UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
	[X]	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008


OR
	[ ]	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __________ to __________.
Commission File No. 333-145491-02(Issuing Entity) Commission File Number 333-145491 (Depositor)
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2008-A (Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its charter)
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL FUNDING CORPORATION (Exact name of depositor as specified in its charter)
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION (Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)			26-0683996 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
The Bank of New York (Delaware) Attn: Corporate Trust Administration 100 White Clay Center Route 273 Newark Delaware (Address of principal executive offices)			19711 (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (302) 283-8905

~~SECURITIES AND~~Securities ~~EXCHANGE~~registered ~~COMMISSION~~pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

~~Washington~~Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the DSecurities Act.C. Yes [ ] No ~~20549~~[ ü ]

~~FORM~~Indicate by check mark if the ~~10-K~~Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes [ ] No [ ü ]

xIndicate ~~ANNUAL~~by ~~REPORT~~check ~~PURSUANT~~mark TOwhether ~~SECTION~~the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 ORor 15(d) of OFthe ~~THE~~Securities ~~SECURITIES~~Exchange ~~EXCHANGE~~Act ~~ACT~~of OF 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [ü] No [ ]

~~For~~Indicate by check mark if disclosure ~~the~~of ~~fiscal~~delinquent ~~year~~filers ~~ended~~pursuant ~~December~~to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this 31chapter) is not contained herein, ~~2004~~and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ü ]

~~Commission~~Indicate ~~File~~by Nocheck mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See ~~333~~the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-~~103949~~2 of the Exchange Act.

~~CATERPILLAR~~Large ~~FINANCIAL~~accelerated ~~FUNDING~~filer [ ] Accelerated filer ~~CORPORATION~~[ ]

~~(Exact~~Non-accelerated ~~name~~filer of[ ü ] ~~Registrant~~(do asnot ~~specified~~check inif a ~~its~~smaller ~~charter~~reporting company) Smaller reporting company [ ]

Nevada	88-0342613
(State of incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ] No [ ü ]

Greenview Plaza 4040 South Eastern Ave. Suite 344 Las Vegas, Nevada	89119
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. Not applicable.

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (702) 735-2514

TABLE OF CONTENTS
			Page
Part I	Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments...........................................................................................................................................................................................	4
	Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB.	Significant Obligors of Pool Assets (Financial Information).....................................................................................................................................	4
	Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB.	Credit Enhancement and Other Support, Except for Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).............................................	4
	Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB.	Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information)...........................................................................................................................................	4
	Item 1117 of Regulation AB.	Legal Proceedings............................................................................................................................................................................................................	4
Part II	Item 9B.	Other Information.............................................................................................................................................................................................................	5
Part III	Item 1119 of Regulation AB.	Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions............................................................................................................................	5
	Item 1122 of Regulation AB.	Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria............................................................................................................................................................	5
	Item 1123 of Regulation AB.	Servicer Compliance Statement......................................................................................................................................................................................	6
Part IV	Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.................................................................................................................................................................	6

~~Securities registered~~PART ~~pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None~~I

~~Securities~~The ~~registered~~following ~~pursuant~~items tohave ~~Section~~been ~~12(g)~~omitted ofin ~~the~~accordance ~~Act:~~with ~~None~~General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

The Registrant is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation and meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction (I)(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K, and is therefore filing this form with the reduced disclosure format.

Item 1.	Business.
Item 1A.	Risk Factors.
Item 2.	Properties.
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings.
Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

~~Indicate by~~Item a1B. ~~check~~Unresolved ~~mark~~Staff whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 daysComments.

~~Yes x No o~~None.

~~Indicate~~Substitute by a check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information ~~statements incorporated~~provided ~~by reference~~ in ~~Part~~accordance ~~III~~with ofGeneral ~~this~~Instruction ~~Form~~J ~~10-K or any amendment~~ to ~~this~~ Form 10-K. :

~~Not applicable~~Item x 1112(b) of Regulation AB. Significant Obligors of Pool Assets (Financial Information).

~~Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act)~~None.

~~Yes o No~~Item x1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB. Credit Enhancement and Other Support, Except for Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).

AtNo ~~December~~entity ~~31,~~or ~~2004,~~group ~~one~~of ~~share~~affiliated ofentities ~~common~~provides ~~stock~~any ofexternal ~~the~~credit ~~Registrant~~enhancement or ~~was~~other ~~outstanding,~~support with respect to either payment ~~which~~on isthe ~~owned~~pool assets held by Caterpillar Financial ~~Services~~Asset ~~Corporation~~Trust 2008-A (the “Trust” or “issuing entity”) or payments on the notes (the “Notes”) or certificates (the “Certificates”) issued by the Trust.

~~PART I~~Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB. Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).

