- Special machine arrangements provided from the factory
- A variety of buckets and work tools for many applications
SPECIAL MACHINE ARRANGEMENTS
When you have a specialized operation, you need a specialized wheel loader to be productive. The following machine arrangements are available for the 972H:
Aggregate Yard Loaders
The Yard Loader Value Package provides the ultimate in productivity and convenience. Options such as Autolube, Aggregate Autodig, Payload Control and Ride Control reduce operator fatigue and make your wheel loader the most productive yard loader available.
Industrial Loader
Heavy duty guarding and special features designed specifically for industrial applications, such as waste and scrap handling, allow the 972H to withstand the harshest of conditions. Work tools designed specifically for these applications can be added to the machine.
Lift Arrangements
High lift arrangements are available for applications requiring additional dump clearance. Both 2-valve and 3-valve packages can be factory installed for conventional and Command Control machines.
WORK TOOLS AND QUICK COUPLERS
A variety of buckets, work tools and couplers are available from the factory or from your Caterpillar dealer to customize the 972H for your operation.
Quick Couplers
Quick couplers provide unmatched versatility for wheel loaders. Buckets and work tools can be changed in seconds without leaving the cab for maximum productivity.
General Purpose Buckets
General purpose buckets provide good all-around performance for stockpiling, rehandling, excavating and bank loading. A heavy duty general purpose bucket can be used for more aggressive applications.
Rock Buckets
Rock buckets are designed for face or bank loading in mining or quarry applications. The straight-edge rock bucket provides higher breakout force and increased dump clearance. The spade-edge rock bucket offers increased penetration in certain applications.
Material Handling Buckets
The material handling bucket is a flat-floor bucket used for handling stockpiled materials such as aggregates or other easy-to-load materials requiring moderate breakout force.
Waste Buckets
Waste buckets are designed for long life in the harsh world of refuse applications. This high-capacity bucket is well-suited for loading, sorting and other transfer station work.
Heavy Duty Quarry Buckets
The heavy duty quarry bucket is available for high-impact or high-abrasion quarry applications.
Coal Buckets
Coal buckets maximize productivity in loading and stockpiling coal and other materials of similar density.
Woodchip and Clean-Up Buckets
Woodchip and clean-up buckets are available for forestry and millyard applications.
Multi-Purpose Buckets
Multi-Purpose Buckets have a unique four-way action that can load, strip topsoil, bulldoze, clamp pipe or large chunks of concrete, clean up debris, and many other tasks.
Side Dump Buckets
Side Dump Buckets dump both to the front and to the side of the machine, an advantage when working in tight quarters, such as street work, tunnel construction and building levees.
Forks
Logging, millyard and pallet forks are available for forestry and material handling applications.
Loader Rakes
Loader Rakes are durable, high-capacity tools for land clearing and site clean up. Rakes are available with or without top clamps and in quick coupler and pin-on models.
Material Handling Arms
Material Handling Arms move pipe, concrete blocks, highway dividers and other construction materials quickly and precisely.
Ground Engaging Tools (GET)
Several GET options are available from Caterpillar for the 972H buckets. A cast corner adapter is incorporated into the design of the buckets that allows a tooth to be placed on the extreme corner for protection against base bucket wear.
Reversible bolt-on cutting edges (BOCE) and a bolt-on half-arrow cutting edge are also available for the 972H buckets.
The Cat K-Series™ tooth system features an easier-to-install tip and provides very secure tooth retention. No special tools are required for installation and removal.