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Equipment Experts
Comfort and productivity fuel 2016 Steiger tractor enhancements
With a strong history in the agricultural industry, Steiger tractors deliver fuel efficiency, operator comfort and proven track technology. Model year 2016 enhancements set the bar even higher for performance, operator experience and bottom-line improvements. Key 2016 enhancements to Steiger tractors include: Efficient transmission: 20% faster shifting transmission speeds over previous models increase overall tractor […]
August 19, 2020
Equipment Experts
Axial-Flow 140 series combines help producers harvest more of what they grow
Operator comfort and greater productivity highlight new enhancements to the 2016 Case IH lineup of high-horsepower tractors and combines. Led by significant updates to the Axial-Flow 140 series combines, the company’s AFS Connect advanced farm management system also has received a number of upgrades, including two-way wireless data transfer and some of the widest coverage […]
August 19, 2020
Construction Equipment
Tadano intros 3 rough-terrain cranes with new cabs, engines
Tadano has redesigned three of its GR rough-terrain cranes with more comfortable cabs, new engines and more lifting capacity. The series, for the 75- to 100-ton lifting class, was first launched in 2011 in North America and is composed of models GR-1000XLL-4, GR-1000XL-4 and GR-800XL-4. The new models give operators better visibility of the remodeled […]
March 17, 2020
Construction Equipment
Terex Trucks intros upgraded TA300 artic with new transmission, faster speed, better fuel efficiency
Get the details on Equipment World about Terex Trucks upgraded TA300 articulated dump truck, which now comes standard with ZF's latest EP320 transmission.
August 14, 2018
Dealers
ASV adds Minn. dealer Northwoods to dealer network
Northwoods Hydraulic and Equipment serves as a distributor, dealer and factory-authorized service center for a variety of brands. Details here.
June 15, 2018
Vocational
Allison to launch 9-speed automatic transmission in 2020
Allison Transmission announced it will release a nine-speed fully automatic transmission for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle markets around the globe by 2020, ahead of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Phase 2 greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards. The new transmission is the successor to Allison’s 2000 Series six-speed automatic transmission […]
October 13, 2017
Vocational
Test Drive: Eaton’s Procision 7-speed automatic brings near car-like shifting to medium duty applications
Eaton’s 7-speed Procision automatic transmission was designed to compete with Allison’s 2000 Series RDS, the market leader in the medium duty vocational truck segment for automatic shifting. With driver comfort now an integral part of calculating a fleet’s total cost of ownership, Eaton designed its dual clutch model to be more efficient and in-cab friendly than anything […]
October 20, 2016
Construction Equipment
Allison Transmission unveils the more durable, more powerful 6630ORS
Thirty seven years after first providing a Volvo articulated dump truck with a transmission, Allison has unveiled here at the Bauma show in Munch a brand new model that will launch inside Volvo’s largest truck yet. The new 6630ORS is the latest transmission in Allison’s 6000 Series. The transmission features a new internal damper and an […]
April 13, 2016
Construction Equipment
Auto for the People: Automatic, automated transmissions make a push in heavy-duty commercial trucks
That’s what makes trucking today so interesting: It is going through several revolutions and evolutions at the moment. The advent of automatic and automated transmissions in heavy-duty commercial vehicles is one such example. In many ways, the explosion in popularity of these units over the past decade is an offshoot of the rapid evolution being […]
July 1, 2013
Construction Equipment
Chevrolet explains how a transmission works in this amazing 1936 short film
This video find from 1936 should interest gear heads and the layman alike. In it, Chevrolet sets about explaining how a transmission works. The video builds upon very basic principles, establishing what a lever is by showing a can opener and then a seesaw, before explaining how the gears in a car are really just […]
June 26, 2013
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