Caterpillar 265 Compact Track Loader Rental - State College, PA

Need a compact track loader that loads trucks fast and runs every attachment you own? The Caterpillar 265 is Cat's next-generation CTL — a ground-up redesign that replaced the old 279D3 and 289D3 — and it's in the Flex Equipment Rental fleet now. Vertical-lift geometry gets the bucket up to a class-leading 11 feet, so loading dump trucks and tall hoppers stops being a wrestling match. With 43% more torque than the machine it replaced and three levels of auxiliary hydraulics, one 265 covers grading, grapple work, mulching, and cold planing without a second machine on the trailer. We inspect and service every unit in-house before it leaves the yard — then we help you match the 265, and the right attachment package, to your job, your ground, and your budget.

New to the 265? Compare the Cat 255 or the Takeuchi TL8R2, or browse all our compact track loaders.

MAX LIFT HEIGHT

11 ft / 132 in (B-pin) — vertical lift

OPERATING WEIGHT

10,492 lb (plan a 14,000 lb trailer)

RATED CAPACITY

4,033 lb at 50% tipping load

AUX HYDRAULICS

Up to 34 gpm / 4,061 psi (High Flow XPS)

ENGINE

Cat C2.8TA turbo · 74 hp · Tier 4 Final

Size & Availability

Caterpillar 265 Compact Track Loader

A yellow and black ASV compact track loader with a bucket attachment parked on dirt outside an industrial building.

Class-Leading Lift Height for Faster Truck Loading

Truck-loading reach. Vertical-lift geometry sends the arms out and up at full height, so you clear the side of a dump truck and place the load instead of dumping short. Bucket pin height tops out at 132 in (11 ft) — tallest in its class.


Shorter cycles. Move pile, load truck, repeat — the 265 trims cycle time, which is what makes a vertical-lift track loader rental the right call for loading work around Centre County.

A yellow RT-90 compact track loader with a stump grinder attachment works on a dirt construction site.

One Machine, Every Attachment

Three flow modes. Standard (23 gpm), High Flow (30 gpm), and High Flow XPS (34 gpm at 4,061 psi) — one machine that runs buckets and forks on the low end and mulchers, cold planers, and high-flow grapples up top.


Smart-attachment ready. Closed-center hydraulics are standard, so it runs Cat Smart Attachments, and High Flow is software-enabled — flip it on without a dealer visit.

A yellow and black ASV compact track loader sits on a flatbed trailer in front of industrial buildings under a cloudy sky.

Built for Central PA Ground

Easy on the ground. A torsion-suspension undercarriage on 450 mm tracks puts just 4.2 psi on the ground — flotation and traction on soft, wet spring ground, and less rutting on lawns and golf turf.


No permitting headaches. Tier 4 Final emissions let you run near homes, schools, and municipal sites, and the redesigned cab keeps the operator fresh over a long rental.

Ready to put a Cat 265 to work?

We rent the machines we'd run ourselves.


Flex Equipment Rental started as lawn-care guys, so we know central PA ground and what a contractor actually needs on site. Every machine we rent — the Cat 265 included — is inspected and serviced by our own techs before it leaves the yard.


The 265 is a workhorse: 11 ft of lift for fast truck loading, three levels of hydraulics for mulchers and grapples, and a torsion-suspension undercarriage that's easy on lawns and turf. If it's the right machine for your job, we'll set it up with the attachments you need — and if it's not, we'll point you to the one that is.


That's the difference between a national catalog and a local crew that's run this equipment. Call 814-883-9444 and we'll get you working.


— Dan Satalia, Owner, Flex Equipment Rental