Caterpillar engines are also known as Cat engines. A specialty company designing and selling diesel engines and machinery for extra large trucks and equipment. One of the oldest and best tractor [semi rig; on highway] engine manufacturers, they now build engines for the large [semi] trucks/trailers on the highway transporting practically everything we buy nowadays.
Caterpillar is the world’s largest manufacturer of medium-speed rated diesel engines, producing more engines than all of the other large diesel engine companies combined. Cat is also one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high speed diesel engines.
Caterpillar engines and engine systems provide power to much of the world. Caterpillar engines provide power to Industrial equipment, Marine applications, On-highway truck engines and power generation. Electrical generation power systems supply all of the power for a variety of uses including off-shore oil rigs, mines in remote deserts or mountain ranges, communities and families in areas not close to a utility power grid, hospitals, schools, factories, airports and office buildings.
The on-highway engines are used in big rigs [tractor/trailer], and are world renowned for low cost of ownership over the long haul with a reputation for quality, low maintenance and unmatched durability. The most popular line of on-highway diesel engines made by Cat are the C-series engines. Including:
C7 2004 engine; The C7 on-highway diesel engine offers pure value at a low end price. A wide variety of horsepower ratings up to 330 hp for ultra heavy fire trucks and tremdous bus like RVs. Modern technology includes full electronic controls, features typically found only on super heavy duty engines. The C7 is a technologically advanced diesel engine suitable for a wide variety of vocational applications, from construction and commercial work to pick-up and delivery services, Public Transit bus, School Bus, Motor-homes and Ambulances/Emergency vehicles.
C9: C11; C13; and C15 fill out the rest of the lineup. Each engine is a bit more powerful respectively.
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