~~Item~~Not 2Applicable. ~~Properties~~

~~Caterpillar Financial~~Item ~~Asset~~1117 ~~Trust 2004-A (the "Trust") is a trust established under the laws~~ of ~~the~~Regulation State of Delaware by the Trust Agreement dated May 25, 2004 (the "Trust Agreement") between Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation (the "Seller") and Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association, acting thereunder not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee of the TrustAB. ~~Caterpillar Financial~~Legal ~~Services Corporation (the "Servicer") is the Servicer under a Sale and Servicing Agreement dated May 1, 2004 among the Servicer, the Seller, and the Trust~~Proceedings. ~~On May 25, 2004, the Trust issued:~~

·There are ~~Asset~~no ~~Backed~~material ~~Certificates~~legal ~~(the~~proceedings pending or contemplated against Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (“~~Certificates~~Cat Financial”):, as sponsor or servicer, Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation, as depositor, Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2008-A, as the issuing entity, or any other parties described in Item 1117 of Regulation AB, or any of the property of any of the foregoing, which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse impact on investors in the offered Notes or Certificates.

~~$ 9,881,297 aggregate principal amount~~ 4

·PART ~~Asset Backed Notes (the “Notes”):~~II

$ ~~183,400,000~~The ~~aggregate~~following ~~principal~~Items ~~amount~~have ofbeen ~~Class~~omitted ~~A-1~~in ~~1.3704%~~accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

$ 164,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Class A-2 2.18%

Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data.
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures.

~~$ 283,300,000~~Item ~~aggregate~~9B. ~~principal~~Other ~~amount of Class A-3 3~~Information.~~13%~~

~~$ 18,161,000 aggregate principal amount of Class B 3~~ None.~~71%~~

~~The Certificates~~PART ~~evidence fractional undivided interests in the Trust. The Seller retained the entire principal amount of the Certificates. The Notes evidence debt obligations of the Trust.~~III

~~The~~ ~~property~~The offollowing ~~the~~items ~~Trust~~have ~~includes~~been ~~(i)~~omitted ~~equipment~~in ~~retail~~accordance installment sale contracts and finance lease contracts secured by new and used machinery manufactured primarily by Caterpillar Inc. or its affiliate Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (the "Financed Equipment"), including rights to receive certain payments made with ~~respect~~General toInstruction ~~such contracts sold to the Trust by the Seller,~~J (collectively the "Receivables"), (ii) all monies (including accrued interest) due or received thereunder on or after the applicable cutoff date, (iii) security interests in the Financed Equipment and certain other cross-collateralized equipment, (iv) such amounts as from time to ~~time~~Form ~~may be held in one or more accounts established and maintained by the Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement and the short~~10-term investments made from those collections, (v) the rights to proceeds from claims on physical damage, credit life, or disability insurance policies, if any, covering the Financed Equipment or the obligors on the Receivables, as the case may be, (vi) the proceeds of any repossessed Financed Equipment, (vii) the rights of the Seller under the related Purchase Agreement between the Servicer and the Seller, (viii) the interest of the Seller in any proceeds from recourse to dealers on such receivables, (ix) interest earned on short-term investments made by the Trust, and (x) any proceeds of the foregoing.K:

As of December 31, 2004, the end of the fiscal year of the Trust for which this Form 10-K annual report is being filed, the aggregate principal balance of the Receivables remaining in the Trust was approximately $488,346,743.

Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Item 11	Executive Compensation.
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholders Matters.
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

~~For~~Substitute ~~additional~~ information ~~regarding~~provided ~~principal and interest payments~~ in ~~respect~~accordance ~~to the~~with ~~Certificates~~General ~~and~~Instruction ~~the~~J ~~Notes and information regarding servicing compensation and other fees paid by the Trust during the year ending December 31, 2004, refer~~ to ~~Exhibits 99.1~~ Form 10- ~~99.4.~~ K:

Item 3 1119 of Regulation AB. ~~Legal~~Affiliations ~~Proceedings~~and Certain Relationships with Related Transactions.

~~The~~With ~~Registrant~~respect ~~knows~~to disclosure of noaffiliations ~~material~~and ~~pending~~certain ~~legal~~relationships ~~proceedings~~and ~~involving~~related transactions, ~~either~~this ~~the~~information has been omitted from this Form 10-K in ~~Trust~~accordance ~~property~~with General Instruction to Item 1119 of Regulation AB and can be obtained in a prospectus supplement dated April 28, ~~Trustee~~2008, ~~Seller~~to a prospectus dated April 28, or2008, ~~Servicer~~and infiled ~~respect~~with ofthe Securities and Exchange Commission under the ~~Trust~~same Central Index Key code as used to file this current annual report on Form 10-K.

~~PART II~~Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.

~~Item~~Each 5of Cat Financial and U.S. ~~Market~~Bank ~~For~~National ~~Registrant~~Association (each, a “Servicing Participant”) has been identified as a party participating in the servicing function during the reporting period with respect to the pool assets held by the issuing entity. Each of the Servicing Participants has completed a report on an assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to such Servicing Participant (each, a “Report on Assessment”) during the issuing entity’s ~~Common~~fiscal ~~Equity~~year ended December 31, ~~Related~~2008. Each ~~Stockholder~~Report ~~Matters~~on Assessment is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K. In addition, each ~~and~~of the Servicing Participants has provided an attestation report (each, an ~~Issuer~~“Attestation ~~Purchases~~Report”) by a registered independent public accounting firm regarding its related Report on Assessment. Each Attestation Report is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K. None of the Reports on Assessment or the related Attestation Reports has identified any material instances of noncompliance with the servicing criteria described in the related Report on Assessment as being applicable to such Servicing Participant.

