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cat 345 front shoval
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:47 am
by ruston bucyrus
i thougth this exsist but i have nerver seen one even in pics just heard about it
Re: cat 345 front shoval
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:20 am
by Holger
Hi Ruston Bucyrus!
I am almost sure 345CL is offered in a Front Shovel configuration. Machines as small as the 325 have been offered in FS configuration in the past.
I think FS are offered from the 325 up to the 385.
Anyone having more/correct info and/or pictures?
Re: cat 345 front shoval
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:22 am
by Holger
I also found the 321 as FS:
Re: cat 345 front shoval
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:25 am
by Holger
And here is the Cat 245B FS
Re: cat 345 front shoval
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 5:08 pm
by IBH
The 321CLCR is proably modified for tunnelling.
Re: cat 345 front shoval
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:53 pm
by Joes1989
I personally have never seen a 345CL FS, Have one ever seen the Coal Shovels that are normally 325's and then the larger face shovels that are 365 and 385!
Re: cat 345 front shoval
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 1:16 am
by Shovelman
I have never seen a Caterpillar 345 offered with front shovel attachment directly since the 345B. This is not my photo, and I do not know who to credit it to.
URL of the original image: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2172/345biifs017.jpgI do find it interesting that the 345 does not incorporate the "equalization" cylinder attached to the boom. Perhaps it was Cat commisioning an outside source for the shovel front?
If a front shovel arrangement was available on the "C" or "D" iterations, I am not aware of it. I would love to be educated in this respect.
Re: cat 345 front shoval
Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 6:50 pm
by ruston bucyrus
i think the 345b is a coal shoval not built buy cat