Dumpers - Cab or no Cab

[Diggerdave]

You’re right. Cat had a design agreement with Mitsi when they first wanted to get into the market. There was sharing of technology and some Mitsi models were badged as cat. The 215 up were Cat machines with some Mitsi design input, the four smaller machines were badged Eders. The smaller machines were quite different designs, having foot controlled swing brakes. All of the Cat machines now are Cat designed and manufactured, I think the exception being the 300.9.

Thanks for the information

 

[Diggerdave]

I drove one of them for a while when I moved up here . I think from memory they are an Eder badged Cat

Pretty sure mine ended up in Inverness about 15years ago. I sold it back to the guy I bought it off, who then put it on eBay a few months after. And he ended up delivering it all the way up there from Gloucester.

 

[Vinpetrol]

Pretty sure mine ended up in Inverness about 15years ago. I sold it back to the guy I bought it off, who then put it on eBay a few months after. And he ended up delivering it all the way up there from Gloucester.

There’s a few about up here . They were popular because there was a Cat dealership in Muir of Ord . Finnings had been here for generations so having a local dealer helped the sales and popularity . Yours arrived after my time on one as it was 26 years ago . There is one at Tore that I pass every day though !

 

[Bri963]

I think the 6-8 t cats and smaller were built by Mitsubishi when they were introduced .

Not sure, I’ll find out when I get back to work. We’re at sunny Mudeford until Friday. Did Stonehenge and Avebury. That barrow at Avebury is some muckshift, looks like about 15000 cube dug out and piled by hand. It actually moved me in a way that Stonehenge didn’t. Too English Heritage for me. Apparently it took 1000 years to finish as they kept changing the design. Think the same crew worked on HS2.