Caterpillar trucks are NOT made by Caterpillar. THey are made for Cat by International/Navistar or whatever name International is using these days! They are marked/badged as Cat but you can buy the same truck with a Ford or GM nameplate on it, too. Cat got out of the truck business (highway) effective Jan. 1, 2009, and do not even make truck engines anymore. ALL of their truck engine manufacturing, design, engineering, etc,, including the plants making them was sold to Navistar, effective 1/1/2009. Cat DOES, under Navistar license, service them though! Please, just keep it straight. I've worked for Cat since 1/3/69. The only trucks currently made by Caaterpillar are OFF-ROAD trucks for construction and mining with capacities starting around 20 tons!
Correct sir, but the on highway trucks are designed and engineered by Cat. The frames are also much taller and stronger than it's International cousin. Many of the engine parts are also genuine Cat parts, including blocks. With on highway trucks, suspensions, brakes, axles etc are made by many other manufacturers. The automatic transmission is also genuine Cat and is going to put a big hurt on Allison IMO. They have a real nice product here, and we are starting to sell quite a few of them.
