2025 Caterpillar Forest Machines FM528 GF

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2025 Caterpillar Forest Machines FM528 GF

Adaptable Forest Machine Built for Application Versatility

The Cat® FM528 is a versatile forestry excavator engineered for the lumberjack of all trades. From land clearing to fire clean-up, chipper + grinder loading, mulching, processing, and more, this adaptable forest machine is ready to go to work for your fleet. Built for the operator, it is equipped with the Next Gen side-entry forestry cab for premium visibility and optimum protection.

Features may include:
  • The latest operator oriented User Interface (UI) has been designed to maximize uptime by allowing operators to easily reorder work tool lists and quickly create new work tool combinations makes it manageable for a single person to check and adjust for bucket wear.
  • The Cat C4.4 173 hp (129 kW) engine and electrohydraulic system help drive fuel reduction and enable high-performance responses within the system to optimize operations.
  • Cat® continues to improve user interface functionality for operators of all skill levels. The touchscreen monitor is an easy-to-use operating tool that presents the jobsite dashboard with an intuitive format.
  • This multi-configuration machine includes a processor, roadbuilder, log loader, and provides knuckleboom controls. It can go to work in the woods or the millyard to boost productivity and profitability.
  • The cab meets applicable industry standards for ROPS/FOPS/OPG and protects the operator inside the cab.

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Highlights

  • Exeter, Rhode Island
  • 2025
  • Caterpillar
  • Forest Machines FM528 GF
  • Model: Cat C4.4
  • Available
  • Shipping - Tilted Cab: 11.3 ft| Handrail: 9.8 ft | Machine - without Front, with Counterweight: 28.3 ft | Machine - without Front and Counterweight: 6.8 ft | Maximum Pin at Stick Nose: 66.8 ft | Maximum Working Pin at Stick Nose - 1/2: 57.6 ft | Maximum at Stick Nose in Max Reach Position: 38.6 ft | Staright Maximum Pin at Stick Nose: 36 ft | Straight Maximum at Stick Nose in Max Reach Position: 6.7 ft | Straight Maximum/Minimum Loading: 30.6 ft/12.7 ft | Bent Maximum Cutting: 32.8 ft | Bent Maximum/Minimum Loading: 23 ft/8.5 ft

Specifications

  • 2025
  • Caterpillar
  • Forest Machines
  • FM528 GF
  • Medium
  • Model: Cat C4.4
  • Net - ISO 9249: 170 hp | Net - ISO 9249 (DIN): 173 hp (metric) | ISO 14396: 173 hp | ISO 14396 (DIN) : 175 hp (metric)
  • 4 in
  • 5 in
  • 269 in³
  • Meets U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final, EU Stage V, and Japan 2014 emission standards.
  • Maximum Swing Torque: 60480 lbf·ft | Maximum Drawbar Pull: 45187 lbf
  • Swing: 11 r/min
  • Main System - Maximum: 113 gal/min
  • Equipment: 5076 psi | Equipment - Lift Mode: 5511 psi | Travel: 5076 psi | Swing: 3989 psi
  • Tail Swing Radius: 9.3 ft| Counterweight Clearance: 3.4 ft | Max Reach at Stick Nose at Ground Level - General Forestry Road Builder: 32.3 ft | Max Reach at Grapple Mount on Heel at Ground Level - Log Loader Under/Under: 36 ft | Max Reach at Stick Nose at Ground Level - General Forestry Processor: 29.1 ft | Max Reach at Stick Nose at Ground Level – Log Loader MH Stick: 38.1 ft
  • Shipping - Tilted Cab: 11.3 ft| Handrail: 9.8 ft | Machine - without Front, with Counterweight: 28.3 ft | Machine - without Front and Counterweight: 6.8 ft | Maximum Pin at Stick Nose: 66.8 ft | Maximum Working Pin at Stick Nose - 1/2: 57.6 ft | Maximum at Stick Nose in Max Reach Position: 38.6 ft | Staright Maximum Pin at Stick Nose: 36 ft | Straight Maximum at Stick Nose in Max Reach Position: 6.7 ft | Straight Maximum/Minimum Loading: 30.6 ft/12.7 ft | Bent Maximum Cutting: 32.8 ft | Bent Maximum/Minimum Loading: 23 ft/8.5 ft
  • General Forestry - Boom Stretched Out: 38.3 ft | Log Loader - Boom Stretched Out: 44.1 ft | Track: 14.7 ft | Track to Center of Rollers: 11.9 ft
  • 1.5 ft
  • Track: 7.8 ft
  • Transport Width: 11 ft
  • 91.1 gal (US)
  • 6.6 gal (US)
  • Engine: 4 gal (US)
  • Air Conditioning: The air conditioning system on this machine contains the fluorinated greenhouse gas refrigerant R134a (Global Warming Potential = 1430). The system contains 2.1 (22" Riser CAB)/2.2 (48"/72" Riser CAB) kg of refrigerant, which as a CO2 equivalent of 3.003/3.146 metric tonnes.
  • System - Including Tank: 65.6 gal (US) | Tank: 34.1 gal (US) | DEF Tank: 6.9 gal (US)
  • Bucket HD: 1.2 m³ (1.6 yd³)
  • General Forestry: 59700 lb | Log Loader (U/U): 63300 lb | Forestry Road Builder: 62170 lb | Log Loader (MH Stick): 63050 lb