Cat will offer the 918 compact wheel loader for the first time in 30 years.
Acknowledging it as a “gray area” machine, Caterpillar is reintroducing the 918 wheel loader, absent from its compact wheel loader lineup since the early 90s, to the market.
“We’re providing a smaller frame than the 926, but still in a really powerful machine,” says B.J. Meier, Cat’s compact wheel loader product manager. “The 918 is a unique machine because it does sit in that gray area between what is considered a small machine and a compact machine.”
The new 918M joins the 910M and 914M, which have also been updated, in Cat’s compact wheel loader lineup. All three machines are powered by a Cat C4.4 engine producing 115 horsepower in the 918, and 74 hp in both the 910 and 914. Full specs are below.
The Tier 4 Final C4.4 uses a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system and only requires the addition of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). Fuel saving features include an ECO mode, auto engine idle shutdown and an optional on-demand cooling fan.
Meier says the three new loaders offer larger buckets, higher forces, greater load capacity, more axle capacity and increased auxiliary flow over their predecessors.
