Caterpillar Inc 336 Excavators Used to Dig Cat Trial 9: PAC-MAN™ Gameboard

The 336 excavator dug 100% of the maze using 3D GPS grade control. The typical timeframe to complete a project of this caliber would have been 3-4 weeks but it only took one week to dig out the gameboard using Cat technology.

Oct 29, 2020
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ForConstructionPros.com editor Larry Stewart talks with Ryan Neal, product specialist with the excavator group at Caterpillar, Inc., about the construction of the PAC-MAN™ gameboard using Cat 336 excavators. 

The 336 excavators dug 100% of the maze using 3D GPS grade control. The typical timeframe to complete a project of this caliber would have been 3-4 weeks but it only took one week to dig out the gameboard using Cat technology.



Watch Cat Trial 9: PAC-MAN™ here.

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