Specification sheetIssued 4 November 2026
Cat · dozer
Cat D8
Cat D8 (the renamed D8T: C15, elevated sprocket, build 22A) in Cat's Afr-ME Tier 3-equivalent build (AME excluding Saudi Arabia) - the model Al-Bahar sells as 'D8 - Tier 3'; standard tractor, SU blade, single-shank ripper.
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- Blade capacity
- 10.3 m³
- power
- 271 kW (363 hp)
- Operating weight
- 39,000 kg
- Blade width
- 4.038 m
- Overall length (with blade)
- 7.91 m
- Overall length (base machine)
- 4.76 m
- Height (to top of cab)
- 3.53 m
- Track gauge
- 2.08 m
- Width over tracks
- 2.79 m
- Blade width
- 4.038 m
- Blade height
- 1.747 m
- Track length on ground
- 3.21 m
- Shoe width
- 0.61 m
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Dimensions
- Height (to top of guardrail)
- 3.39 m
- Ground clearance
- 0.622 m
- Grouser height (Extreme service)
- 0.084 m
- SU blade (add to basic tractor)
- 1.417 m
- Single-shank ripper (add to basic tractor) (Tip at ground line, shank pin in middle hole)
- 1.725 m
- Drawbar (add to basic tractor)
- 0.295 m
Weight
- Operating weight
- 39,000 kg
- Operating weight (LGP) (With drawbar)
- 37,585 kg
- Shipping weight (10% fuel, with ripper)
- 34,030 kg
- Blade weight (SU, with push arms)
- 4,539 kg
Performance
- Blade capacity (SU blade, ISO 9246; U 11.8 m³, angle 6.1 m³)
- 10.3 m³
- 10Blade lift height
- 1.246 m
- 9Digging depth
- 0.576 m
- 11Maximum tilt at blade corner
- 0.573 m
- Ground pressure (ISO 16754)
- 88.5 kPa
- Maximum drawbar pull (1.0 forward)
- 642 kN
Ripper
- Ripper maximum penetration (Single shank)
- 1.13 m
- Ripper maximum penetration force (Single shank)
- 127 kN
- Ripper weight (single shank)
- 4,070 kg
Engine
- Engine model
- Cat C15
- Emissions
- Brazil MAR-1 / UN ECE R96 Stage IIIA (equivalent to U.S. EPA Tier 3 / EU Stage IIIA)
- Net power (At 2,050 rpm, ISO 9249 / SAE J1349)
- 271 kW (363 hp)
- Gross power
- 296 kW (397 hp)
- Displacement
- 15.2 L
Transmission
- Transmission
- Powershift, 3 forward / 3 reverse (half-step ranges)
- Travel speed, forward (max) (3.0 forward)
- 10.3 km/h
- Travel speed, reverse (max) (3.0 reverse)
- 10.3 km/h
Undercarriage
- Undercarriage
- Elevated sprocket, 44 sections, 8 bottom rollers
Hydraulics
- Pump flow (Implement pump, 1,850 rpm)
- 259 L/min
- Max pressure
- 240 bar
Service capacities
- Fuel tank
- 624 L
- Cooling system
- 72 L
- Engine oil, with filter (Engine crankcase)
- 43 L
- Power train
- 208 L
- Final drives (each)
- 12.5 L
- Hydraulic tank
- 69 L
Service intervals
- Engine oil and filter
- 500 hours
- Power train oil
- 1,000 hours
- Hydraulic oil
- 6,000 hours
- Coolant
- 12,000 hours