140 Motor Grader
THE RUNDOWN
Redesigned Cab
The redesigned cab provides better visibility to the ground, grouped control buttons for ease of operations, optional seat upgrades, and comfort customizations for the operator.
The redesigned cab provides better visibility to the ground, grouped control buttons for ease of operations, optional seat upgrades, and comfort customizations for the operator.
Redesigned Cab
Safety
Safe Start Every Time
The machine won’t move until you’re in the seat and ready to go. The operator presence monitor keeps the parking brake on and disables hydraulics until everything is set. When you’re traveling, hydraulic lockout keeps your implements from moving while you still have full steering control.
Stay in Control on the Move
As you pick up speed, Speed Sensitive Steering automatically adjusts to keep handling smooth and predictable. If steering pressure drops, the secondary steering system kicks in so you can safely steer the machine to a stop without losing control.
See Clearly, Day or Night
Anti-glare paint helps cut down eye strain when you’re working at night. Add the LED light package, and you’ll have the visibility you need to keep working safely and accurately after the sun goes down.
Easy Access and Built-In Protection
Fuel up from the ground—no climbing required. Walkways, perforated platforms, and grab rails help you keep three points of contact when getting on, off, or around the machine. The slip clutch and optional blade lift accumulators help absorb impacts, protecting the machine and keeping operation smooth and safe.
The machine won’t move until you’re in the seat and ready to go. The operator presence monitor keeps the parking brake on and disables hydraulics until everything is set. When you’re traveling, hydraulic lockout keeps your implements from moving while you still have full steering control.
Stay in Control on the Move
As you pick up speed, Speed Sensitive Steering automatically adjusts to keep handling smooth and predictable. If steering pressure drops, the secondary steering system kicks in so you can safely steer the machine to a stop without losing control.
See Clearly, Day or Night
Anti-glare paint helps cut down eye strain when you’re working at night. Add the LED light package, and you’ll have the visibility you need to keep working safely and accurately after the sun goes down.
Easy Access and Built-In Protection
Fuel up from the ground—no climbing required. Walkways, perforated platforms, and grab rails help you keep three points of contact when getting on, off, or around the machine. The slip clutch and optional blade lift accumulators help absorb impacts, protecting the machine and keeping operation smooth and safe.
Safety
Safety
- Operator presence monitor keeps the parking brake engaged and hydraulic implements disabled until the operator is seated and the machine is ready for operation.
- Anti-glare paint eases night operation.
- Ground-level refueling requires no climbing on the machine to fill the fuel tank.
- Ensure three points of contact when entering and existing the machine with strategically placed walkways and grab rails.
- Work past sundown using the LED light package option for increased nighttime visibility.
- Speed Sensitive Steering lessens steering sensitivity as ground speed increases for greater operator confidence and control.
- The standard Secondary Steering System's electric hydraulic pump automatically engages in case of a drop in steering pressure to ensure operator can steer the machine to a stop.
- Hydraulic lockout disables all implement functions while still providing machine steering control. Especially useful while roading.
- Brakes are located at each tandem wheel to eliminate braking loads on the power train. Redundant brake systems utilize accumulators to enable stopping in case of machine failure.
- Perforated steel tandem walkways and convenient grab rails provide a sturdy platform when moving on, off and around the machine.
- Standard Circle Drive Slip Clutch protects the standard drawbar, circle and moldboard from shock loads if the blade encounters an immovable object and also reduces the possibility of abrupt directional changes in poor traction conditions. The optional Blade Lift Accumulators help absorb impact loads by allowing vertical blade travel. This optional feature reduces wear and impact loading for enhanced operator safety.
Technology
Using the data from technology-equipped machines, get more information and insight into equipment and operations.
- Cat Grade Attachment Ready Option (ARO) is the building block for all Cat Motor Grader technologies.
- Equipment Management Technology
- Cat® VisionLink™ provides actionable data insights for all assets - regardless of fleet size or equipment manufacturer.* Review equipment data from your desktop or mobile device to maximize uptime and optimize assets. Dashboards provide information such as hours, miles, location, idle time, and fuel utilization. Make informed decisions that lower costs, simplify maintenance, and improve safety and security on your jobsite.
