Durability

    
• Achieves longer engine life and improved fuel efficiency with reduced high idle speed.
    
• Automatic retarder controls maintain speed on grade.
    
• One-piece castings provide enhanced front linkage strength in key pin areas.
    
• Full box section rear frame resists torsional shock and twisting forces.
    
• Durable construction withstands the toughest loading conditions and multiple life cycles.
    
• Achieves longer brake life while operating in single pedal with dynamic braking mode.

Achieve Greater Productivity

    
• Electric-drive system eliminates shifting and simplifies operator control, accelerating the learning curve of new operators.
    
• Superior acceleration, smoother directional shifts, and reduced travel times.
    
• Maximum responsiveness with Steering and Integrated Control (STIC™).
    
• Convenient, responsive electro-hydraulic controls increase operator productivity.
    
• Superior digging, higher bucket fill factors, and reduced dig times.
    
• Up to 10 percent more payload per pass, higher efficiency, and improved pass match.
    
• Improved visibility over the top of the linkage.

Superior Fuel Efficiency

    
• Up to 25 percent better fuel efficiency overall.
    
• Up to 49 percent more fuel efficiency in truck loading applications.
    
• Greenhouse gas reductions up to the equivalent of 1 year of electricity use for nearly 10 homes.
    
• Continuously variable speed control up to maximum ground speed.
    
• Positive Flow Control (PFC) hydraulic system increases efficiency, bucket feel, and responsiveness with consistent performance.
    
• Economy mode provides 100% ECM managed engine speed to provide the most fuel efficient required RPM during machine operation.
    
• Fully integrated electronic engine controls make your fuel go farther.
    
• Engine idle shutdown for less fuel used while idling.
    
• Flow sharing hydraulics for full‑flow at reduced engine rpm.
    
• Increased hydraulic speed and faster cycle times for decreased idle, decreased fuel burn, and increased efficiency.

Increase Productivity and Efficiency with Integrated Technologies

    
• Cat Technologies developed to monitor, manage, and enhance your jobsite operations.
    
• Cat Payload provides accurate weighing* of the materials you are loading and hauling. Payload data is displayed in real-time to improve productivity and reduce overloading.
    
• Cat Detect enhances awareness of the environment around working equipment and provides alerts to help keep people and assets safe on the jobsite.
    
• Product Link™ wirelessly connects you to your equipment, giving you access to essential information you need to know to run your business.
    
• Gain valuable insight into how your machine or fleet is performing.
    
• Optional Advanced Productivity subscription provides comprehensive actionable information to help you manage and improve the productivity and profitability of your operations.
    
• Improved cycle times and better bucket fill factors with optional Operator Coaching.
    
• Up to 10% dig segment cycle optimization with optional Operator Assist features.
    
• Easier to operate in single pedal with dynamic braking and operator assist features that allow faster training of new operators.
    
• Increase operator efficiency with Operator Coaching through onboard tips for truck loading operations.

Safety Features

    
• Operator presence sensing automatically engages the parking brake if the machine detects movement without an operator on the seat.
    
• External operator seat belt beacon indicates when the seat belt is not being used by the operator.
    
• Standard LED lights provide a safer work environment while operating in dark conditions.
    
• Hazardous voltage lamp assures electric drive system is de-energized and machine is safe to work on.
    
• Achieve precise positioning for easy loading in tight areas with 43 degrees of steering articulation.
    
• Precise machine control by load-sensing hydraulic steering system.
    
• Reduced stairway angles and standard stairway lighting provide reduced risk of slips, trips, and falls due to better visibility of the steps and stairway.
    
• Left- and right-hand stairs with 45-degree angle.
    
• Computerized monitoring system with warning indicators.
    
• Standard Cat Vision enhances visibility behind the machine, helping you work safely and confidently.
    
• Pressurized cabin with filtered air and reduced sound levels.

Reduced Maintenance Time and Costs

    
• Electric-drive system maximizes consumable life, reducing oil and filter waste. Enables two times the life for power train oil and four times the life for filters.
    
• Three levels of dynamic braking when operating in single pedal mode reduces break wear.
    
• Operator Assist features help reduce component and tire wear by automating critical dig segments while working in the material pile.
    
• Reduce the potential for wheel slippage without reducing hydraulic efficiency with RCS (Rimpull Control System) and modulating the left pedal from 100 to 25 percent.
    
• Longer life, rebuildability, and high resale value with 10 percent lower maintenance costs.
    
• Grouped service points and swing-out engine compartment service doors provide easy access to critical daily service checks.
    
• Ecology drains to prevent spilled contaminants.
    
• Electro-hydraulic controls.
    
• Reduced waste with maintenance-free batteries.
    
• Vehicle Information Management System (VIMS™) notifications to resolve problems before failure.
    
• Operators can now check tire pressure during operation with any change sending a fault code to VisionLink®, preventing premature tire failure.

Easy, Comfortable Operator Environment

    
• Best-in-class operator comfort and ergonomics.
    
• Cat Premium Plus seat with standard features including leather finish, forced air heating and cooling, two-way thigh adjustment, power lumbar and back bolster adjustment, and dynamic end dampening to provide total comfort throughout the workday.
    
• Easy-to-reach levers and seat-mounted implement pod to reduce fatigue.
    
• Ergonomic switch placement and displays with large, backlit switches and LED indicators.
    
• Two-position rocker switch activates the electro-hydraulic parking brake.
    
• Reduced vibrations from isolated cab mounts and seat air suspension.
    
• Automatic cab temperature controls.

