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Cat CS44B Roller Price Guide
The Cat CS44B at a glance — full manufacturer specs, buying guidance, what it's used for and what drives its resale value. Verified used-price ranges publish here as our data clears the sample-size gate.
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The CS44B is a seven-tonne smooth-drum soil compactor aimed at the jobs where ten-tonne rollers are overkill — subdivision earthworks, pipeline and trench reinstatement, car parks and road sub-base. Cat promotes the pod-style vibratory system's long service intervals as the model's maintenance pitch, and national dealer support is the practical reason fleets keep buying it. Cat has since renamed this size class under simpler nomenclature, so the CS44B badge identifies an earlier build of the same machine. An optional padfoot shell kit was offered, which matters second-hand: establish whether a machine has lived as a smooth-drum or padfoot unit, and read the drum shell and scrapers accordingly. Vibration health — amplitude, bearings, clean engagement — is where the money is.
What a Cat CS44B is used for
The Cat CS44B is a seven-tonne smooth-drum soil compactor — sized for subdivision earthworks, trench reinstatement and jobs where a full-size roller is overkill.
- Subdivision and pad earthworks
- Road sub-base compaction
- Pipeline and trench reinstatement
- Car-park construction
What Moves the Price
Vibration in full health
The vibratory system is the machine. Full amplitude at rated frequency, no bearing rumble and clean cut-in earn the premium; a lazy drum is priced as a rebuild.
Low hours for age
Compaction hours are honest hours — rollers idle less than most plant. Low readings for the year, with service history to back them, carry real weight.
The right drum
Smooth versus padfoot decides who can use the machine at all. Padfoot shells and combination options widen the buyer pool and hold value.
Drum wear & mounts
Dented or rippled drum surfaces, tired isolation mounts and leaking sprinkler systems on tandems all get quoted straight off the asking price.
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Pre-purchase inspection checklist
The checks that matter on a used roller — amplitude and bearing noise, drum surface, isolation mounts, water system on tandems. Requests are reviewed and emailed manually.