- VisionLink Productivity gathers and summarizes machine telematics and jobsite data from all your equipment regardless of the manufacture.* View actionable information such as idle time, fuel burn, location, payload, load counts, total cycles, and more to improve machine efficiency, productivity, and utilization. Access data anywhere via a mobile, tablet, or desktop device - on or off the jobsite.
- Cat® Inspect is a mobile application that allows you to easily perform digital Preventative Maintenance (PM) checks, inspections, and daily walkarounds. Inspections can easily be integrated with other Cat data systems like VisionLink so you can keep a close eye on your fleet.
- Cat® Remote Troubleshoot is a mobile application that allows your Cat dealer to perform diagnostic testing on your connected machine remotely to help ensure that issues are resolved quickly and with less downtime.
- Featured Cat Technologies
- Cat Grade 3D
Cat Grade with 3D for motor graders, also called "mastless," is a machine integrated grade control system that helps you get to grade faster with more accuracy, efficiency, and productivity. Automatic blade control reduces operator inputs and the number of passes to get the job done to save you time and money. E-fence is fully calibrated from the factory. - Cross Slope Assist
Cross Slope Assist now includes Position Sensing Shift Cylinder (PSC), E-fence Blade Avoidance, and two sensors to simplify mastless upgrades. It allows the operator to manually control one end of the moldboard while the system controls the other. - Attachment Ready Option
ARO provides sensor-ready swivel mountings for faster aftermarket work tool installation.
- Cat Grade 3D
Technology
Power to the Ground. Performance that Delivers.
Power to the Ground
A new specification is now available on Next Generation Cat® Motor Graders, showing the actual power to the ground performance. Cat updated the power strategy (called Power to the Ground) so the machine now delivers consistent power in every condition – hot or cold weather, heavy or light load. This means the grader feels more stable, more predictable, and easier to control, especially when fine‑grading.
You still get the same real‑world productivity, with smoother operation and better fuel efficiency.
More Consistent Power to the Ground
With true constant net power, the machine delivers consistent power regardless of temperature or load, providing more predictable grading performance and better machine feel and control—especially for fine grading.
Improved Grading Quality with Integrated Control Technologies
A more stable power curve allows Cat Grade with Cross Slope, Stable Blade, and 3D Grade to operate more accurately, improving automated blade control response with consistent, predictable power.
No Loss in Real-World Productivity
Next Generation Cat motor graders deliver the same legendary performance for road building, site prep, ditching, and snow removal—now with the latest design evolution.
Better Fuel Efficiency
Power to the Ground supports smoother operation and reduced fuel burn by avoiding unnecessary power spikes, allowing the machine to run in optimized power more often.
You still get the same real‑world productivity, with smoother operation and better fuel efficiency.
More Consistent Power to the Ground
With true constant net power, the machine delivers consistent power regardless of temperature or load, providing more predictable grading performance and better machine feel and control—especially for fine grading.
Improved Grading Quality with Integrated Control Technologies
A more stable power curve allows Cat Grade with Cross Slope, Stable Blade, and 3D Grade to operate more accurately, improving automated blade control response with consistent, predictable power.
No Loss in Real-World Productivity
Next Generation Cat motor graders deliver the same legendary performance for road building, site prep, ditching, and snow removal—now with the latest design evolution.
Better Fuel Efficiency
Power to the Ground supports smoother operation and reduced fuel burn by avoiding unnecessary power spikes, allowing the machine to run in optimized power more often.
A New Power Strategy
Lower Maintenance Costs
- Save time on daily checks with ground-level grouped filters.
- Engine compartment doors swing wide, and side doors are removable to access service points.
- Engage Eco mode to reduce fuel burn.
- Get more uptime, spend less on maintenance. The reversing fan option keeps your cooling system cleaner with just a quick weekly clean.
- Maintain roads with the standard drawbar circle moldboard with hardened circle teeth for increased durability. For tight finish grading, consider the top adjust drawbar option for applications that require maximum accuracy, and offers up to 45 percent reduction in maintenance cost over the standard.
- Optional High Performance Circle helps eliminate hours of monthly planned maintenance for frequent inspection, wear strip replacement, and circle shoe adjustments associated with conventional circles. The HPC provides a smooth, effortless rotation of blade and assists in meeting road design elevation tolerance.
