Cat truck

Dominion 410 · Dec 19, 2012

Hi,

I've noticed a couple of the new Cat highway trucks on float service lately.
Anyone have a chance to drive one yet?

Dominion

ben46a · Dec 19, 2012

Yeah I had one out for a rip. Interior is laid out nice but its pretty tight. The 475hp 13 litre works decent too. International engines of course.

speedy · Dec 19, 2012

I bob-tailed one. I wasn't terribly impressed. But to really tell, you need to have a loaded trailer and give it a real work-out. I didn't like the ergonomics of the steps and doors for getting in and out. The exposed airlines all around it didn't impress me much, either. They need to offer a model with a small bunk. Waiting for the 680 with the bigger engine to come out.

coalroller · Dec 20, 2012

mine should be in next month we orderd before the uria injection mandate not too stoked about having a glorified 13 letter sh spreader but my pete is about shook this one will have 550 horse cat I will post pics in the future. im a heavy hauler so it will get a work out

Multiracer · Dec 20, 2012

Coalroller

Are you stating the "CAT" engines are still available in this new truck ?

Tiny · Dec 20, 2012

Multiracer said:
Coalroller

Are you stating the "CAT" engines are still available in this new truck ?

Last thing I read was Cat electronics and International power

coalroller · Dec 20, 2012

yes the 550 hp c15 is what will be in this one . but when we orderd we only had about 2 or 3 weeks to pull the trigger on the order. any orders after that would have that urea injected motor. mine will still be conciderd a 2012 truck i dont know what they are using in the 2013's if its a cat or international

ben46a · Dec 20, 2012

Its not entirely a cat engine. Its a C15 shortblock with and international designed head and fuel system called a CT15. The 13 litres are entirely international.

coalroller · Dec 20, 2012

so since we didnt realy reserch the truck too much we take it in the brown eye oh well in another 5 years i will have another new one if this truck isnt worth a darn then we will try KW i kinda wish we would have went with one of those to begin with i realy like how they look with a day cab

Exact Express · Dec 23, 2012

I had one for a day, had an automatic in it. Only pulled one good load with it, a D400. My right arm was flopping around so much, I can't remember what the truck was like.

95zIV · Dec 23, 2012

I was talking to a fella from Navistar itself and he told me that they build the trucks from the ground up and then put Cat emblems on them to finish them out. Also, the 15L is no longer an option and if you want one you'll have to go with a cummins.

International is also going with the Regen/DEF combination because of the problems they are having with the current generation of regen systems and the Regen/DEF will cover them up to and through the next generations of emissions laws.

Steve Frazier · Dec 23, 2012

I saw one the other day pulling the Caterpillar parts trailer to the local dealer. The dealer has two on the lot.

speedy · Dec 24, 2012

Cummins will be supplying the DPF/SCR technology. I'm pretty sure that the 550HP will still be the Cat block in the Cat 680 truck. If you want bigger power in the International trucks, then Cummins will the the engine supplier.

coalroller · Dec 24, 2012

Exact Express said:
I had one for a day, had an automatic in it. Only pulled one good load with it, a D400. My right arm was flopping around so much, I can't remember what the truck was like.

thats funny i rember when i finaly got around to taking my driving test (after a few years of running illegal) they made me take a volvo with a automatic i was amazed when i climed in the cab. look at the floor clutch, brakes, accelerator where is the stick. look around a bit more there it is on the dash WTF is this i was thinking to myself then we start going down the road he docked me booko points for not having both hands on the wheel i was constantly grabing for gears. my right hand didnt know what to do

Birken Vogt · Dec 28, 2012

95zIV said:
I was talking to a fella from Navistar itself and he told me that they build the trucks from the ground up and then put Cat emblems on them to finish them out. Also, the 15L is no longer an option and if you want one you'll have to go with a cummins.

International is also going with the Regen/DEF combination because of the problems they are having with the current generation of regen systems and the Regen/DEF will cover them up to and through the next generations of emissions laws.

I read an article not long ago about how Navistar is going broke and fired their CEO over their (in hindsight) pig-headed decision to continue with massive EGR instead of using urea injection like everybody else did.

It seems they still did not get under the emissions requirements and were paying a huge fine per engine that nearly broke the company, and might still break them for all we know.

They thought they were going to take over the market because the trucking companies would buy the trucks that did not need to have urea added but it seems to me now that urea is pretty much the standard.

Dualie · Dec 29, 2012

they are also shutting down the garland Texas plant they build these in and they are shipping the production to Mexico.

Greg · Dec 29, 2012

International going broke again? Gee that sounds familiar. They did it a number of years ago too.

JGS Parts · Dec 29, 2012

Greg said:
International going broke again? Gee that sounds familiar. They did it a number of years ago too.

Greg are these trucks built in the states or just put together there?

I know they where going for the big push in aus and well by the sounds of things it just never really took off.

Dualie · Dec 29, 2012

they are shifting production of them to mexico in the next couple of months.

Hendrik · Dec 29, 2012

JGS Parts said:
Greg are these trucks built in the states or just put together there?

I know they where going for the big push in aus and well by the sounds of things it just never really took off.

Well they are just Inters with a Cat badge but have Cat engines. I drove one a while back and the C13 had plenty of get up and go but the interior was too plastic.
I think what hurt then is they stopped assembly in Oz and shifted it to the US and by the sounds of it will shift it again further south.

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