Easy on the operator

Off-highway OEMs and suppliers want to make life as easy-and productive-as possible for the people running the equipment.

The new 770 and 772 quarry/construction/mining trucks from Caterpillar go about their business via an array of improvements-Tier-3-compliant engines, a new radiator, and a new frame, to name three-that are designed to increase productivity for owners of the new machines.

But all that new technology will not deliver a satisfying return on investment if the companies purchasing them cannot find and retain drivers to operate them in a way that puts the vehicles' technologies to their greatest and highest use.