[VIDEO] How GPS on Cat Excavators Cut 20% from a Sand Pit’s Process Time

Caterpillar aggregates specialist explains how a customer uses Grade With Depth & Slope to help inexperienced operators select sand, eliminate hours of auxiliary equipment use every day

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Caterpillar aggregates specialist explains how a customer uses Grade With Depth & Slope to help inexperienced operators select sand, eliminate hours of auxiliary equipment use every day

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