Equipment Roundup: GM unveils SURUS fuel cell work truck platform; Acela 6×6 service truck; Vermeer dual rod rock drill; Ditch Witch AT40; SDLG L918F

SDLG intros L918F wheel loader as ‘ideal yard machine’

SDLG unveiled its L918F compact wheel loader at ICUEE last week, which the company describes as “an ideal yard machine for many utility contractors.”

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Ditch Witch AT40 debuts with new All Terrain drilling system

The Ditch Witch AT40 horizontal directional drill—built on the same platform at the JT40 introduced earlier this year at ConExpo—features a new two-pipe All Terrain drilling system that the company says provides 33 percent more torque than competitive units to optimize drilling in hard rock.

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Vermeer’s new D40x55DR S3 rock drill uses dual rod technology

Vermeer’s new D40x55DR S3 40,000-pound thrust/pullback horizontal directional drill is designed to tackle challenging rock jobs and give contractors additional crew assignment flexibility.

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This Acela Monterra is a 6×6 service truck with a battlefield resume

Though Montana-based Acela unveiled its Monterra lineup of extreme-duty cabover work trucks back in June, it wasn’t until last week’s ICUEE show in Louisville that these reset military trucks had made an official U.S. debut.

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GM unveils SURUS, a fuel cell chassis for autonomous work and military trucks of the future

One year after debuting the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2, a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered pickup designed in collaboration with the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, General Motors has unveiled a new platform that the automaker hopes will translate what has been learned from the ZH2 into larger commercial and military trucks.

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