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Caterpillar is offering its 301.6 and 301.8 undercarriages to other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The package includes carbodies and suits machines with a gross vehicle weight of up to 1.964tonnes. The new undercarriage is assembled at the same facility where larger Cat undercarriages (312 - 375) is built.
February 29, 2012 Read time: 1 min
178 Caterpillar is offering its 301.6 and 301.8 undercarriages to other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The package includes carbodies and suits machines with a gross vehicle weight of up to 1.964tonnes. The new undercarriage is assembled at the same facility where larger Cat undercarriages (312 - 375) is built. As with all undercarriage sales through OEM Solutions Group, an Application Data Sheet (ADS) is required before a formal proposal and quotation can be prepared. The fixed 301.6 undercarriage offers a gauge of 750mm, overall length of 1.575m and weight of 338kg. The 301.8 system is hydraulic variable with a gauge of 750 and 1.11m, an overall length of 1.575m and a weight of 398kg.

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