Caterpillar
The new CT681 (shown) with forward-set steer axle joins the Cat Truck series which began in 2011 with the axle-back CT660. CT681’s plain nose is preferred by fleet operators of dump and concrete mixer trucks, Cat said in introducing the model early this year and displaying it in October (see Test Drive on page 36). In 2015, there will be a CT680 tractor, also with a forward-set steer axle but fancier styling to suit premium-minded buyers. Cat Trucks are aimed at vocational duties and built by Navistar with the International PayStar 5000 as a base; they use Navistar’s 12.4-liter N13 diesel which Cat calls the CT13. Cat’s own CX31 full-automatic is the most popular transmission, followed&

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