Caterpillar's next generation CTLs have been launched, with the medium-frame 255 and 265 leading the way.
Product specialists Kevin Coleman and Trevor Chase take us around the new, larger cab and explain key hydraulics changes and options to run regular and heavy-duty attachments. Cat says the vertical-lift CTLs are ground-up redesigns from the D3 Series. Hallmarks include increased lift height, tilt, and lift breakout forces, and rated operating capacities.
The 255 replaces the 259D3, and the 265 replaces the 279D3 and 289D3.
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Frank Raczon has covered and influenced the equipment industry for 35 years, including 15 years as senior editor of Construction Equipment, and marketing, advertising, and public relations work with the industry's top manufacturers. In addition to authoring "Caterpillar: Modern Earthmoving Marvels" (Motorbooks, 2015), he has won numerous awards in his career, highlighted by nods from the Construction Writers Association, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, the Business Marketing Association, and BtoB magazine. Raczon has also won a number of awards from publishing peer groups such as ASBPE and TABPI.