Hydraulics are crucial to the operation of your Cat machines. In fact, without hydraulics, you’d be getting a whole of nothing in terms of work. Having hydraulic spare parts on-hand can save you from lengthy downtimes. Wagner Equipment Co is a Cat dealer with locations all throughout Colorado, New Mexico, and far west Texas. We… read more
All heavy equipment these days rely heavily on electrical components to keep them up and running. Electrical components and electronics help keep the power moving within your machinery, which, in turn, helps to keep your machinery moving. Wagner Equipment Co has over 40 years of experience providing the people of Colorado, New Mexico, and far… read more
Google any article on the undercarriage of your heavy machinery, and you’ll be told how crucial it is to the functionality of your piece of equipment. It performs a lot of work, and when it breaks down, it can be costly to repair. In fact, the repair bills for a piece of heavy equipment can… read more
Here at Wagner Equipment Co, we talk a lot about our new, used, and rental heavy equipment. But did you know that we rent Cat attachments as well? When you operate machinery, you need spare parts for when something breaks. This is not only prudent, but it’s necessary if you are to eliminate… read more
When you hear the term “control valve,” you know immediately that something is being controlled by a valve. Beyond that, you may not have any clue. There are many different types of control valves, and they all perform the same function: to control the flow of a liquid or a gas to different areas of… read more
Heavy equipment can be complicated to say the least. With hundreds of parts working together in order to allow them to do the job they were built to do, it can get complicated when something breaks down. With Caterpillar equipment, finding the Cat part that is malfunctioning not only takes skill, but it also… read more
In our on-going series of taking a look at Cat spare parts to have on hand in case something happens, today we’ll take a look at the lowly cylinder, “lowly” as in often overlooked. The cylinder seal works in tandem with the cylinders, which hold the hydraulic fluid that then powers most often the… read more
Seats can be an often overlooked Cat part for your heavy equipment. After all, what most people focus on is the work that your heavy machinery does over anything else. You invested in a piece of heavy equipment so that you could accomplish part of your job, be it construction, demolition, forestry, mining, and the… read more
Without a battery, your car, truck, or heavy equipment would not start. It’s main job is to provide the power to jolt your vehicle or heavy equipment to life. It also supplies power for things such as lights when the engine has been turned off. You can think of batteries as the adrenaline in your… read more
Imagining a world without batteries is like imagining a world without technology. While batteries began somewhat inauspiciously, today Americans buy more than three billion dry-cell batteries a year that power everything from our kids’ toys and watches to computers, cell phones, and our vehicles. It’s safe to say we’d have a lot less gadgets and… read more
