[VIDEO] Caterpillar D5 Dozers Improve on D6N Model

Caterpillar's Sam Meeker talks about Cat D5 and D6 dozers. The D5 replaces the D6N with added weight and horsepower, while maintaining the finish grading performance the popular D6N

March 11, 2020
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