Tag: natural gas engines

Class 7-8

Kenworth adds Cummins ISX12N as nat gas engine option on T680, T880 and T880S trucks

The ISX12N will now be available on Kenworth T680, T880 and T880S and will benefit line haul, regional haul, vocational and refuse applications. More here!

August 27, 2018

Vocational

Cummins L9N nat gas engine new option for Kenworth T680, T880S

Kenworth T680, T880, and T880S will now have the option of Cummins Westport L9N natural gas engine. Get the details on Equipment World.

August 15, 2018

Vocational

Test Drive: Kenworth’s natural gas T880S impresses even off-road

Kenworth knows that meeting government requirements can be a critical part of doing business. For mixer customers needing to comply with federal bridge formulas and cleaner emissions, the truck maker now offers the 2018 T880S natural gas mixer. The Cummins-Westport 8.9-liter ISL G Near Zero NOx engine offers quieter and cleaner performance with power that’s comparable […]

August 16, 2017

Construction Equipment

Natural gas engines becoming a more attractive alternative all the time

While visiting the Southwest Texas Research Institute in June, Shell Lubricant’s global experts gave us a look at what the future holds in store for energy—particularly energy of the petrochemical variety. According to Dr. Selda Gunsel, vice president of Shell’s global commercial technology, by 2050 the world population will have risen from 7 billion to […]

July 14, 2015

Construction Equipment

Risk of shooting flames causes Cummins Westport to recall 25,000 natural gas engines

Certain Cummins Westport natural gas engines could cause flames to shoot from your exhaust. But this isn’t some type of hot rod modification. It’s a serious defect that has caused Cummins and its joint venture with Westport to initiate a recall. The recall affects certain natural gas engines in the Cummins Westport ISL G and […]

March 3, 2014

Business

Does it pay for contractors to run a truck or fleet on natural gas?

Remember when diesel was $2 a gallon and you could drive your big trucks without gasping at the cost of a fill-up? Those days may be coming back, although it won’t be diesel that’s costing $2 a gallon, but natural gas. Thanks to fracking and horizontal drilling techniques developed in just the last decade, domestic petroleum […]

April 1, 2013

Technology

Final Word

The HHP 2012 Summit   The start of something big   By Tom Jackson     The last week of September some 700 people got together for a three-day conference in Houston, Texas, that may have marked the beginning of a new era. Billed as the Natural Gas for HIgh Horsepower Applications Summit 2012, the […]

October 29, 2012

Business

Cat inks engine development deal with Westport

caterpillar, westport innovations, natural gas engines, cummins

June 5, 2012

Business

Proof of how good the gas boom is for construction

Natural gas engines, construction, gas well drilling, Contractor of the Year, Marcellus Shale, Bryan Force

May 25, 2012

Roadbuilding

Freightliner makes cross-country natural gas haul

A CNG-powered Cascadia 113 with a Cummins ISX12G natural gas engine will carry a load of paper from LA to DC.

May 18, 2012

Home

Freightliner makes cross-country natural gas haul

[kaltura-widget wid=”8qdzcqo5ag” width=”320″ height=”292″ addpermission=”” editpermission=”” align=”right” /]A Cascadia tractor with a 30,000 pound trailer full of waste paper will set out from Long Beach, Calif., bound for a recycling facility in Washington, DC. It’s a long way to haul a load of waste paper. But it’s just a side project. The tractor in question […]

May 18, 2012