Cat unveils new electric drive D6XE dozer at Trimble Dimensions

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[@jakeseymour7862]

I work at a landfill in sc and we got to get one of them electric dozers we had nothing but problems out of that thing it’s been sitting the past 6 months cat finally came out and got it

[@linkgroundwalker]

Figured as much.

[@blessed7fold]

What's wrong with it?

[@billharbers3409]

I've spent over 30 years in the seat of dozers and got my first crack at a D6XE just today. Count me among the impressed. I first noticed how nimble it is compared to the Rs and Ts I ran before. It's so responsive it feels as though it weighs half as much. The cab is a major improvement, and even though today's machine had over 5000 hours on the clock, there wasn't a knock or rattle anywhere. Cat finally solved the brakes. There was no such thing as easing into the brakes on the previous models. And thank God they did away with that jarring alarm when you turn the key. I found comfort in imagining the Cat engineer that came up with that will spend eternity in hell listening to that alarm go off once every 10 seconds. Forever.

[@roychipley5276]

Great to finally see the D6XE, sorry I couldn't make it to Vegas for this event. Looking forward to adding this to our fleet!

[@bosshoss69lee]

Yay, more electronics to troubleshoot, thanks

[@Max-ly7kc]

No kidding, reminds me of Mr. Scott on Star Trek " The more you overtake the plumbing the easier it is to stop it up!"

[@ironjohn5914]

I got two of these dozers and right now both are broke down we have two diesel back ups that just keep running and working 💪

[@robh6638]

This has been out for a hundred years . Thank to laturneu

[@tutekohe1361]

I wonder if they do an XR version for better balance when skidding logs?

[@pete2bc]

Wonder if this one will be running in 40 years like the old D6Cs and D6Ds, I doubt it, all I hear about these new dozers is you can't keep them running from electronic problems.

[@TristanH7290]

pete2bc Have 11,000 hours on our D6T with very few issues 🤷‍♂️ I think that’s more then exceptional

[@pete2bc]

@@TristanH7290 I'm glad for you but all I've heard about these new tractors is nothing but electronics problems and the guys from our local Cat dealer doesn't have a clue on how to fix them. I've got a friend that's got one of the newer 320 and it's down more than it runs with computer problems.

[@1320fastback]

Running in 40 years, Yes but not moving.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@TristanH7290 I ran a 980 with 24K hours and nothing but 1 valve cover gasket. Pins/bushings and repacking jacks but the motor and tranny were untouched. Cat was even growling about it. 980-G.

[@pete2bc]

@brdman The Cat mechanics can't even fix them. As for me I'm to old now for this new stuff, I'll stick to my D6C, 215b and my 22B draglines, Ain't enough work around here to ever pay for one of these new machines anyway.

[@paulpeters5199]

Very awesome now I can't wait to see if you guys do the xe version on the 982 m loader just like the 966,972, and 988 xe keep up the good work best machines on the market hands down

[@cntslesfabrication]

Was this unveiling done in Las Vegas?

[@leebarnhart831]

Wouldn’t it be something if old Holt and Best could see what the company they created is manufacturing today. Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined. What will the next hundred years will bring we can’t imagine.

[@rogueexcavating3839]

lets hope its a huge improvement over the pos D7e

[@joshfriend7103]

Rogue Excavating you got that right! I push loose stockpiled coal with a D7e and have nothing but problems out of it.

[@rogueexcavating3839]

@@joshfriend7103 we had 5 of them I literally had every one on the available to mob out list that i had on my site. the uptime availability was about half or a little better then the equivalent machine. And we did alot of rock work and they are rough as fuck. I would have good operators walk if we made them run one. Cat should buy every single one back melt them down and try to make people forget they come up with such a piece of shit

[@rogueexcavating3839]

@@SummitAggregates must be a unicorn does it blow rainbows out the exhaust lol

[@mightymoeexcavating754]

I'll take two please

[@twyeoman2338]

I have run the d7e and was not impressed with the dozer's ability. It might have had more to do with the single lift cylinder but overall not that impressive. Hopefully this D6 improves on that.

