Caterpillar’s Smart Creep Brings “Adaptive Cruise Control” to Your Attachments

The Smart Creep feature senses the load on a cold planer attachment and automatically adjusts the drive command to keep the attachment running at the most productive speed.

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Becky Schultz
Feb 22, 2022
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At World of Concrete 2022, Daniel Cohen, product application specialist, Caterpillar BCP Attachments, highlighted the new Smart Creep feature available on the company’s D3 skid-steer and compact track loaders. The feature senses the load on a cold planer or wheel saw attachment and automatically adjusts the drive command to keep the attachment running at the most productive speed.

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