~~Equity Securities~~5

~~(a)~~Item To1123 ~~the best knowledge~~ of ~~the~~Regulation ~~Registrant,~~AB. ~~there~~Servicer isCompliance ~~no established public market for the Certificates~~Statement.

~~(b)~~Each of AsCat ofFinancial ~~December~~and ~~31,~~U.S. ~~2004,~~Bank National Association has been identified as a servicer during the ~~Seller~~reporting ~~was~~period with respect to the ~~sole~~asset ~~Certificateholder~~pool held by the issuing entity. Each of ~~record~~Cat Financial and U.S. Bank National Association has provided a Servicer Compliance Statement, signed by an authorized officer of each respective servicer, and each such Servicer Compliance Statement is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.

~~-2-~~PART IV

~~PART III~~Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

~~Item~~(b) The ~~13.~~following ~~Certain~~documents ~~Relationships~~are ~~and~~filed ~~Related~~as ~~Transactions~~part of this report:

Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation, the Seller, Depositor and sole Certificateholder of record, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, the Servicer and Administrator for the Trust. The aggregate servicing fees and administration fees paid by the Trust to Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation during the fiscal year are set forth in Exhibit 99.3.

PART IV.

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:

Exhibit No.

313.1 ~~Certification~~Articles of ~~Steven~~Incorporation ~~R. Elsesser, Controller~~ of Caterpillar Financial ~~Services~~Funding Corporation, as(incorporated ~~required~~by ~~pursuant~~reference tofrom ~~Section~~Exhibit ~~302~~3.1 ofto the ~~Sarbanes~~Form S-~~Oxley~~3 ~~Act~~Registration ofStatement, ~~2002~~filed on March 15, 2005 Commission File No. 333-123328).

993.12 ~~Trust~~Bylaws ~~Annual~~of Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Form S-3 Registration Statement, offiled ~~Compliance~~on March 15, 2005, Commission File No. 333-123328).

994.21 Indenture, dated April 1, 2008, between Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust ~~Statement~~2008-A and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and not in its individual capacity (the “Indenture Trustee”), (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to ~~Certificateholders~~the Current Report filed on Form 8-K on May 8, 2008, Commission File No. 333-145491-02).

994.32 Amended and Restated Trust ~~Statement~~Agreement, dated April 29, 2008, between Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation, a Nevada Corporation, as depositor, and BNYM (DELAWARE), a Delaware banking corporation , as trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.2 to ~~Noteholders~~the Current Report filed on Form 8-K on May 8, 2008, Commission File Number 333-145491-02).

9931 Certification of Steven R.4 ~~Trust~~Elsesser, ~~Servicer’s~~Chief ~~Certificate~~Financial Officer of Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation, as required pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

9933.51 Report on Assessment of ~~Independent~~Compliance ~~Auditors~~with Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities for Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation.

~~Supplemental information~~33.2 toReport beon ~~furnished~~Assessment ~~with reports filed pursuant to Section 15(d)~~ of ~~the Act~~Compliance bywith ~~Registrants~~Servicing ~~which~~Criteria ~~have~~for ~~not~~Asset-Backed ~~registered~~ Securities ~~pursuant~~for toU.S. ~~Section~~Bank ~~12 of~~National ~~the Act~~Association.

No34.1 ~~Annual report,~~Attestation ~~proxy~~Report ~~statement,~~of ~~form~~Assessment of ~~proxy,~~Compliance orwith ~~other~~Servicing ~~proxy~~Criteria ~~soliciting~~for ~~material~~Asset-Backed ~~has been~~Securities ~~sent~~of toPricewaterhouseCoopers ~~Certificateholders~~LLP, ~~and~~on ~~the~~behalf ~~Registrant~~of ~~does~~Caterpillar ~~not~~Financial ~~presently contemplate~~Services ~~sending any such materials subsequent to the filing of this report~~Corporation.

34.2 Attestation Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria for Asset-3-Backed Securities of Ernst & Young LLP, on behalf of U.S. Bank National Association.

Servicer Compliance Statement.

Annual Servicer Report to Holders of Notes and Certificates.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

By: Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation (~~Registrant~~Depositor)

Dated: March 29, 2005	By:	/s/ Steven R. Elsesser
Dated: March 27, 2009	By:	/s/ Steven R. Elsesser
		Steven R. Elsesser, Chief Financial Officer
Dated: March 29, 2005	By:	/s/ James A. Duensing
		James A. Duensing, Treasurer

~~-4-~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation

(Depositor)

Dated: March 27, 2009					By:	/s/ Steven R. Elsesser
						Steven R. Elsesser, Chief Financial Officer

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