Skip to main content

Compact loader options from Caterpillar

Caterpillar is offering customers an array of compact tracked loader and skid steer loaders options.
February 5, 2020 Read time: 1 min
Improved stability is a key feature of Caterpillar’s improved D3 compact tracked loader models

There are now 16 new D3 Series skid steer loader (SSL) and compact tracked loader (CTL) models. The firm says that its new machines offer improvements in features such as stability, while maintaining the durability and reliability of the earlier D2 models. The D3 Series models also can be used with a new line of Smart Attachments. This technology can recognise attachments and tailor the controls and operator The new D3 Series loaders are equipped with an enclosed cab and have improved controls and drivelines, increasing travel speeds. The machines offer advanced attachment technology, which the firm claims will allow the D3 Series Cat SSL and CTL models to automatically recognise Smart Attachments and convert machine controls to align with the operational and informational needs of that attachment.

High performance XE variants are also available to operate attachments with high flow requirements, such as planers.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • New wheeled loaders are coming to market
    August 10, 2021
    Several improved wheeled loader models are now being offered by major manufacturers
  • Advances in compact compaction and compact loading machines coming to market
    September 11, 2014
    Key developments are being seen in the markets for compact compaction and loading machines - Mike Woof writes Various new utility machines are now coming to market aimed at the rental segment, with advances in small compaction and loading tools proving particularly popular. These will benefit from the latest low emission engines while delivering increased power and performance, as well as being easier and more comfortable to use.
  • Latest loader innovations
    January 21, 2025
    A range of loader innovations is coming to the wheeled loader segment – Mike Woof writes
  • Skid steer loader - more versatile than a jack of all trades
    February 17, 2012
    The skid steer loader has for many years been known as a jack-of-all-trades. Indeed the term loader can be a bit misleading, as a skid steer is far more than simply a digging or lifting machine. Skid steers, and their more recent compact tracked loader stablemates, are the original powered tool carriers. They are designed to work with a host of attachments, not just a bucket or pallet forks. However while this concept of one base machine and a multitude of attachments has been a big success in North America