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EQUIPMENT
Cat coupler grabs attention
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at has introduced anewpingrabber
coupler that it says has beendesigned
for safety andperformance. It features
apowerful, two-stage locking system that
ensureswork tool engagement andprovides
both an audio and visual verificationof
proper attachment.Once engaged, the
internalmechanism then combineswith
continual hydraulic force from themachine
and actual digging forces tokeep thework
tool secure.
It features awedge-lock system for
primarypin retention, aswell as apositive
secondary latch. The systemmaintains
constant hydraulicpressureon thewedge;
the coupler frame, rather than the activating
cylinder, absorbsmost of the forces involved
tohelp ensure long-termdurability. In
compliancewithnew safety regulations, the
couplermaintains tool position in the event of
hydraulicpressure loss.
Thenew coupler is available for excavator
models 311 through349 (D, E, andFSeries)
and is compatiblewithCatwork tools and
most competitivebuckets. In addition,most
FSeriesmodels have factory-installed
auxiliaryhydraulic systems ready tooperate
the coupler.
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Cat’s new pin grabber
coupler is available for
its 311 through to 349
D E and F excavator
models
Kobelco first
for Priestly
Ontario, Canada, based Priestly Demolition
Inc has become the first customer
inNorth America for Kobelco’s 112
tonne, 40m (132 ft) reach SK1000D
demolition excavator, which was supplied
through dealer Robert Green Equipment
Sales. Ryan Priestly, president/owner
and AndrewKelly, equipment manager/
mastermechanic of PDI first saw the
SK1000 at ConExpo inMarch 2014. Ken
Folden, Canadian service representative
for Kobelco ConstructionMachinery USA,
demonstrated themachine’s features to
both. “Ken emphasised themachine’s
impressive ability of being assembled,
moved, and up-and-running within hours.
He sold us on its capabilities right there at
the show,” said Ryan. “Two weeks later,
Bob Green fromRobert Green Equipment
visited our office. I told him how impressed
I was with the SK1000 and that I wanted
to buy it from him.”
Themachine was transported from
Las Vegas, where it was being stored,
to Ontario in a process that required
seven separate loads and was put
straight to work on the demolition of a
former General Motors assembly plant in
Oshawa, Ontario.
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Tools
to make it possible...
