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Centennial Cat 285 Lands at GMF4X4
Landscape Contractor Magazine
|March - April 2026
A rapidly growing Australian 4WD manufacturing business has taken delivery of a Cat Centennial 285 Compact Track Loader - the final Centennial machine delivered in 2025.
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The Cat 285 is Caterpillar's largest compact track loader, with features that include a lift height of 3.7 metres and a rated operating capacity of more than three tonnes.
Because 2025 was also Caterpillar's 100th anniversary, several special Centennial models were made available with unique paintwork and branding. The last of them to be sold by WesTrac was #12 of 21, snapped up by Bathurst, New South Wales, four-wheel-drive business GMF4X4.
GMF4X4 company founder Greg Moore was happy to chat about why the Cat 285 was right choice for his business.
HomegrownGMF4X4 has grown from a one-man operation into an Australian manufacturer whose products are trusted by four-wheel-drive (4WD) owners locally and overseas. The company's day-to-day operations include material handling, yard maintenance, site works, and infrastructure tasks.
This story is from the March - April 2026 edition of Landscape Contractor Magazine.
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