CASE has launched its Case Minotaur™ DL550 compact dozer loader, which is shipping now from the factory in Wichita, Kansas. The machine has 29 patents, 12,907 pounds of breakout force, and hundreds of attachments, making it a versatile dozer/loader on the job site.
CASE Construction Equipment, Racine, Wisconsin, has introduced the industry to a “new” equipment category. The Case Minotaur™ DL550 compact dozer loader is a machine that might look familiar to what you saw at CECA 2017 or even CECA 2020 at first glance, but the differences and updates have continued on the inside. The minotaur is a half-man, half-bull creature in fiction. It’s a half-dozer, half-loader in the reality of the factory in Wichita, Kansas, which is shipping the machines as of Aug. 2.
It’s a compact dozer first, with a rear ripper integrated into the framework of the machine at the factory, but the front end is the kicker. When you drop the hydraulically coupled c-frame and pick up the 1.25-yard bucket, all you do next is toggle a button in the cab between dozer mode and loader mode to turn the Minotaur into a loader.
This piece of equipment has 29 patents (21 completed and 8 pending), 12,907 pounds of breakout force, and hundreds of attachments making it a versatile machine to have on the site-clearing project.
“The integrated C-frame delivers true dozer performance and the agility and finesse of a loader,” reads CASE’s press release. The Minotaur™ DL550 compact dozer loader is compatible with hundreds of attachments, and the addition of an industry-exclusive fully integrated ripper.
“Minotaur demonstrates CASE’s commitment to delivering real-world innovation rooted in customer need,” reads the release. “With 29 patents**, more than 10,000 field test hours, multiple customer clinics, countless operator evaluations, product refinements and even more evaluations after that — we’ve put this machine to the test to deliver you the highest standard in quality.”
**21 patents granted, 8 pending