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Caterpiller Truck?

I don't know 'bout that.

Ping sputter pop.

1 posted on 06/21/2008 9:01:07 PM PDT by Pete-R-Bilt
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To: B4Ranch; glock rocks; tubebender; LasVegasMac

well the tree huggers have done it again

good bye million mile motors hello

cummins?

I feel ill

boink!


2 posted on 06/21/2008 9:03:48 PM PDT by Pete-R-Bilt (if more is better, too much is just right!)
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To: Pete-R-Bilt

Parallel parking is gonna suck.

3 posted on 06/21/2008 9:04:34 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Pete-R-Bilt

As I understand it . . .

When Cat wanted to go into Mexico . . . it quickly discovered how much corruption and kickbacks were necessary to play the game and do anything in Mexico.

They refused. So, they didn’t go into Mexico for a long time. When they did—it was on their very high integrity terms.

The prospective customers remembered and gave them all their business.


5 posted on 06/21/2008 9:22:02 PM PDT by Quix (WE HAVE THE OIL NOW http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147)
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To: Pete-R-Bilt

It’s sad when you think about it, but it comes as no real surprise.

Volvo’s huge investment in a global motor has paid off well. International has had a deal with MAN since ‘04 to jointly develop global motors. Daimler followed up with the purchase of Detroit. Paccar (Peterbilt and KW) bought DAF, and is rebadging the motors for our market as Paccar, and the “go to” or optional motor will be red, a Cummins.

With engine management systems becoming so integrated with the vehicle itself, it stands to reason that truck OEMs need to engineer the whole package.

Cat’s a smart company, very well run. They’ll put their efforts where the market is, and continue to dominate.


6 posted on 06/21/2008 9:50:53 PM PDT by papasmurf (Unless I post a link to a resource, what I post is opinion, regardless of how I spin it.)
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To: Pete-R-Bilt

And there goes another one. I wonder when Ford will abandon the American market to concentrate on their foreign market. I heard Carl Edwards say tonight that Ford was getting tight with the money and support for the teams.


7 posted on 06/21/2008 10:10:00 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: Pete-R-Bilt

What the...how can you have a Caterpillar thread without some Rachel Corrie jokes?!


8 posted on 06/21/2008 10:19:33 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
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