IRVING, Texas, July 11, 2025―Caterpillar announces its Cat® Fleet Bucket Program, which allows customers to benefit from Cat ground engaging tools (GET) even on third-party buckets sourced from local bucket manufacturers. A new or rebuilt bucket, whether a Cat bucket or other brand, can now be equipped with Cat GET, available in multiple designs to meet the needs of specific applications, allowing customers and local bucket manufacturers to standardize on a single GET supplier.

The program is available to meet a wide range of machine bucket needs, including those for compact, wheeled and backhoe loaders, excavators, hydraulic mining shovels and rope shovels. Caterpillar and the Cat dealer work with hundreds of local bucket manufacturers globally to offer GET options to fit their customized bucket designs. This enables customers with mixed fleets to standardize on Cat GET to help increase wear life, decrease downtime and even increase productivity.

With Cat machines working worldwide, Caterpillar offers a GET option for virtually any application. With flexible offerings to fit the local bucket manufacturer designs, customers can choose from thousands of Cat GET products that include adapters, tips, cutting edges and side protectors to fit their work tool needs.

Cat GET is backed by 12-month Caterpillar Limited and unlimited breakage warranties and the global Cat dealer network that offers services to help make decisions about component health and productivity. If a customer has a GET issue outside of the territory in which it was purchased, the customer can contact the Cat dealer where the machine is working to receive support.

The GET is eligible for a Cat Customer Value Agreement (CVA) which brings together the dealer and easy parts acquisition for hassle-free ownership. These agreements can be tailored to fit the customer’s needs with a range of options that include guaranteeing the supply of GET when needed, ensuring consistent pricing throughout the contracted time, or total GET management by the dealer, taking the worry away from the customer.

Cat dealers can also set up customer fleets with the Bucket Pro App, which allows dealers to monitor GET wear to help plan maintenance, manage inventory and identify the best GET solutions for the work at hand. Within the app, customers receive instant on-site inspection reports that include percent worn, future changeout dates and average life of all GET components on the bucket. The app’s bucket cycle summary offers monthly bucket cycle trends related to cost per ton, cost per hour and productivity, as well as average life trends.

More information on the Cat Fleet Bucket Program can be found by contacting a Cat dealer or visiting cat.com.

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