r/machinesinaction • u/Bodzio1981 • 4d ago

Caterpillar Sixty Crawler at Work! 🔥

Here’s the legendary Caterpillar Sixty back in the field, doing what it was built for. No electronics, no fancy buttons—just raw diesel power and engineering from a different era.

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u/hallofo 4d ago

I think it's named the "sixty" to describe how many meters it goes with a liter of fuel.

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u/NTDLS 4d ago

Per liter? I’d surmise you’re overestimating the distance it can travel per liter.

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u/GlockAF 3d ago

I’m pretty sure the 60 refers to how many seconds it takes the operator to lose most of their hearing

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u/quirkypanic2 4d ago

I think you mean liters to travel a meter

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u/nomasterpiece9312 3d ago

Its a diesel, its getting WAY better milage than your giving it credit for. No im not being sarcastic either