Scrub Puller
Senior Member
Yair . . .
Guday folks.
I'm back home in Australia after a couple of weeks touring north island of New Zealand . . . and I saw perhaps a half a dozen Caterpillar road trucks which was a very rare sight for me.
My New Zealand friend tells me they are the latest thing with Caterpillar engines and all Mother Cat's bells and whistles.
So what's the go? I thought Cat were going out of the road truck and engine business and the so called "Caterpillar trucks" were basically badge engineering at it's worst . . . the one local truck with a Cat badge I believe was a Navistar with a Cummins, I am completely confused.
I have tried to do a bit of research but, to say the least, the information is contradictory.
Can anyone clarify the situation which seems to be a public relations and marketing disaster?
Cheers
Guday folks.
I'm back home in Australia after a couple of weeks touring north island of New Zealand . . . and I saw perhaps a half a dozen Caterpillar road trucks which was a very rare sight for me.
My New Zealand friend tells me they are the latest thing with Caterpillar engines and all Mother Cat's bells and whistles.
So what's the go? I thought Cat were going out of the road truck and engine business and the so called "Caterpillar trucks" were basically badge engineering at it's worst . . . the one local truck with a Cat badge I believe was a Navistar with a Cummins, I am completely confused.
I have tried to do a bit of research but, to say the least, the information is contradictory.
Can anyone clarify the situation which seems to be a public relations and marketing disaster?
Cheers