[VIDEO] Customer Shares Benefits, Expectations of Cat Next-generation Mini-excavators

Carter Schlumberger and Ray Simpson of Savage Excavation share their impressions from their experience with Caterpillar’s new 308 CR mini-excavator

Jan 2, 2019
Carter Schlumberger and Ray Simpson of Savage Excavation share their impressions from their experience with Caterpillar’s new 308 CR mini-excavator, and discuss some of the features today’s operators have come to appreciate – and expect – in the company’s enhanced mini-excavator lineup.
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