This 1960s promotional film produced by Caterpillar Tractor Co. shows the usefulness of different CAT equipment in snow removal. It shows a variety of CAT equipment in action including the CAT 922 and 944 track excavators, motor graders, and wheel loaders. These are shown with different configurations such as plows, v-wing plows, and snow blowers. The film continues to highlight the versatility of CAT equipment, notably that the same equipment you need in summer for road construction can be easily modified in winter to clear roads.

0:22 “The Snow Problem”, 0:44 man climbs into a plow and begins clearing a snowy road, 1:07 a CAT Wheel Loader in operation, 1:18 CAT Motor Grader in action, 1:31 animations showing different configurations of the loader and grader, 2:34 a CAT 944 Track Excavator being refitted for winter operations, 3:14 the CAT 944 clearing a snowy road, 3:30 the CAT 966 clearing snow with a plow and wing in various environments such as the countryside, on bridges, and in a city, 5:12 the CAT 966 demonstrating its maneuverability in close quarters, 5:32 CAT 966 breaking down a snow drift with the plow’s lift mechanism, 6:26 CAT 944 clearing snow with a snow blower, 7:29 a track excavator using a special blower to disintegrate crystalized snow, 7:53 excavators equipped with buckets clearing lighter snow, 8:08 a CAT 922 using a large bucket to clear a parking lot, 8:42 CAT 922 loading trucks with different buckets, 10:19 a track excavator and a CAT No. 12 motor grader clearing a street, 10:31 CAT No.14 and No.12 graders clearing roads with their blades, 11:40 a motor grader using a v-plow wing to clear snow, 11:53 a 112 Series F motor graders working hard to clear heavy snow with v-plows, 13:55 motor graders with blowers attached to the plow, 15:08 a No. 14 series D motor grader using a reversible plow to push snow off mountain roads, 16:07 a CAT Wheel Loader operating in limited space environments, 16:24 animation showing different types of snow removal machinery, 16:45 CAT machines operating in the summer, 17:29 produced by Caterpillar Tractor Co.

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