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A Caterpillar 730 ADT recently took to the air at a project in Switzerland and the 23tonne truck was carried to a site with restricted access in the Alps, using a specially adapted lifting assembly attached to the cable normally used for a cable car. However whether this big Cat lost one of its nine lives in the process remains to be seen.
March 13, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A 178 Caterpillar 730 ADT recently took to the air at a project in Switzerland and the 23tonne truck was carried to a site with restricted access in the Alps, using a specially adapted lifting assembly attached to the cable normally used for a cable car. However whether this big Cat lost one of its nine lives in the process remains to be seen.

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