Caterpillar has announced its Cat® Fleet Bucket Program, which allows customers to benefit from Cat ground engaging tools (GET) even on third-party buckets sourced from local bucket manufacturers.
A new or rebuilt bucket, whether a Cat bucket or other brand, can now be equipped with Cat GET, available in multiple designs to meet the needs of specific applications, allowing customers and local bucket manufacturers to standardise on a single GET supplier, the OEM says.
Atif Hassan, Fleet Bucket Program Manager, Caterpillar, said: “We recognise some customers have their bucket needs served locally by third-party bucket manufacturers. Our program is about Caterpillar meeting GET needs of the customer through their preferred channel. When a bucket is rebuilt or replaced, customers will continue to benefit from the same Cat GET that comes pre-fitted on Cat buckets purchased with a new Cat machine, even if the replacement bucket is not from Caterpillar. Plus, the GET is backed by a Cat limited warranty and receives unparalleled parts availability through the global Cat dealer network.”
The program is available to meet a wide range of machine bucket needs, including those for compact, wheeled and backhoe loaders, excavators, hydraulic mining shovels and rope shovels.
Caterpillar and the Cat dealer work with hundreds of local bucket manufacturers globally to offer GET options to fit their customised bucket designs. This enables customers with mixed fleets to standardise on Cat GET to help increase wear life, decrease downtime and even increase productivity, it says.
