Caterpillar compacts

[Anonymous Poster]

Has anyone seen any of these or bought one? Who makes them for Caterpillar?

 

[Thomas]

Sky.

Use search and type in Caterpillar Tractors,or go to the Main Index look under photos,than search for Caterpillar Tractor..posted on 9/29/02 & 1:50pm..should handful of photos to look at.

The Challenger made in China,and there different models to pick from..compact to 120hp.

 

[BigBob]

What I know about them isn't much. The compacts are AGCO, same as AGCO ALLIS and MASSEY FERGUSON. I wanted to buy an Allis compact,but all the Agco dealers around me carried MF compacts. They struck me as being a very good machine. The work platform had the most area of any I looked at. I just couldn't buy the red one, had to stay with orange. Found a used Kubota L2900 at a good price,so I bought it. I did notice in my comparison shopping,NH,CASE,KUBOTA,MF,ALLIS, that the AGCO brands were more expensive. If one of the dealers would have stocked the ALLIS, I probably would have bought it.

 

[Woodbeef]

Hey Thomas,

Huh.......not sure what you mean by the Challenger is made in China?

The CUTs are from Isekiof Japan,just like the rest of the Agco brand's ones are.

The other wheeled tractors in the line are all from the Massey plant in Beauvais France.

 

[Surge]

Yes, as a matter of fact I stopped by the local Caterpillar dealer this morning, Nebraska Machinery to look at one.. We had to go search for it on their lot... The AG Sales guy was not in so a construction fellow helped me, it was dwarfed and buried in among their Graders, Earth movers, Front End loaders etc.. We fired it up and it sounded very smooth... I actually knew more about it than he did since he did not mess around with this small of stuff......

Woodbeef is correct of course, it is an Iseki, same or similar to the AGCO on looks and inside, similar to the Massey Sheet Metal, same on the inside. In fact the brochure I picked up has AGCO right on the page, so Caterpillar is basically just marketing the AGCO/Iseki brand with yellow paint and theri name... Actually, a smart move... there are hundreds of CAT dealers around the country, it opens up the constuction/landscape market for them, rather than rely on more rural oriented AGCO dealers who sell large AG equipment... They had advertised in our local small farm magazine, so I thought I would take a look... I pretty much new what to expect as I have a 1993 Iseki and many of the exterior components are the same or similar, such as the rear lights, light controls, shuttle shift, controls etc. They had the MT 295 which is the biggest one in the MT 200 series... 44+ HP. It was pretty big for me... had an FEL on it...goes out at around 4300 pds. with the FEL attached... Very nice.. I would go with the MT 285 Hydro...about 40 HP and just a bit smaller in frame and tire size.
They are nice..it has the look of quality and substance... somewhat like having a Harley or Vette..... there of course are more technically advanced motorcycles and sports cars, but what price can you put on "COOL"..........

I think you might need to wear "CAT" clothes such as jackets, hats, boots, suspenders etc., that I saw in a virtual clothes store in their waiting room and service area... You could buy everything including lots of toy construction equipment... WOW!

Anyway, you can see a picture on the AGCO site and Caterpillar sites.....

 

[Thomas]

Morning Woodbeef.
I've search thru my tractor photos and try to locate the picture I took w/the metal plate fasten to the left hand side of the Challenger transmissoin..Made in China..what a minute..let me check under my wife's cat file..nope not there either..dang it. /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif
There 99% chance I'm wrong,and the next time I'm down at our local Cat dealer /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I snap a photo of the stamp plate.

You got me to wondering where my new Cat coffee cup was made so I check the bottom..<font color=red>OUCH<font color=red><font color=black> now that was real warm /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif..oh yes the Cat coffee cup made in China.

 

[Woodbeef]

Hey Thomas,

So you're saying the tranny was built in China,hhmmmm.......interesting!! I'll just have to go and see if the local Rainbow Brigade dealer has any ST tractors on the lot this morning. I'll report back later.

 

[Woodbeef]

O.K.,just got back from town. The local Agco dealer had a ST45 there. I could not see any plates on the tranny,but below the seat it said:
Agco Corp,Duluth Georgia
Made in Japan

Iseki Corp Ltd.
Tokyo,Japan

 

[Thomas]

Woodbeef,
I to scooted down to the Cat dealer{96mile round trip /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif}and found /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif the metal ID tag..like I said..<font color=blue>there 99% chance I'm wrong<font color=blue><font color=black>..and I'm wrong. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Also got a chance to look at some big boy toys /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif and my better half just../w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Probably a good tractor..............reckon?