Caterpillar performance handbook the best documentation for machine owners

The performance handbook issued by the Caterpillar Company has been one of the most important sources of information for owners of CAT machinery for more than 40 years and after more than 45 constant issuances of documentation.

In each issue of the performance handbook, technical information is gathered on the vehicles recently manufactured by the company, broken down by type, application, series, and models, as well as the inclusion of complete sections for old machinery.

The technical information of each model in these handbooks may include:

-Machinery dimensions

-Operating weight

-Range in the years of manufacture of the machine depending on its prefix.

-Model of the engine and its net power.

-Country of origin.

-Maximum speed of the machine.

Also, according to the type of equipment, its model, and nature of the work, data such as:

-Performance graphs for specific scenarios.

-The fuel consumption per hour according to the type of work to be carried out.

-Tips to improve equipment performance.

-Tips associated with the improvement in fuel consumption.

-Compatibility of tools.

-Tool specifications

-Vehicles traveling times with or without a load at a certain distance.

-Benefits of each series such as structural and technological improvements compared to vehicles from past series.

-The acquisition of performance handbooks provides the owner of Caterpillar vehicles with all the information concerning the costs of operation and ownership.

All the data contained in that documentation has been collected through field tests, laboratory analysis, experience, as well as by all possible electronic and physical means so that they are correct.

Roughly describing all the documentation and its multiple applications for Caterpillar machinery owners is an impossible task, contact the manufacturer for more information from official sources.