Purpose-Built Specialty Arrangements 
Millyard

    
• 
  Unload a typical full-length log truck in a single pass with the larger 
  lift and tilt cylinders and a unique tilt lever to maximize linkage 
  force. Up to 20% more lift capacity and 26% more tilt capacity over 
  the standard 988.
    
• 
  Swing out fan radiator design for easier service in high-debris 
  millyard applications reducing maintenance and service down time.  
  Auto reversing fan system to help dislodge debris and keep air 
  flowing across the radiator cores.
    
• 
  Additional counterweight to increase stability for improved 
  confidence while maneuvering with full loads.
    
• 
  Purpose-built lift arm with lowered cross member to increase 
  visibility to the tips of the forks helping to increase the speed when 
  lining up the load and reduce operator movements to see the for
  ks.
  

Sustainability

    
• The Cat® C18 engine meets U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final, EU Stage V, and Japan 2014 emission standards.
    
• The 988 XE emits up to 37% less CO2 than the previous 988K*.
    
• 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 (hydrogenated 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.
    
• The Cat® clean emissions module includes Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF), Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC), and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technologies to reduce the engine’s emissions.
    
• 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.
    
• Autodig helps you work more efficiently and productively and reduce fuel burn, greenhouse gas emissions, machine wear and operator fatigue.
    
• Auto Set Tires reduce tire wear and lowers fuel burn and greenhouse gas emissions.
    
• Extended maintenance intervals not only reduce downtime but decrease the amount of fluid and filters that are replaced over the life of the machine.
    
• Rear Object Detection for the 988K XE helps enhance job site safety and blind spot awareness when operating in reverse.
    
• Cat® Payload technology maximizes loading efficiency, helping operators of every skill level work more accurately to reduce load time, fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Upgrade to Advanced Payload for expanded features and capabilities that can further increase operator efficiency and accuracy.

• Alarm, back-up
• Alternator, single 150 amp
• Batteries, dry
• Converter, 10/15 amp, 24V to 12V
• Lighting system (LED, work lights, access and service platform lighting)
• Starting and charging system, 24V
• Starter emergency start receptacle
• Starter lockout in bumper
• Transmission lockout in bumper
• Hazardous voltage lamp

• Graphical Information Display, displays real time operating information, performs calibrations and customizes operator settings
• Air conditioner
• Cat Vision, rear vision camera system
• Cab, sound suppressed and pressurized, integrated rollover protective structure (ROPS/FOPS) radio ready for entertainment, includes antenna, speakers and converter (12‑volt 5-amp) and power port
• Controls, lift and tilt function
• Heater, defroster
• Horn, electric
• Instrumentation, gauges
  – Coolant temperature
  – Engine hour meter
  – Hydraulic oil temperature
  – Power train oil temperature
• Light, cab, dome
• Lunchbox, beverage holders
• CB radio-ready
• Mirrors, rearview (externally mounted)
• Rimpull Control System
• Seat, Deluxe
• Seat belt minder
• Seat belt, retractable, 76 mm (3 in) wide
• STIC Control System
• UV glass
• Virtual gear indicator
• Vital Information Management System (VIMS) with Graphical Information Display: External Data Port, Customizable Operator Profiles, Cycle Timer, Integrated Payload Control System
• Wet-Arm wipers/washers (front and rear)
  – Intermittent front and rear wipers
• Lights, directional

• Brakes, oil-cooled, multi-disc, service/secondary
• Case drain screens
• Electro hydraulic parking brake
• Engine, C18 MEUI diesel, turbocharged/aftercooled
• Ground level engine shutoff
• Turbine precleaner, engine air intake
• Radiator, Aluminum Modular Radiator (AMR)
• Starting aid, ether, automatic
• Throttle lock, electronic
• Manual switch and automatic fuel priming
• Cat Production Measurement ready
• Cat SR Generator/Pump Drive
• Cat SR Drive Motor
• Cat Integrated Powered Electronics
• Automatic retarding controls

• Automatic bucket lift kickout/positioner
• Base machine price includes a rim allowance
• Hydraulically driven demand fan
• Couplings, Cat O-ring face seals
• Doors, service access (locking)
• Ecology drains for engine, radiator, hydraulic tank
• Fuel tank, 555 L (147 gal)
• Hitch, drawbar with pin
• Hoses, Cat XT™
• Hydraulic, steering and brake filtration/screening system
• Cat Clean Emission Module
• Oil sampling valves
• Premixed 50 percent concentration of extended life coolant with freeze protection to –34° C (–29° F)
• Rear access to cab and service platform
• Steering, load sensing
• Toe kicks
• Vandalism protection caplocks

• –50° C (–58° F) antifreeze
• Engine oil change system, high speed, Wiggins
• Engine block heater 120V or 240V
• High ambient cooling – software
• Cat Production Measurement
• Crankcase guard
• Engine brake, SEA

• Load and Carry
• Millyard
• Aggregate Handler

• Cab precleaner
• Cat Detect, object detection system
• Cat Production Measurement
• Radio, AM/FM/CD/MP3 Bluetooth® with Satellite SiriusXM
• LED warning strobe
• Window pull down visor
• Handrail mounted mirrors

• Front and rear roading fenders
• Fast fill fuel system (Shaw-Aero)
• Cold Weather Package: Additional Starter and 2 Batteries, Engine Block Heater 120V or 240V, Heated Fuel Lines
• Engine Compartment Lights
• Autolube with Auto shutoff
• High Performance LED Lighting
• Wheel Chocks
• Operator Coaching
• Tire Pressure Monitoring System
• Autodig, Tire Slip Prevention, Auto Set Tires, and Lift Stall Prevention
• Load and Carry Counterweight