Sustainability
- The Cat engine meets U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final and EU Stage V emission standards.
- Cat diesel engines are required to use ULSD (ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel with 15 ppm of sulfur or less) or ULSD blended with the following lower-carbon intensity fuels up to: 20% biodiesel FAME (fatty acid methyl ester)* or 100% renewable diesel, HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) and GTL (gas-to-liquid) fuels. Refer to guidelines for successful application. Please consult your Cat dealer or Caterpillar Machine Fluids Recommendations (SEBU6250) for details.
- Engine Idle Shutdown Timer reduces fuel burn, greenhouse gas emissions and unnecessary idle time by shutting down the machine after a pre-set idling period.
- Cat® Grade helps reduce fuel burn and greenhouse gas emissions by enabling you to achieve grade faster and more accurately by automating blade actions.
- Extended maintenance intervals not only reduce downtime but decrease the amount of fluid and filters that are replaced over the life of the machine.
- VisionLink™ displays the CO2 emissions for monitored assets, calculated by fuel type for the Runtime Fuel Burned each day in a selected date range.
- Don't waste fuel idling. Cat VisionLink online fleet monitoring helps you manage idle time and reduce fuel burn and greenhouse gas emissions.
- Cat® Reman parts are a sustainable choice. New Cat parts are designed with the potential to have more than one life, so Cat Reman parts are truly remanufactured not just repaired, rebuilt or reconditioned. Because the process ensures the latest design changes are incorporated into Cat Reman parts, you get like new quality and outstanding performance at lower cost.
Engine
| Net Power - ISO 9249/SAE J1349 | 255hp |
| Engine Model | Cat® C7.1 |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Forward 1st | 169hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Forward 2nd | 176hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Forward 3rd | 182hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Forward 4th | 192hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Forward 5th | 197hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Forward 6th | 205hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Forward 7th | 213hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Forward 8th | 233hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Reverse 1st | 126hp |
| VHP Plus - Gear - Net Power - Reverse 2nd | 176hp |
| Bore | 4.1in |
| Stroke | 5.3in |
| Displacement | 1.9Gal |
| Number of Cylinders | 6 |
Weights
| Operating Weight - Typically Equipped | 42543lb |
| Operating Weight - Typically Equipped - Front Axle | 11784lb |
| Operating Weight - Typically Equipped - Rear Axle | 30758.9lb |
Machine Weight
| Lever/Steering Wheel Weight* Tier 4 | 42168lb |
| Lever/Steering Wheel All-Wheel drive (AWD) Weight* Tier 4 | 43279lb |
| Joystick Weight* Tier 4 | 42543lb |
| Joystick All-Wheel Drive (AWD) Weight* Tier 4 | 43497lb |
| Note (1) | * Typically equipped operating weight is calculated with full fuel tank, coolant, lubricants, operator, push block, transmission guard, rear ripper/scarifier, 14.0R24 tires on multi-piece rims, and other equipment. |
Moldboard
| Blade Width | 12ft |
Power Train
| Forward/Reverse Gears | 9 Forward / 6 Reverse |
| Transmission | Countershaft Torque Converter Powershift |
| Brakes - Service | Dual Circuit Hydraulic |
| Brakes - Secondary | Dual Circuit Hydraulic |
| Brakes - Parking | Spring Applied Hydraulic Release |
Hydraulic System
| Circuit Type | Parallel |
| Pump Type | Variable Piston |
| Pump Output* | 3503psi |
| Maximum System Pressure | 3698psi |
| Reservoir Tank Capacity | 15.9Gal |
| Note | *Pump output measured at 2000 RPM rated speed |
Service Refill Capacities
| Cooling System | 11.4Gal |
| Diesel Exhaust Fluid Tank (Tier 4 Only) | 6.6Gal |
| Engine Crankcase | 5.3Gal |
| Fuel Tank | 98Gal |
| Hydraulic System | 15.9Gal |
| Transmission and Differential | 18Gal |
Dimensions
| Height - Top of Cab | 136in |
| Height - Front Axle Center | 24.1in |
| Height - Top of Cylinders | 119.8in |
| Height - Exhaust Stack | 130.4in |
| Length - Push Plate to Ripper | 405in |
| Length - Front Tire to Rear of Machine | 350.8in |
| Length - Between Tandem Axles | 59in |
| Width - Tire Center Lines | 82.2in |
| Ground Clearance - Rear Axle | 13.1in |
| Note | All dimensions are approximate and apply to all 140 configurations (Non-AWD, AWD, LVR, and Joystick) unless otherwise noted. |
Standards
| Steering | ISO 3449:2005, Level II |
| Brakes | ISO 3450:2011; AIS-143:2018 |
| Sound | ISO 6396: ISO 6395 |
Air Conditioning System
| Note | The air conditioning system on this machine contains the fluorinated greenhouse gas refrigerant R134a or R1234yf. See the label or instruction manual for identification of the gas. - If equipped with R134a (Global Warming Potential = 1430), the system contains 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) of refrigerant which has a CO2 equivalent of 2.288 metric tonnes (2.521 tons). |
Standard Equipment
NOTE
- Standard and optional equipment may vary. Consult your Cat dealer for details.
