillar engines in the lifeboats if its any consolation.

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And MAN engines in the newer boats. Sorry- bit of useless info :smiley:

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Thanks for that Plantfitter,I really should keep up!

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I lead a very sheltered life… :frowning:

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I’ve heard from somewhere, that Cat engines were more popular in Fodens belonging to construction/quarrying fleets where fitters were used to working on them (due to running Cat plant), and that ■■■■■■■ were more popular on general haulage operators. Cats always had a reputation for being thirsty which I believe is bs, you just need to drive them gently. Daf CFs would be half decent with a Cat motor (and rubber suspension, and a decent seat :laughing: )

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Muckaway:
I’ve heard from somewhere, that Cat engines were more popular in Fodens belonging to construction/quarrying fleets where fitters were used to working on them (due to running Cat plant), and that ■■■■■■■ were more popular on general haulage operators. Cats always had a reputation for being thirsty which I believe is bs, you just need to drive them gently. Daf CFs would be half decent with a Cat motor (and rubber suspension, and a decent seat :laughing: )

the cf 8 wheeler i used to drive didnt even have a air seat are they all like that

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Chewyboy:

Muckaway:
I’ve heard from somewhere, that Cat engines were more popular in Fodens belonging to construction/quarrying fleets where fitters were used to working on them (due to running Cat plant), and that ■■■■■■■ were more popular on general haulage operators. Cats always had a reputation for being thirsty which I believe is bs, you just need to drive them gently. Daf CFs would be half decent with a Cat motor (and rubber suspension, and a decent seat :laughing: )

the cf 8 wheeler i used to drive didnt even have a air seat are they all like that

I think it is a “basic” option; they’re not that great as you tend to have to sit high up to make the sunvisors any use, thus the seat banged it’s stays. I have mine switched off inside quarries and sites where it’s bumpy.

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And a lot of marine engines are Volvo Penta and ■■■■■■■■

Ken.

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most of the generators i move are cat powered apart from the 60 to 100 kva’s which are perkins but badged as cat

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Andydisco:
most of the generators i move are cat powered apart from the 60 to 100 kva’s which are perkins but badged as cat

Cat bought Perkins a while back

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ohhh never knew that learn something new everytime i come on here

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my boss had a cat 450 foden alpha, we were warned that the fuel returns on them werent that great and reliability wasnt good either, best fuel it ever got was 5.3 mpg and out of the 18 months he kept it it only gave 3 whole weeks trouble free motoring. the wiring on it was [zb], it needed 2 turbos, a radiator, 3 intercoolers, 1 piston n ring n liner, 1 clutch, 2 compressors, 4 airdryers, complete rewire from ecu too engine sensors and switches, big end bearings, new gearbox, new diff, there was lots of other pokey electrical things but there the main big things that went wrong with it.