kscarbel2 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Fleet Owner / October 30, 2014Ron Schultz, Cat's sales manager-global on-highway trucks, provides an overview of OEM's new axle-forward CT681 Class 8 truck model.The CT681 is now in production and is the second model in Cat's on-highway truck line, the other being the CT660 axle-back configuration rolled out in 2011.Video: http://fleetowner.com/equipment/caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37556-caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Don't know what the reception is in the rest of the country but here in New England, you never hear anything good about these Cat/"Binders". How much long is Cat going to continue this experiment? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37556-caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview/#findComment-265110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Supposedly O and G has a couple of Cats. I heard they were gifts. Used to be an all Mack fleet then ford and sterling snuck in. Now kenworth. Don't think they bought new Mack in about 20 years. Never saw them with any Cl's or Granites. They had plenty of DM's and R's maybe some RD's. Some of their old Macks are still operational. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37556-caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview/#findComment-265144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 I've only see one of these CAT's,it was here in GA maybe a month ago. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37556-caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview/#findComment-265150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 I've seen 3 in Mn. They were all "gifts". 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37556-caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview/#findComment-265165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 I got a quote on buying leasing 25 of the Cat trucks.Myself and my 2 brothers were bidding on a contract for one of the big oil companies in the natural gas here in Pa.I priced Cat,Mack,Petes.Cat and Mack were the better priced trucks.The problem we ran into was the contract was only going to be good for a year.Mack didn't want to do a year lease.Cleveland Bros,the Cat dealer we had dealt with in the past and they went to bat for us to Cat.They would of given us the one year lease if we got the contract which we didn't so the deal is dead. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37556-caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview/#findComment-265167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Supposedly O and G has a couple of Cats. I heard they were gifts. Used to be an all Mack fleet then ford and sterling snuck in. Now kenworth. Don't think they bought new Mack in about 20 years. Never saw them with any Cl's or Granites. They had plenty of DM's and R's maybe some RD's. Some of their old Macks are still operational. They gave them back to cat 1 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37556-caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview/#findComment-265174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 They gave them back to cat"Giving them back" seems to be the usual outcome. Think about it- a truck being built by a partnership that is each up to its eyeballs in legal issues over inferior products! (or to be more specific-inferior motors) Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37556-caterpillar-vocational-truck-overview/#findComment-265281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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