On May 27, 11:13 pm, dean wrote:
On May 27, 11:09 pm, Harry K wrote:



On May 27, 8:00 pm, dean wrote:

On May 27, 8:35 pm, "RJ" wrote:

On 27 May 2007 11:58:45 -0700, dean wrote:

Who sells the dark yellow metal paint used on Cats and other digging
equipment? (My trailer is the same color and needs a few touch-up
after welding on brackets.)

Go to WalMart with a chip or swatch of the color.
They will match it EXACTLY ! ( I've been pleased every time )

rj

Caterpillar paint it is! Thanks all, I have ordered a couple of spray
cans.

Cheers

Dean

Hopefully it matches. I don't know when the change came but the
current Caterpillar Yellow is not the same now as it was back when.
To my eyes it has a 'muddy' tinge to it. Also I there may be a
difference from Caterpillar Yellow and Construction Yellow. Case,
John Deere and others all put out heavy construction equipment painted
yellow. I never did hear why, maybe for visibility.

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JD yellow is much brighter and more vivid than the duller cat yellow.
Goes well with the green, but a large digger that color would look odd.

JD construction yellow isn't the same as the familiar farm equipment
yellow w/ green. Don't know that it is quite the same as "Cat"
yellow, but certainly closer to it.

I suspect but don't have anything except assumption/observation that
enough states had requirements for yellow or at least high-visibility
colors for their construction/mowing equipment that manufacturers
simply began using the yellow for it to make it conform to a common
requirement w/o special treatment...