Cat motors

How come non of these older jiggers ran cat motors?

Probably cause they are made to push not pull :

How old are the trucks are you talking about?

Blueline ,30 plus years.

How come non of these older jiggers ran cat motors?

Hi guys.... Not sure what old jiggers Backyard Fixer is referring to,but Caterpillar engines (1673,1676) where fitted to imported Kenworths here in the 1960s and also Peterbilts as well. Cheers James.

There is lots of talk about GM, Cummins and Perkins. Nothing about Cat. I was thinking Cat was not in road transport pre 1990?

LNT8000 Louisvilles had V8 cats from the late seventies I belive, often refered to as ''throw away cats'' very common in concrete agies but the first cat motor I drove was in a LTL louie, in 1987, 1 of two O'Connell's brought from swanes in Dubbo in about 1984/5, other than a couple of 892TTA's, some MAN's and a commer knocker every thing else has been Cummins so I could not say cat's were that comon pre nineties maybe I just lead a sheltered life.

g'day Backyard Fixer .. Knights of Kilmore, Seatons Tpt, Canningtons from Silverwater NSW, Ernie Walhert subbying to Mayne Nickless, ....all these firms (and a few others) used these engines way back in the mid 60's....cheers mate

My Dad's 1978 IBC bus has a 3208 (?)
Incidentally, I accidentally found a pic of it online in its old working clothes!
Jarrod.

g'day Backyard Fixer .. Knights of Kilmore, Seatons Tpt, Canningtons from Silverwater NSW, Ernie Walhert subbying to Mayne Nickless, ....all these firms (and a few others) used these engines way back in the mid 60's....cheers mate

Thanks Decta... T.J. Clarke are other operator I can think of and all the Oshkosh trucks were Caterpillars I think.... Cheers James.