Cat Trucks says it has received strong levels of enquiry on its new CT630HD road-train triples model after the recent Brisbane Truck Show and expects the same will happen at the forthcoming Perth Truck Show in July.
“We were certainly anxious to gauge reactions to the CT630HD, particularly to see if the level of operator interest would be equal to our confidence in the model,” says Brisbane-based Hastings Deering Cat trucks dealership general manager Gary Johnson.
“The huge number of visitors to the stand and the sheer volume of interest and feedback from customers and drivers were positive. Best of all, the level of inquiry has continued to be extremely strong since the show,” he adds.
“People come from all over Australia, New Zealand and even further afield to visit this show, so to be able to present a truck like the CT630HD is a great asset.”
Johnson and his team were responsible for preparing the Cat Trucks exhibit featuring the new CT630HD alongside its stablemates, the CT630SC and the CT610.
“Since the previous Brisbane Truck Show two years ago, several new Cat models have been developed including the CT630S and the CT630SC which primarily target the B-double sector,” he says.
“But the CT630HD was making its debut at the Brisbane show and being the first Cat truck rated for road-train triples work, it’s easy to understand why it attracted so much attention.
“It’s a versatile truck with the ability to cover a lot of workloads from grain to general freight, tankers, bulk goods and most things in between,” says Johnson.
“There’s certainly the strength to run on dirt when required but it’s more a triples rated highway truck and that’s what suits a lot of road-train operators these days, particularly the flexibility to do staging work from a single trailer to two and then three trailers.”
This level of versatility is an extremely important factor according to Peter Calligaro, business unit manager of Westrac’s Cat Trucks operation based in Perth.
“The CT630HD is ideal for the West Australian market,” he says. “It has the attributes to haul B-doubles, road-train doubles or B-triples across the Nullarbor or road-train triples to the north.
“In this day and age it pays to be many things to many people and given the amount of inquiry we’ve had, it’s apparent the CT630HD already ticks a lot of boxes with a lot of operators.
The CT630HD will have pride of place on the Cat Trucks stand at the upcoming Perth Truck Show from July 24 to 26.
“We’re eager to show it off and we know there are a lot of people just as eager to see it in the flesh,” says Calligaro.
