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Construction Equipment

TEST DRIVE: Mack Titan

Our trucks editor Jack Roberts was in Allentown, Pennsylvania yesterday where he toured the Mack facility there and got to take a test drive in the new Mack Titan. The truck features Mack’s largest engine, the MP10, with 515-, 565- and 605-horsepower models available. Torque is rated at 2,060 lb.ft. at 1,200 RPMs. In the videos […]

March 21, 2014

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Titan adds 7 Low Sidewall designs to OTR line

Titan Tire Corporation showcased its new Low Sidewall (LSW) designs, the latest expansion to its OTR tire lineup, at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014. The LSW options, designed for light-, medium and heavy-duty equipment, are said to improve equipment stability and performance with their larger rim diameter and smaller sidewall. The company currently offers seven LSW options, with […]

March 16, 2014

Construction Equipment

Report: Toyota Tundra to go diesel with same 5.0L Cummins V-8 as next-gen Nissan Titan

UPDATE: This story was updated with a quote hinting that the report is true from Toyota VP Bob Carter. Apparently, Nissan isn’t the only automaker working with Cummins to rejuvenate its truck lineup with a diesel option. With Ram, GM and Nissan all having announced diesel pickups, Toyota is likely to join the fray with […]

February 12, 2014

Roadbuilding

Titan unveils Spare Tire Auxiliary Fuel System at the 2013 SEMA Show

Titan Fuel Tanks will unveil its cross-linked polyethylene, Spare Tire Auxiliary Fuel System at the 2013 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week. Titan will feature the 30-gallon tank and fuel transfer control unit at booth 35111 in the Upper South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The tank fits in the space […]

November 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

Outfitted with Cummins 5.0L V-8, Nissan Titan to be first light-duty diesel with V-8

Nissan and Cummins announced Tuesday that the two have formed a partnership that will soon result in a turbocharged diesel option for the next-generation Titan, making the pickup the first light-duty diesel with a V-8 engine, according to our sister site, Equipment World. “Truck owners told us there’s a demand for the performance and torque […]

August 23, 2013

Construction Equipment

The next Nissan Titan will have a diesel option thanks to this beastly Cummins 5.0L V-8

In a surprise announcement Tuesday, Nissan and Cummins revealed a partnership that will result in a turbocharged diesel option for the next-generation Titan at some point in the near future. Unlike the diesel Ram 1500 announced earlier this year, no release date for this diesel Titan was announced. However, the Titan has the bragging rights […]

August 20, 2013

Roadbuilding

France blasts U.S. CEO: We do too work and you’re nuts.

Oh yeah, it’s on. France has fired back at what their social media are calling “le French bashing” by a salty American business leader. A cabinet minister and a factory union leader lead le charge, the former calling US’s Titan Tire CEO “ignorant” and the latter saying he should be institutionalized. Our blunt-speaking CEO in […]

February 21, 2013

Roadbuilding

Tire Technology

Your earthmover tires are a critical component of uptime, cost control and profitability.

July 4, 2012

Maintenance

Maintenance

Otr tires – by the numbers How to crack the codes for lower cost and longer-life tires By Tom Jackson Next to fuel and wages, tires are the biggest operating cost for heavy construction fleets. Yet a surprising number of contractors care little about their tires as long as they’re round, black and rolling. Such […]

June 28, 2011