Size and weight classes
CAT excavator sizes and weight classes
How the CAT excavator range splits by operating weight — from mini class up to mining class — with the models we actually hold in each class and their current FOB price range.
The size chart
The number on a CAT model tracks its operating-weight bracket. These are the classes we browse by, with what is in stock in each one right now.
Landscaping, drainage, utilities, farm work and rental fleets. Easy to transport.
General earthmoving, road work, trenching and municipal jobs; a common first machine.
The global workhorse — the CAT 320 range — for construction, roads and general digging.
Heavier earthmoving, quarry support and large-scale site work.
Mining and quarry production; check structure, cooling and undercarriage closely.
How to read a CAT size number
Not sure which size fits the job?
Tell us the work — trenching, road work, quarry, general earthmoving — and the destination port. We point you at the class and send the units in it with their own FOB prices.