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Cat D250B and D300B specifications

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Cat D250B and D300B: articulated dump trucks.

Selected configuration figures
ConfigurationDocumented field and quantity
D250B
Gross Power
218.6 hp
Overall Length
31.5 ft
D300B
Gross Power
260.2 hp
Overall Length
31.67 ft
D250B and D300B specification matrix — Listing labels reported by the source
Publisher nameSource guideListing-entry countLabels named by the source
CatD250B and D300B2D250B and D300B
Dimensions and weight
SpecificationD250BD300B
Overall Length31.5 ft31.67 ft
Overall Width8.21 ft8.99 ft
Overall Height10.44 ft10.54 ft
Wheelbase18.61 ft18.97 ft
Dump Height20.44 ft20.54 ft
Dump
SpecificationD250BD300B
Capacity - Struck14.39 yd317.01 yd3
Capacity - Heaped18.32 yd322.24 yd3
Rated Payload50,001 lb147,401 lb
Engine
SpecificationD250BD300B
Gross Power218.6 hp260.2 hp
Displacement640.8 cu in640.8 cu in
Operational
SpecificationD250BD300B
Fuel Capacity95.2 gal95.2 gal
Tire Size20.5x25 radials23.5x25 Radials
Transmission and speeds
SpecificationD250BD300B
Number Of Forward Gears55
Max Speed31.7 mph34.8 mph
Weights
SpecificationD250BD300B
Front Axle - Empty22,176 lb24,445 lb
Center Axle - Empty8712.7 %9603.4 %
Rear Axle - Empty8,713 lb9,603 lb
Front Axle - Loaded28673.4 %32163.3 %
Center Axle - Loaded30465.7 %35794.3 %
Rear Axle - Loaded30,466 lb35,794 lb
Total Empty39,602 lb43,652 lb
Total Loaded89,603 lb103,750 lb
Variants — Source comparison annotation
Source guideDiffering-field count reported
D250B and D300B19
Ratios
FigureD250BD300B
Engine horsepower per 1,000 lb of weight5.56.0
Fuel tank per engine horsepower0.44 gal0.37 gal
Rated payload per cubic yard of heaped body2,729 lb6,628 lb
Reference directory classification
Equipment grouparticulated dump truck

D250B and D300B: owner reports

Sources: 3 forum discussions about the Caterpillar D250E articulated trucks; heavyequipmentforums.com.
  • Transmission faults, a low-voltage code and cold hydraulics. A D250E with an automatic transmission problem and many logged faults including a pressure sensor and park brake driver, a D250E with no third gear and a code a reply read as low electrical system voltage, and a newly bought D250E whose hydraulics did not work when cold, where a reply asked whether the oil was wrong for the climate. Threads read: 1, 2, 3.

Owners' and mechanics' own accounts, summarised and linked, not tested findings; a fault in a few threads is not shown to be common. See the inspection page.

D250B and D300B: forum references — Forum-title search
Forum indexEquipment class queriedNames in the searchMatching titles
Heavy Equipment Forumsarticulated dump truckCat and the D250B. That is too few titles to say what owners mostly ask about, so the most recent are listed instead1
Used market for the D250B and D300B — Dated first-page listing snapshot
Observation dateListing sourceEquipment searchListings
2026-09-24MachineryTraderCat articulated dump truck1
ModelListedModel yearsLowest askingHighest askingMedian askingMedian hours
D300B11991$20,496$20,496$20,496None shown

Source ledger: Listing-price interpretation · hours and year

D250B and D300B: recall reference — Dated CPSC search
Search dateDatabaseNames queriedSearch result
2026-09-24U.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionCat together with the articulated dump truck D250B, D300BNo matching recall in this search

Sources for this page

Evidence classDocument, classification and recorded date
Reference site
  • Reference site: Cat D250B — RitchieSpecs. Observed 2026-09-24.
Reference site
  • Reference site: Cat D300B — RitchieSpecs. Observed 2026-09-24.
Forum threads
Forum threads
Used-market listings
Federal agency data

Cat D250B and D300B: Configuration records

D250B
SpecificationSource figure
Dump
Capacity - Struck14.39 yd3
Capacity - Heaped18.32 yd3
Rated Payload50,001 lb
Engine
Gross Power218.6 hp
Displacement640.8 cu in
Operational
Fuel Capacity95.2 gal
Tire Size20.5x25 radials
Transmission and speeds
Number Of Forward Gears5
Max Speed31.7 mph
Weights
Total Empty39,602 lb
Total Loaded89,603 lb
Dimensions and weight
Overall Length31.5 ft
Overall Width8.21 ft
Overall Height10.44 ft
Wheelbase18.61 ft
Dump Height20.44 ft
Additional specifications
Front Axle - Empty22,176 lb
Center Axle - Empty8712.7 %
Rear Axle - Empty8,713 lb
Front Axle - Loaded28673.4 %
Center Axle - Loaded30465.7 %
Rear Axle - Loaded30,466 lb

Source

D300B
SpecificationSource figure
Dump
Capacity - Struck17.01 yd3
Capacity - Heaped22.24 yd3
Rated Payload147,401 lb
Engine
Gross Power260.2 hp
Displacement640.8 cu in
Operational
Fuel Capacity95.2 gal
Tire Size23.5x25 Radials
Transmission and speeds
Number Of Forward Gears5
Max Speed34.8 mph
Weights
Total Empty43,652 lb
Total Loaded103,750 lb
Dimensions and weight
Overall Length31.67 ft
Overall Width8.99 ft
Overall Height10.54 ft
Wheelbase18.97 ft
Dump Height20.54 ft
Additional specifications
Front Axle - Empty24,445 lb
Center Axle - Empty9603.4 %
Rear Axle - Empty9,603 lb
Front Axle - Loaded32163.3 %
Center Axle - Loaded35794.3 %
Rear Axle - Loaded35,794 lb

Source

Compare Cat D250B, D300B
Dimensions and weight
SpecificationD250BD300B
Overall Length31.5 ft31.67 ft
Overall Width8.21 ft8.99 ft
Overall Height10.44 ft10.54 ft
Wheelbase18.61 ft18.97 ft
Dump Height20.44 ft20.54 ft
Dump
SpecificationD250BD300B
Capacity - Struck14.39 yd317.01 yd3
Capacity - Heaped18.32 yd322.24 yd3
Rated Payload50,001 lb147,401 lb
Engine
SpecificationD250BD300B
Gross Power218.6 hp260.2 hp
Displacement640.8 cu in640.8 cu in
Operational
SpecificationD250BD300B
Fuel Capacity95.2 gal95.2 gal
Tire Size20.5x25 radials23.5x25 Radials
Transmission and speeds
SpecificationD250BD300B
Number Of Forward Gears55
Max Speed31.7 mph34.8 mph
Weights
SpecificationD250BD300B
Front Axle - Empty22,176 lb24,445 lb
Center Axle - Empty8712.7 %9603.4 %
Rear Axle - Empty8,713 lb9,603 lb
Front Axle - Loaded28673.4 %32163.3 %
Center Axle - Loaded30465.7 %35794.3 %
Rear Axle - Loaded30,466 lb35,794 lb
Total Empty39,602 lb43,652 lb
Total Loaded89,603 lb103,750 lb

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