Luck Stone Builds on Autonomous Hauling Success with Caterpillar
Caterpillar and Luck Stone will roll out autonomous hauling on Cat 775 trucks at two more Virginia quarries after a successful pilot.
Rhea-AI Summary
Caterpillar (CAT) and Luck Stone are expanding their autonomous hauling technology from the Bull Run Quarry to two additional Virginia quarries after an 18‑month pilot. At Bull Run, autonomous trucks have hauled more than 3.5 million tons since November 2024. The new phase will deploy Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling on fleets of Cat® 775 trucks at Boscobel and Bealeton, marking the first use of Caterpillar’s autonomous haulage solution on the Cat 775 model. Caterpillar reports its autonomous trucks have collectively hauled over 13 billion tonnes globally.
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Key Figures
- Pilot duration
- more than 18 months
- Autonomous hauling at Luck Stone's Bull Run Quarry
- Autonomous hauling volume
- more than 3.5 million tons
- Hauled at Bull Run since November 2024
- Expansion scope
- two additional quarries
- Additional Luck Stone Virginia operations
- Truck fleets
- two fleets
- Cat 775 trucks at Boscobel and Bealeton
- Autonomous hauling volume
- more than 13 billion tonnes
- Collective Caterpillar autonomous truck operations
- Distance traveled
- more than 455 million kilometers
- Collective Caterpillar autonomous truck operations
- Reported injuries
- no reported injuries
- While Caterpillar autonomous trucks were operating
Key Terms
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- More than 3.5 million tons hauled autonomously in 18-month pilot drives expansion to two additional Luck Stone quarries to enhance safety, consistency and new opportunities for associates.
- Quarry automation gains momentum with first-ever deployment of autonomous haulage solution on a Cat® 775
Collaborating to Solve Real-World Quarry Challenges
Quarry and aggregates producers across the industry face persistent operational challenges: maintaining consistent production across shifts, improving safety and attracting and developing talent in a competitive environment. For Luck Stone, technology is most valuable when it helps associates become the best versions of themselves while creating safer, more consistent operations. That's why Luck Stone sought a partner whose approach to autonomy puts people at the center of innovation.
Through close collaboration in development and implementation, Luck Stone has seen firsthand how Caterpillar's approach to combine technology, people and process can improve safety, increase production consistency and create new opportunities for associates to develop new skills and grow into technology-focused roles.
"At Luck Stone, we've always believed innovation should ignite human potential," said Travis Chewning, Luck Stone vice president of engineering & operations support. "Autonomy is creating a safer workplace that improves consistency for our customers and gives our associates opportunities to develop new skills as our industry continues to evolve. Our collaboration with Caterpillar has helped us do exactly that, and we're excited to continue building on what we've learned at Bull Run."
"Our mission at Caterpillar is to solve our customers' toughest challenges, and customers like Luck Stone play an important role in helping us advance solutions for the broader industry," said Denise Johnson, Caterpillar group president, Resource Industries. "By working together, we've gained insights that help us refine and scale autonomous hauling solutions that create measurable value for both operations and workforce development. This expansion demonstrates how strong customer collaborations are helping us accelerate innovation and bring proven solutions to more jobsites around the world."
Delivered by Caterpillar and supported by local Cat® dealer Carter Machinery, the expansion will integrate Caterpillar's autonomous hauling technology across two fleets of Cat® 775 trucks at Boscobel and
The Luck Stone expansion is the latest milestone in Caterpillar's growing momentum in quarry autonomy. Collectively, Caterpillar autonomous trucks have hauled more than 13 billion tonnes and safely traveled more than 455 million kilometers with no reported injuries while operating.
More information on Cat MineStar™ Command for hauling can be found by contacting a Cat dealer or visiting cat.com.
About Luck Stone
Through four generations of family leadership, Luck Stone has been building strong communities for over 100 years. Luck Stone, a division of Luck Companies, is the nation's largest family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone, sand and gravel. A responsive and creative partner to the construction, civil engineering and environmental industries, Luck Stone provides consistent, quality aggregate materials and services that serve as the foundation of roads, bridges and buildings.
Driven by our values of Integrity, Commitment, Leadership and Creativity, we believe in providing our associates with the tools and support to perform and lead at their best so they can ignite the potential in themselves and others. Our company is a community of people, utilizing the power of values and customer inspired relationships to redefine what's possible for an industry and make a positive and enduring impact. Luck Companies is headquartered in
About Caterpillar
For more than a century, Caterpillar has built a better, more sustainable world. With 2025 sales and revenues of
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