Caterpillar seller Barloworld Gear has introduced the profitable handover of two Cat 707 WBT (vast physique vehicles) to what’s described as “a valued mining buyer within the Northern Cape.” Barloworld said: “These models characterize the primary two Cat 707 WBT vehicles offered in southern Africa, marking an vital milestone for each the shopper and our enterprise.”
This supply it mentioned additionally highlights a customer-focused alternative technique aligned to PDMI Stage 9 readiness necessities; the confirmed reliability and manufacturing functionality of the Cat 707 platform; plus Barloworld Gear’s continued partnership with prospects searching for safer and extra productive fleet options.
The Cat 707 WBT models are additionally provided with VisionLink connectivity, offering enhanced fleet visibility, gear monitoring, and data-driven insights to help operational effectivity.
Barloworld added: “This milestone displays our dedication to delivering modern options that help our prospects’ operational objectives whereas serving to them put together for the way forward for mining. Congratulations to the Bloemfontein Area groups on making this landmark supply a hit. Right here’s to powering productiveness, advancing security, and serving to our prospects construct a greater world.”
Caterpillar launched the truck in January 2026 stating: “Constructed for lengthy life and excessive uptime availability, the sturdy new Cat® 707 vast physique truck contains a totally built-in Cat powertrain, together with a Cat C13 engine, Cat computerized transmission and proprietary Cat axles. With its 66 t most payload, the versatile new vast physique truck design provides the choice of ordinary or heavy-duty configurations and the selection of 40- or 42-m3 sizes to match the fabric and jobsite situations.”
The totally built-in Cat powertrain parts are mounted to a sturdy, strengthened chassis. When coupled with versatile Cat Buyer Worth Agreements (CVAs), prospects can obtain greater uptime throughout the brand new truck’s service life, whereas sustaining dependable mechanical efficiency and longevity by means of a second lifecycle.
The 707 may be configured with the 400-kW Cat C13B engine to satisfy China Nonroad Stage IV emissions requirements or the 358-kW C13, which emits equal to US EPA Tier 3. Each choices embody a typical engine brake set at a excessive score. The truck’s six-speed computerized transmission may be geared up with an elective built-in hydraulic retarder. For reliability, the 707 options proprietary Cat axles, built-in Cat powertrain controllers, and Cat wiring and electrical harnesses.
Three brake and retardation ranges – built-in Cat engine brake, elective Cat hydraulic retarder, and parking and repair brakes – “present superior downhill loaded management for enhanced security and sooner hauling cycles. The brand new 707 provides supreme move matches with Cat 986, 988 and 988 XE loaders and Cat 350, 374 and 395 excavators for improved productiveness.”