[@ashadashad5414]

Thanks for information to all people

[@actorzone856]

electric drive has been proven in every locomotive for decades and the enormous front end loaders used in the mining industry have electric drives.

[@hillbillysceptic1982]

Why don't they make a lithium ion battery dozer?

[@notorious_tbageryt1115]

The cost of fuel compared to electric which you can capture is greater then the cost of mechanical issues that can be fixed with some education. I hope we can put these to work clearing forest in California ! I'm tired of all the smoke from fires . Plus we should be building new water sources for resources

[@howardlevner1381]

But can they push as much as my 1958 d68u ?????

[@patrickbolin6569]

You know I've worked on 7g, 6c, 6d, 7f, 9u, 6r, 6t, and some of these old ones have proven 50k frame hours. I've seen 28k on a 5ln 6r, but that machine was toast. The electronics and emissions have killed cat. 5 ecms in a dozer is a joke, I won't lie; I sit on a damn laptop more chasing fault codes than anything. IT SUCKS

[@pete2bc]

That's all I've heard about these new machines, got to call the dealer for the smallest thing and they can't keep them running.

[@chechnya]

What a cry baby. Go be a plumber lol.

[@daleolson3506]

Where are they made? France? China? India?

[@hiramrodriguez4323]

Mexico

[@doon714]

Sounds kinda like a train engine, Engine-generator-drive.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Well, you know they had to buy out GM/EMD to get 'their' train engine.

[@doon714]

I did not know that Lewie, Thank you.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@doon714 Sure! It happened a while back I don't know why they couldn't do it with their own stuff but if you look at a picture of the 'Cat' locomotive, there on the front is a subdued EMD logo. But they buy out all matters of companies to get their name on their stuff. R&K or R&O that made the B IG cable machines is now 'Cat'. We never know what's what. They can have it. C U, Buddy!

[@mattcrowell7945]

I bet it won't be as dependable as. The D6R's were

[@patrickbolin6569]

I loved the 6r series 1 and 2. Series 3 was a bastard machine ahead of it's time just like this thing. I get their direction but cat is notorious for letting a product get released way to early

[@mattcrowell7945]

The company I work for bought a new d6r in 1998 and we put 15,000 hrs on it with no engine or transmission issues. I think we put 2 sets of tracks on it and rebored walking beam once and did all the blade bushings a couple times but that thing hardly ever missed a days work in 16 years. We traded it for a d6t in 2014 and the t is a good running dozer and uses about 2 gallons per hour less fuel than the r did but seems to have a lot of electrical issues. Some sensor will through a bad signal and then it will derate itself until you figure out what the problem is and replace it.

[@lanceexcavating4165]

Caterpillar making the best brand of machines on the market junk. One day they will teach cats business model in business schools on how to destroy a billion dollar brand in under a decade.

[@danielaguirre2516]

Like the dozer but I don’t like the new cat logo that cat put on it

[@andersonnettleship845]

Why not replace the Diesel Generator with an appropriately sized Microturbine Generator? Lower maintenance (almost nonexistent) ZERO Emissions BS, and possibly lower fuel consumption with the ability to burn almost any fuel.

[@harveyarmtrout6675]

just more crap to go wrong and you can't work on it, got to take it to the dealer...no thanks.

[@RomeKG471]

Ya or have a tech come out for $125+ an hour!

[@mog5858]

@@RomeKG471 that's cheap i can't get my 1/2 ton worked on for less than 165.00 pr/h i think industrial is in the 200-250 range up hear in Canada. but i could be wrong.

[@RomeKG471]

@@mog5858 Wow!

[@intellidog58]

Go around the water 💦 or you’ll be electrocuted 😬

[@vonn1334]

Intellidog Bubba not true

[@mikemanassas5969]

Dirt .. water... Grease ...electronics... electricity...... Bad .....

[@Dozerguy]

D7e was a morphadite pile of junk. Set up like a finish machine, but could not finish, setup up like a hogger, but couldn't do that either. Hope the idiotic engineers learned the good things this time