[VIDEO]Caterpillar Advice to Dial in a 20% Reduction in Loader Fuel Use

Caterpillar's latest Rethink The Tank video (4:15 min.) shows how a slight change in truck position can change fuel efficiency at the loading face more than 16%

Aug 27, 2015

Caterpillar's Jason Hurdis shows how the slightest change in truck position can change fuel efficiency at the loading face more than 16%, and offers his take on how Eco Mode can cut fuel use without impacting production. Fuel saving potential: up to 20%.

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