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Back in the mists of time, about the time JC was a carpenter and the world was a sunnier, happier place - things were different. There weren't as many models for a start and it was usually unecessary to go to the extent of a 5-figure Serial Number, up to 9999 machines of a given model was fine. But at that time no-one had figured they were going to turn out on-highway truck engines by the tens of thousands.

Caterpillar Equipment Specifications, Serial Number, Year Model, Upgrades, CAT Engine and Transportation Information. Your Caterpillar Serial Number (SN) is an 8 character alphanumeric code, typically starting with 3 letters and ending with 5 numbers. In early 2000 Caterpillar changed to a 17 character Product Identification Number (PIN) that conforms to the construction equipment industry standard. The PIN contains the serial number for the machine.

The same thing applied to the prefix, but then after years of 2U, 4X, etc, all of a sardine they ran out of prefixes and had to add a 3rd digit to them. Now we have things like B9H, RJG, 2BW, & SPD as prefixes and they haven't even got warmed up yet. About the same time off-highway machinery was included into the International System of Vehicle Identification Numbers or VIN, so now we have a 17-digit plate just like you'd see on your car, although in Cat's case it's called a P(roduct)IN plate. This happened in 2001. For those of us who know we can still pick our way through the crap and at least reduce that to an 8-digit Serial Number.. Back in the mists of time, about the time JC was a carpenter and the world was a sunnier, happier place - things were different. There weren't as many models for a start and it was usually unecessary to go to the extent of a 5-figure Serial Number, up to 9999 machines of a given model was fine.

But at that time no-one had figured they were going to turn out on-highway truck engines by the tens of thousands. The same thing applied to the prefix, but then after years of 2U, 4X, etc, all of a sardine they ran out of prefixes and had to add a 3rd digit to them. Now we have things like B9H, RJG, 2BW, & SPD as prefixes and they haven't even got warmed up yet. About the same time off-highway machinery was included into the International System of Vehicle Identification Numbers or VIN, so now we have a 17-digit plate just like you'd see on your car, although in Cat's case it's called a P(roduct)IN plate. This happened in 2001.

For those of us who know we can still pick our way through the crap and at least reduce that to an 8-digit Serial Number.. Caterpillar serial numbers Hi, Im also facing a similar predicament. I have a CAT D6D Dozer Engine 3306. It has the following numbers which amongst these I am not sure which is a serial number/Engine number since the descriptions are not visible 1. 20X 1449 Could this be the SN and hence supposed to read 20X 01449?

49V 15827 There is something like A. Could this be the Arrangement number or the Engine Serial Number rather? Transmission is 7G4244E 3. Which year was it built? Mangal Hindi Font Keyboard Layout Download. The other machine is a CAT TLB, Model: 438 There are three numbers: 1. J90 8986 Does not show clearly which amongst these numbers are Engine/SN/Chassis, etc I have been cracking my head through the internet but I haven't managed Thanks so much for your help Geoffrey.

Validate the year of manufacture to ensure a reliable value. Avoid paying too much for used construction equipment or not asking enough when selling your current equipment. An error of just one model year (2005 vs. 2006, for example) can change the price by thousands of dollars. The Serial Number Guide is the leading source for year-of-manufacture data on all major and hard-to-find construction equipment. This means you get over 50 years of serial number information from more than representing over 100 equipment types in construction, forestry, paving, material handling and aggregate industries – FAST!