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RunWise Hybrid Drive System reduces fuel consumption and carbon emissions
Parker Hannifin’s RunWise Advanced Series Hybrid Drive system for Class 8 refuse vehicles features hydrostatic drive and brake energy recovery capabilities that reduce fuel consumption, carbon emissions and brake wear. RunWise replaces a refuse truck’s conventional drive train with a combination of features of the hydrostatic drive and mechanical drive systems. Break energy recovery technology […]
June 18, 2009
Business
AEM webinars focus on product safety and compliance
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is offering live webinars of three of its top-rated presentations on product safety and compliance. Webinars will allow the experience of an AEM seminar for those who cannot attend during conferences. “AEM webinars allow more industry professionals to benefit from the knowledge sharing and practical, ready-to-use information found in […]
June 18, 2009
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Navistar’s second quarter earnings dip
Navistar International has reported weak second quarter profits of $12 million, equal to $0.16 per diluted share, on $2.8 billion in net sales and revenues, in what the company calls historically weak market conditions not seen since 1962. In the second quarter a year ago, Navistar reported net income of $211 million, equal to $2.88 […]
June 10, 2009
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Editor’s pick MULTI-PURPOSE POWER Miller Electric’s EnPack Mechanic Series integrates with a truck’s electrical and fuel systems to eliminate the need for a PTO, while still providing enough power to run air tools, hydraulic cranes and electrical equipment – all with the truck turned off. The diesel engine-driven EnPack combines a rotary screw air compressor, […]
June 2, 2009
Equipment
Maintenance – June 2009
A lot of attention focused on engine oils in the last few years as environmental regulations and low emissions engines forced nearly a half dozen changes in engine oil formulations. Gear oils have had it easier, but that’s not to say you can ignore them. While gear oils don’t fight combustion heat, soot, high acid […]
June 2, 2009
Equipment
ENVIROWATCH
Let’s face it: medium- and heavy-duty trucks haven’t always been the “greenest” or most fuel-efficient vehicles on the block. But times have changed, and with the addition of a hybrid truck, your fleet’s operating costs can reflect this now and in the future. “Fleet owners and operators are concerned about all expenses at this time. […]
June 1, 2009
Business
Compact Focus: Utility vehicles
In the time that contractor Ricky Weand has owned his Bobcat 2300 utility vehicle, he has come to appreciate its usefulness. “I was looking for a lightweight vehicle for my excavation and construction business that had the attachments in the front,” he says. “This vehicle is more maneuverable than a pickup. We work in areas […]
May 28, 2009
Equipment
Maintenance/Management: Everything oil is new again
It’s been a busy four years for the makers of heavy-duty on-road diesel engines and no less so for the producers of lube oils for these engines. Both groups have been scrambling to meet the latest round of deadlines imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, which kick in January 1. All on-highway diesel truck engines […]
May 28, 2009
Equipment
Business Matters: Off-road rumblings
At first glance, the Environmental Protection Agency’s off-highway emissions standards seem like a bunch of technical regulations that apply more to engine manufacturers than the average contractor. But getting an understanding of these regulations is important to even the smallest construction company because current and future emissions regulations are changing the industry. This year, Tier […]
May 28, 2009
Business
In Depth: Komatsu’s new generation
When the EPA’s Tier 3 engine emissions requirements came due this year, Komatsu didn’t just drop in new powerplants and tweak the cup holders. It used the opportunity to engineer a new generation of machines, primarily dozers, loaders and excavators, that are more productive, use less fuel and keep operators safer and more comfortable. Of […]
May 28, 2009
Equipment
Engine Notebook: Deere PowerTech
With Tier 3 in the field and Tier 4 in the wings, John Deere Power Systems is using several strategies to meet its customer’s needs for power and the EPA’s requirements for lower emissions. One of these strategies is to offer engines with three emissions solutions packages. These include: PowerTech M. The simplest of the […]
May 28, 2009
Business
Cover Story/Productivity Guide: 2007 Heavy-Duty vocational trucks
Any preview of 2007 Class 8 vocational trucks will naturally focus on the extensive engine enhancements mandated by the 2007 Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Exhaust Standards. But reengineering trucks for substantially different engines, which include catalyzed traps, oxidation catalysts, NOx absorbers and selective catalytic reduction systems is an extensive task from an engineering point of […]
May 28, 2009
Equipment
Cummins’ QSB3.3 and QSB4.5 to meet 2012 emissions requirements
Cummins’ 4-cylinder QSB3.3 and QSB4.5 engines will meet EU Stage IIIB and U.S. EPA Tier 4 Interim off-highway emissions in 2012 across a broad 75- to 160-horsepower range. The next-generation engines retain the same 3.3- and 4.5-liter \platforms and will be supplied as a fully integrated air-intake-to-exhaust system. The engines achieve very low emissions by […]
May 26, 2009
Business
Shift to government work keeps Sukut strong
Three years ago Sukut Construction, California’s largest mass excavation company, was getting most of its business from the private sector. Today 70 percent of the company’s jobs are coming from government funded projects–a three fold increase. The company says if it can nail down another $50 to $100 million in contracts it will be hiring […]
May 18, 2009
Equipment
Subaru offers new line of EFI engines
Subaru is now supplementing their existing engine line by now offering a line of electronic fuel injection (EFI) engines. EFI engines are suited for use with a variety of equipment, including welders, generators, pressure washers and lawnmowers. The line includes two models, the EH72 V-Twin and EH72 UTV, designed to reduce fuel consumption and emissions […]
May 13, 2009
Equipment
Marketplace
Editor’s pick Hyundai 9 series excavators The new 9 Series excavators from Hyundai represent a clean sheet design reengineered from the ground up with dozens of new features. Most innovative is the “Posi-Nega” hydraulic system (available on the R210LC-9 and R290LC-9), which combines the easy diagnostics of a negative hydraulic system with the fine control […]
April 27, 2009
Equipment
Subaru opens new U. S. corporate headquarters
Subaru has opened a new facility for its U. S. headquarters in Lake Zurich, Illinois. The new facility triples the amount of available office and warehouse space from the company’s previous location and a dynometer room for testing engine performance, a ventilated testing room for evaluating engine emissions and a training center for sales representatives […]
April 2, 2009
Equipment
Champion’s new production class graders powered by Cummins engines
Champion Motor Graders has announced that its new production class graders will come standard with a turbocharged Cummins QSB6.7 Tier 3 in-line 6-cylinder 120-horsepower engine. Weighing in at 23,500 pounds, Champion’s production class graders are designed to bridge the gap between compact and traditional full sized graders. With increased power and better torque curve offered […]
April 2, 2009
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