Cat Cutting Back

Here is an artical about this. Looks like 20,000.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28854051

Wyo Cat I just read after I sent the first story that indeed there is many more to be let go at Cat due to the hard times. It said about 18% of the Co. people are effected.

If you read the article from the link above, at the end, it reports that the new administration in Washington will be doing something to save the day. Am I the only doubter? :>) GWH

the drilling company i work for paid 15 grand per 3508/3512 cat engine to cancel any unrecieved 3500's (about 25 of them) We've got a yard full of them now.

Here is a link to read more about the situation at Cat and the layoffs expected.

www.pjstar.com

George, you aren't the only doubter.

Regards,
Lee

Are they playing chicken with EPA over emission laws on truck engines?? They are going to stop all production of truck engines new and old soon. How long will our goverment let this go on? The new emission laws are to strict. When one of the worlds largest engine manufactures says they can't make money building truck engines something is wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you know the EPA wants to TAX farmers $175 per methane producing cow PER year!!!! 😮
I talked to a trucker yesterday who was hauling 2 or 3 times a day out of Waukesha Engine (CAT's Natural Gas Engine competitor), He said since the first of the year he has been in there only one week.
Times are tough!!!! 😠

SJ

I was talking to my cat dealer yesterday and they have had a lot of layoffs. The 20,000 is only coporate cat. Giles and Ransome totally got rid of the second and third shifts. Hard to believe they are running only one shift!

SJ

I was talking to my cat dealer yesterday and they have had a lot of layoffs. The 20,000 is only coporate cat. Giles and Ransome totally got rid of the second and third shifts. Hard to believe they are running only one shift!