CATERPILLAR has launched the new, seven-model lineup of M-Series Motor Graders.
The new machines feature a number of revolutionary concepts in motor grader design - most notably a pair of joysticks replacing as many as 15 levers and a steering wheel.
Caterpillar M-Series Motor Grader
Because of the many control inputs required and the precision work performed by motor graders, they are widely regarded as the most difficult of all earthmoving machines to operate.
Caterpillar designed the M-Series joystick control system to make the motor grader easier to learn and less fatiguing.
The M-Series design improvements did not stop at the operator station. Caterpillar applied for more than 100 new patents while developing the new motor graders, and the new graders include about 30% new content. New features include dynamic styling that opens up lines of sight, easy adjustment of the drawbar, circle and moldboard (DCM), a high torque all-wheel-drive system, enhanced power management and emissions-compliant Cat C-Series engines with ACERTTM Technology.