CAT Care Meetings
Taking proper care of your Caterpillar equipment is one of the most important aspects of a successful and profitable operation. With proper care and preventive maintenance, your Cat equipment will be a productive and integral part of your business for many years.
Yancey's Cat Care Meetings are designed to keep our customers informed and updated on the most current Product Support information available. These meetings are offered to you as a free service to help you lower your owning and operating costs.
Attending these meetings provides you an opportunity to learn through computer simulations of proper maintenance and operation, real-life examples of poor practices, and question and answer sessions between attendees and presenters. You are also introduced to tips and techniques that may be new to you or that may simply reaffirm the importance of something you have been aware of for many years.
Yancey Bros. Co. conducts Cat Care Meetings monthly from various locations across Georgia. Class sizes are limited and space is filled on a first-come, first-served basis. All materials, breaks and lunch are served free of charge to Cat Care Meeting attendees. Following is our calendar of scheduled meetings and a brief synopsis of the curriculum. If you, or any of your employees, would like to attend, please call your Yancey Product Support Representative or the Service Manager at your local Yancey facility.
2008 Yancey Cat Care Meetings
January 22, 2008: Calhoun
Walk Around Inspections & Undercarriage and G.E.T. Options
February 12, 2008: McDonough
Certified Machine and Power Train Programs
March 11, 2008: Macon
Seven Elements of Equipment Maintenance
April 8, 2008: Savannah
Hydraulic System Maintenance & Repair
May 13, 2008: Augusta
Walk Around Inspections & Undercarriage and G.E.T. Options
June 10, 2008: Austell
Planned Equipment Maintenance
July 15, 2008: Albany
Power Train Maintenance
August 12, 2008: Gwinnett
Certified Machine and Power Train Programs
September 9, 2008: Columbus
Power Train Maintenance
October 14, 2008: Dublin
Hydraulic System Maintenance & Repair
November 12, 2008: Brunswick
Walk Around Inspections & Undercarriage and G.E.T. Options
December 9, 2008: Valdosta
Hydraulic System Maintenance & Repair
2008 Cat Care Curriculum
Certified Machine and Power Train Programs
Course covers rebuild options that help to deliver a cost effective second life on your Cat equipment.
Contamination Control
Previously accepted contamination levels can be harmful to today's equipment. This course reviews procedures and practices that will help to provide optimal machine life.
Seven Elements of Equipment Maintenance
We realize you are faced with daily decisions that impact your bottom line. This course will review elements of the maintenance process that will help you to achieve optimal life and productivity from your equipment.
Walk Around Inspections & Undercarriage and G.E.T. Options
Course review of undercarriage and ground engaging tools by application to help achieve desired performance and product life.
Planned Equipment Maintenance (Covering CSA's,TM&R's and PM Services)
In depth study of the repair before failure machine repair strategy and ways to manage associated expenses over the life of your Cat machine.
Lubricants, SOS & Autolube Systems
Review of post sale maintenance tools used to reduce down time and operating cost of heavy-duty equipment.
Hydraulic System Maintenance & Repair
Construction industry preference is shifting more and more toward hydraulic Intensive machinery.
This course covers ways to improve your machines hydraulic performance while lowering it's operating cost.
Power Train Maintenance
Maintenance has the greatest impact on customer's profitability. Course covers lowering the owning and operating cost associated with drive train repairs.
OTHER CAT CARE COURSES AVAILABLE
Equipment Management Workshop:
Discover the seven key elements of maintenance that will help you lower your operating costs. We will discuss Preventive Maintenance, Scheduled Oil Sampling, Inspections, Training, Scheduling, Repair Management, and Record Keeping.
Hydraulic Systems and Contamination Control:
Increasingly, decisions that impact your bottom line are related to your equipment's hydraulics. During this meeting, we will show you how contaminants affect your system and how you can prevent contamination through inspection, detection, and preventive maintenance.
Knowing Your Cooling System:
Overheating, overcooling, pitting, cavitation, erosion, cracked heads, piston seizures, and plugged radiators are classic cooling system failures. This meeting will help you better understand the importance of proper coolant selection and maintenance and the results of neglecting your cooling system.
Engine Maintenance Workshop:
Productivity, availability, operating costs, resale value, and profitability are all affected by your engine maintenance program. In this meeting, we will discuss the three levels of engine parts and also review repair indicators to help you detect trouble with your engine before failure occurs.
Undercarriage Workshop:
Discussion of the differences in various type of undercarriage plus a detailed review of undercarriage operation and maintenance by application to help achieve desired performance and optimal product life.
Walk-Around Inspections for Dozers & Loaders:
Detailed review of specific items and procedures needed for operators of track-type tractors and track loaders. Emphasis is placed on developing proper preventive maintenance habits that will allow the operator to achieve desired performance and optimal life of components and equipment.