Caterpillar Legends: The 200-Series Excavators (225, 235 & 245)
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In 1972, Caterpillar was struggling to position themselves on the hydraulic excavator market, a sector mainly dominated by manufacturers such as Link-Belt, Bucyrus-Erie or Liebherr and Poclain, in Europe.
That year, Caterpillar released the first excavator 100% built and designed by the brand, the 225. Two years later, CAT had 3 excavators in the line-up, including the 235, added in 1973, and the 245, added in 1974.
The 200-Series set the pace for all Caterpillar excavators yet to come...
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My dad operated these machines for over 30 years. I have a photo of him in the 80s next to the 245.
The 245 was a fantastic machine. I think the 300 series was a joke
I ran the first 235 that was used in Mobile Alabama 👍
They became popular in the UK but the 211 and 215 could have a Deutz Engine in. Worked on the 235 and at the time was a great Excavator. Thanks for the video.
@grandpaandlucas7054
2 ай бұрын
in 1984 an agreement was signed with German manufacturer EDER, to badge examples from their 800-Series excavators as Caterpillar. Five tracked models were produced consisting of the 205, 211, 211LC, 213, and 213LC, with four wheeled excavators to follow, 206, 212, 214 and 224 models. the 215 at this time was around 17ton and used a 3304 engine.
Ran a 245 with an Allied hammer that used to be a shovel till they got another 245 with a shovel front. STRONG machine!
I remember staring at the beast 245 back in the day.
@HeavySteelMarvels
8 ай бұрын
What a wonderful machine this was! Absolute beast :-)
nice... nothing like that good old iron
@HeavySteelMarvels
8 ай бұрын
100% 🙂
From England operated a 235B ME Brilliant Machine
Good machine the cat 225 I rented them when putting in water projects ,even in digging shot rock in upstate new york.from 8 inch water maintoo 16 inch transmission mains ,the cat 235 in the 70s putting in sewer mains and trunk sewers good machine .
Nice
Had a 215 in 1982.
One of the worst moves Caterpillar ever made was to discontinue the 200 series in favor of the 300 series Hoes. Still to this day the 300 series are horrible machines compared to the 200 series Great Excavators.
All excavators today unfortunately are all built to the same cheap design standards.