Caterpillar 301.6-05A – specifications
Built: 2022 · Series: Caterpillar Mini Excavator
Data for the version built 2022 · Data origin: Directory data · sources
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Caterpillar mini excavators 301.5 to 303.5C CR – the 1.5 to 3.7 tonne class from the Japanese partnership: 30x as range, the number after the point as weight class, C as generation, CR for compact radius
Caterpillar's mini excavators came late and from Japan: only at the end of the 1990s did the Peoria group add the class under 5 tonnes to its programme, developed and built with Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi, the Japanese joint venture that carried the group's excavator competence – which is why Mitsubishi engines L3E, L3NE and S3L2 stand beside Cat's own 3003 and 3013 in the register. The type logic: 30x marks the mini-excavator range, the number after the point the weight class in tonnes – 301.5 about 1.5 t, 301.8 1.8 t, 302.5 2.5 t, 303.5 about 3.5 t – C the generation of the 2000s, CR the version with reduced tail swing (Compact Radius) for work along walls; the 301.6 is an intermediate size. The engines are three-cylinder diesels of 0.95 to 1.9 litres at 2,300 to 2,400 rpm.
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The register lists 8 versions with 13.5 to 29.4 kW from three-cylinders of 950 to 1,901 cm³ and operating weights from 1,558 to 3,720 kg.
Caterpillar has established itself in the mini-excavator class against Kubota, Takeuchi, Yanmar and Bobcat as one of the big five; the successors 301.7 to 303.5 of the generation from 2018 come from Cat's own plant in Wujiang, China, whereas the first ranges came from Japan.
On used machines, operating hours, play in boom, stick and offset-boom bearings, the condition of undercarriage and rubber tracks, leak-free cylinders and swivel joint and parts supply through the Cat dealer network, particularly dense for this class, count.
Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Caterpillar Minibagger, Caterpillar (manufacturer)
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| Bauart | Minibaggercorrect |
|---|---|
| Motorleistung | 16 kWcorrect |
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Production years: 2022.
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