CAT 345B Material Handler
Manufacturer: NORSCOT
Scale: 1:50
Here is the CAT 345 B MH, you can get a rough idea of the handlers size
as it's operator starts climbing up the access ladder
Raised cab for visability. The inside is just a plastic mold with a seat
and side controls but the big clear wondows are good looking
Wide spread rubber tracks for stability
Front view of the long grab boom
View of the left/operators side
Rear view, good pic to show how wide the tracks are spread out
The right side
Since this machine is used for lifting rather than digging like an excavator
its hydraulics are located under the boom arm conection rather than above
This model comes with two attachments a magnet (sadly not a real working
magnet which would of been a good touch) and a 4 arm grapple
The attachments just slide into place (you can see the slide indentation
track if you look closely to the grapple)
Shot with the magnet attached
Shot with the grapple attached
Here's a pic to show the material handlers maxiumum reach height
The 345B MH next to a few other material handlers
Here's a picture of a CAT 345B MH at work at a recycling plant shown here
sorting material into piles to later be loaded into train cars