cat 345 front shoval

[ruston bucyrus]

i thougth this exsist but i have nerver seen one even in pics just heard about it

[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?

[Holger]

I also found the 321 as FS:

[Holger]

And here is the Cat 245B FS

[IBH]

The 321CLCR is proably modified for tunnelling.

[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!

[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.jpg

I 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.

[ruston bucyrus]

i think the 345b is a coal shoval not built buy cat