The Caterpillar CS653 Compactor in 1:50th scale was released by Conrad in 1987 with #2889.
The Caterpillar CS-563 Vibratory Soil Compactor was introduced in 1989 and was manufactured in America. This machine was equipped with a Caterpillar engine 3116. Grosspower: 145 HP.
Subsequently Caterpillar developed since then the CS-563C, 563D and uptill 2006, the CS-563E was produced, yet the latest model in the CS-563 series.
The Caterpillar CS-563 belongs to the Vibratory Soil Compactor class within Caterpillar Compactor program.