Tag: Cummins 5.0L V-8

Construction Equipment

Nissan will unveil Cummins-powered diesel Titan at Detroit Auto Show

Nissan will debut its diesel-powered Titan pickup at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show in January. The company confirmed the debut to Equipment World sister site Hard Working Trucks. Last summer Nissan announced its plans to drop a Cummins 5.0L V8 Turbo Diesel engine in its next generation Titan. The engine is expected to make between 310-325hp and more than […]

October 3, 2014

Construction Equipment

2014 Innovations Winner: Michelin Tweel airless tire

The tire market is a precise, refined, mature market that has, for the most part, relied on pneumatic tires for more than a century. Despite the vulnerability associated with air loss, pneumatic tires became the dominant technology thanks to several performance advantages – low contact pressure, low vertical stiffness, low rolling resistance over rough surfaces […]

January 6, 2014

Construction Equipment

2014 Equipment World Innovations Awards: The 5 game-changing construction products of the last year

OEMs fielded many good new products last year, but only a handful are truly innovative game changers. We’ve put together a collection of five products that, in no particular order, gave those in construction better, more efficient ways to work and, in general, simply rocked our industry.   Hilti Hollow Drill Bit Conventional hammer drill […]

January 6, 2014

Construction Equipment

2014 Innovations Winner: Cummins 5.0L V8 diesel engine

With the introduction of the Cummins 5.0L V8, a lightweight, technologically sophisticated V8 diesel engine, Cummins has changed the game when it comes to powerplants for light- and medium-duty applications. The engine has two names and two iterations. The ISV5.0 is the commercial version of the engine. Cummins is positioning this as a fuel-efficient alternative […]

January 6, 2014

Construction Equipment

2014 Innovations Winner: WeighSafe Hitch

One of those “why-didn’t-I-think-of-that-moments” came during a walk through the 2013 Specialty Equipment Market Association’s (SEMA) New Product Showcase last November. Of more than 2,200 new products on display, the WeighSafe Hitch, invented by mechanical engineer and hydraulic expert Kevin McAllister, caught our attention. The WeighSafe Hitch has a built-in tongue-weight gauge activated by a […]

January 6, 2014

Construction Equipment

2014 Innovations Winner: Komatsu D61i-23 dozer with integrated machine control

When it came to bringing the D61i-23 dozer to market, Komatsu engineers decided that they wanted to take the next step forward in the evolution of machine control. There are plenty of plug-and-play aftermarket machine control options available, but Komatsu wanted to seamlessly integrate machine control into the dozer body itself. And beyond that, they […]

January 6, 2014

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