Starting September 14th, the industry-first CASE Minotaur DL550 will be making its way across the United States and Canada on “The Groundbreaker Roadshow,” stopping at more than 50 CASE dealer locations.
“Minotaur has a massive fan following and we’re giving it the rock star treatment by sending it on a cross-continent tour into 2023,” says Terry Dolan, vice president, North America, CASE Construction Equipment. “It’s a machine that people have to see to believe — and the common response from people who see it is that it’s even bigger, stronger and more versatile than they imagined it would be. It really has that ability to change the industry and how people work.”
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According to CASE, the Minotaur DL550 compact dozer holds 29 patents, has pushed through more than 12,000 field-test hours, countless customer clinics and typical lab and engineering testing.
The Groundbreaker Roadshow kicks off on Wednesday, September 14th at Titan Machinery of Shakopee, Minnesota.
More about the Minotaur DL550
Weighing in at more than 18,000 pounds and working with 114 horsepower, the new CASE Minotaur DL550 compact dozer loader delivers true dozing and grading performance, as well as powerful site loading capabilities and compatibility with hundreds of attachments.
CASE claims that a single platform has never delivered this level of versatility, power and precision.
The hallmark advancement of the CASE Minotaur DL550 is the chassis-integrated C-frame with six-way dozer blade. The C-frame hydraulically couples into both the chassis of the machine, as well as the attachment coupler. This design provides the stability and smooth operating plane of a small dozer while ensuring that all operating power is channeled through the whole body of the machine. This establishes greater performance and long-term reliability than the simple combination of a dozer blade attachment to a traditional compact track loader.
Also, it comes standard with CASE Universal Machine Control, which makes the machine ready for any of the three major providers of machine control technology. Moreover, it’s also available with an optional, industry-exclusive, fully-integrated ripper to simplify dozing and earthmoving operations.
The C-frame can be easily detached in minutes, allowing the operator to use it as a loader with a heavy-duty 1.25-cubic-yard bucket, or with hundreds of common loader attachments.
“The Minotaur is truly a fleet of one, that is second to none,” says Jeff Jacobsmeyer, product manager, CASE. “Business owners and fleet managers looking for a compact solution that delivers countless benefits in a single footprint will immediately see the versatility this exciting new machine brings to their fleets and will quickly understand what a ‘compact dozer loader’ is capable of accomplishing. We are excited to share it with the world.”
