Luck Stone extends Caterpillar's self-driving haul trucks to two more Virginia quarries

Luck Stone and Caterpillar are expanding autonomous hauling to two more Luck Stone operations in Virginia, Boscobel and Bealeton, after more than 18 months of driverless hauling at the Bull Run Quarry.

Driverless trucks have moved more than 3.5 million tons at Bull Run since the system started in November 2024. At the new sites, Caterpillar will use its autonomous haulage system on the Cat 775 for the first time, across two truck fleets, with support from local Cat dealer Carter Machinery.

Caterpillar says its autonomous trucks have hauled more than 13 billion tonnes in total. Travis Chewning, Luck Stone's vice president of engineering and operations support, said autonomy “is creating a safer workplace that improves consistency for our customers”.