ELKADER, IOWA — A rare Caterpillar tractor auctioned with a collection of meticulously restored antique machines started a cross-country journey Tuesday to a new owner with deep ties to the company.

During the mid-1980s, there were rumors that Caterpillar was developing a 4-wheel-drive tractor for the agricultural market. In the summer of 1986, Caterpillar introduced a unique tractor equipped ...

War, in all its horrors, tends to breed innovation and accelerate technological development. There's hardly a better example than the First World War, where the stalemate of trench warfare on the ...

PEORIA, Ill. Dec 18 (Reuters) - Construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. on Monday said it agreed to sell its new MT line of tractors to AGCO Corp. , a Duluth, Georgia-based ...

TROUT RUN - The first tractor the late George E. Logue Sr. owned was a Caterpillar 10 built in the 1920s that was given him by his father. By the time the Lycoming County businessman died last October ...

Both Caterpillar Inc. and John Deere Co. are area manufacturing giants that, despite diversification, are known for the tractors they make. Caterpillar is a world leader when it comes to mining and ...

Caterpillar is moving faster in expanding its line of Navistar-built Cat Trucks following the 2011 introduction of its original CT660 with a setback steer axle. Last fall brought the CT681, with a ...

The Big Three of the farm-equipment industry–Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co. and Case Corp.–are rolling out a revolutionary type of tractor, and already two of the manufacturers are in court, arguing ...

The new Cat 621H, 623H and 627H wheel tractor-scrapers feature a more powerful engine in the tractor, and a more powerful engine in the scraper of the 627H. The Cat C13 engine in the tractor produces ...

The 657 Caterpillar scraper is a combination tractor-scraper utilizing a 585-horsepower Cat C18 diesel in the tractor and a 447-horsepower C15 in the scraper. The transmission features Electronic ...