Reply To: Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)
@theluthier and crew. Living proof that I work at Caterpillar haha. It’s the small text at the bottom of my security badge: “A Caterpillar Company”
Our company got bought by CAT a long while back. I don’t work at a Loader/Backhoe production plant but I do work at a Turbine Production Facility. I work for Solar Turbines but technically it is Caterpillar. The big Brother mandates everything we do and has the deep pockets we need to support our production needs. The turbines we make tend to sell in the $100k to multiple million price range. All of my swag has the CAT name on it including my lunch box, hoody, and hat.
I don’t know this machine intimately that we are modeling but I can give guidance on common things I see that are similar in design since I work at one of their production plants. We all do our production pretty much the same since big Bro has structured everything.
I’ve had a lot of fun working on something that my company makes. Whenever we do any kind of construction projects outside at my plant they have to use Caterpillar equipment from third party contractors haha. So I get to see backhoe loaders similar to this one from time to time. Anywho know you know me a little better. I may not be the best blenderer but I am killer at PLC programming and turbine testing/hardware/and software troubleshooting. I’ve installed, removed, condemned and worked on industrial turbine equipment for the past 9 years after graduating in Mech Engineering. I currently support production testing of overhauled (newly restored) turbines that are tested in Texas and our other worldwide facilities.
Much more I can say (I love to talk about myself haha) but this is already plenty. Thanks again for this live stream.