OPERATOR ENVIRONMENT
- Adjustable steering wheel/lever controls
- Seat belt
- Electric throttle control
- Fully redesigned cab with sound suppression and integrated Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) and Falling Object Protection System (FOPS)
- Full color ten-inch (254 mm) liquid crystal touch screen display
- Added storage areas
- Information display screen
- Entertainment radio ready
- Cup holder
- Cell phone holder
- Dome interior light
- Coat hook
- Front wipers
SAFETY
- Back-up alarm
- Grab rails
- Hydraulic brakes
- Hydraulic system - integrated dead engine implement lower
- Hydraulic system - integrated work port pressure relief
- Parking brake
- Rearview mirror
- Side view mirrors
- Signaling/warning horn
POWERTRAIN
- Cat C7.1 diesel engine
- Eco mode
- On-demand fan
- 43° C (109° F) standard capacity
DRAWBAR CIRCLE MOLDBOARD
- Standard drawbar circle moldboard
- Circle drive slip clutch
ELECTRICAL
- Reversing lights
- Breaker panel
- 900 CCA standard duty batteries
- Electric starter
- Rear lights with LED lighting
- Halogen lighting
SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE
- Ground Level DEF and Fuel Fill
- Grouped location for engine oil and fuel filters
- Extended life coolant
- Next Generation Filters for Fuel and Engine Oil
GUARDS
- Transmission
Optional Equipment
NOTE
- Standard and optional equipment may vary. Consult your Cat dealer for details.
OPERATOR ENVIRONMENT
- Lower front wipers
- Mechanical suspension seat
- Heated / cooled air suspension seat
- Heating/cooling cab system
- Defrost fans
- Rear wiper
- Cab plus
- Rear window screen
- Digital blade slope meter
- Product Link
SAFETY
- Four-point safety harness seat belt
- Operator Presence System
- Rearview camera
- Secondary steering system
- Walkways
- Warning beacon
POWERTRAIN
- Heavy duty starter
- Transmission with Autoshift
DRAWBAR CIRCLE MOLDBOARD
- Top Adjust Drawbar
- High Performance Circle
- Circle drive slip clutch
- Circle saver
- Remote Pinion Lube
- 4.9 m (16 foot) Moldboard
ELECTRICAL
- 145A Brushed Alternator
- 1,400 CCA heavy duty batteries
SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE
- Fast fuel fill ready
- Underhood Lighting
GUARDS
- Fender
- Cover, under cab platform
- Steering Cylinder Guards
VERSATILITY
- Towing hitch
- L3 tires
- Sy-Klone pre-cleaner
ATTACHMENTS AVAILABLE FROM FACTORY
- Lift Groups
- High Performance Circle
- Counterweight
- Push block
- Mid-Machine Scarifier (MMS)
- Rear Ripper/Scarifier
- Moldboards
- Front Blade
ATTACHMENTS
- Lift Groups
- High Performance Circle
- Counterweight
- Push block
- Mid-Machine Scarifier (MMS)
- Rear Ripper/Scarifier
- Moldboards
- Front Blade
- Snow Wings
- V-Plow
- Straight Plow
- Brooms