Equipment
Road Building
When the road has never been traveled
Sometimes there isn’t a road ready for travel and Boyd CAT has the Cat® products you’ll need to not only clear a path but get the road ready for haul truck traffic. Whether it is a Cat track-type tractor with a winch for moving fallen trees from the path or a small dozer to clear brush and undercut areas, Boyd CAT and our forestry sales team is ready to provide you with the right products for your needs.
Road building equipment from Cat and Boyd CAT is engineered to withstand the toughest of conditions. Cat forestry machines set the standard for the industry, and the company’s road building equipment is no exception. Count on a Cat machine to deliver reliable performance in even the most rugged conditions, all while maintaining a low cost of ownership that’s good for your bottom line.
With over a century of experience working with clients in the logging and forestry industries, Boyd CAT recognizes the importance of well-built roads for quickly and efficiently extracting and transporting trees to processing sites, landings, or millyards. We offer machinery for all aspects of road building: track-type tractors for versatile clearing and grading; excavators for removing obstacles and debris; hydraulic excavators for large-scale earthmoving; and soil compactors & motor graders for maintaining roads after construction.
Road Building Equipment
Road Building Equipment
Cat road building equipment delivers the power you need to get the job done, on time and on budget. Follow the links below for more information about the company’s current lineup of:
- Dozers: Cat dozers come in a wide range of sizes and configurations. For road building applications, the company’s medium and large dozers offer an excellent compromise between being powerful enough to quickly clear a path in rough terrain and still remaining portable and economical to operate. Track shoes, blade and undercarriage components can be optimized for road building and forestry tasks. Contact a sales representative for detailed specifications and assistance choosing the right model for your fleet.
- Excavators: Cat excavators deliver the working advantages — including superior power, reach, digging depth, breakout force and swing torque — you need to quickly and economically break ground on major roadwork projects. The company’s newest and most advanced excavators range in size from 13 to over 500 horsepower, with many models highly suitable for roadwork applications. Several buckets and other work tools are available to further enhance each machine’s performance and versatility.
- Forest machines: Cat manufactures several forest machines for both roadwork and general forestry applications. No matter the task, a Cat forest machine will deliver dependable operation thanks to a rugged main-frame design that maximizes durability, and a thick and wide car-body structure that provides stability even in rough or uneven terrain. Several guarding packages are available for protecting vulnerable hydraulic, track and other components from damage, maximizing uptime and keeping your crew productive.
- Motor graders: Cat motor graders are built from the ground up for optimum productivity during road building and any other task. Key features of the current generation of Cat motor graders include sophisticated, precise controls, a world-class cab designed for long-term operator comfort, and advanced, integrated electronics that provide a number of valuable fleet management functions.
Let the Boyd CAT team match you with the right Cat machine for the job. To request a quote of any of our products or for more information about road building using Cat forestry equipment, contact one of our 16 locations today.