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Komatsu updates D61-23 crawler dozer line
To allow customers to best match their applications, Komatsu is making two new models available, the D61EX-23 is a longer track-on-ground standard model and the D61PX-23 is the low ground pressure model.
September 5, 2012
Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls opens new lab
Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls has opened of their Heavy-Duty Chassis Dynamometer Emissions Laboratory for outside contract services. This lab, Cleaire Advanced Technology Testing Services (CATTS) is located in Richmond, California, on the campus of the Chevron Technology Center. The laboratory, which a CFR-compliant heavy-duty chassis dynamometer, is capable of testing a variety of medium and […]
September 4, 2012
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Navistar and EPA settle their differences
Navistar, EPA, emissions technology
August 31, 2012
Equipment
Questions on what the EPA funds and why
You frequently hear people in the media complain about the big oil companies funding anti-global warming studies and think tanks. This they do, but you can hardly fault them for promoting their own interests. What is less well known is how frequently the EPA funds the other side of the debate. This federal sugar daddy […]
August 30, 2012
Equipment
John Deere’s 460E is its largest articulated dump truck yet
The 46-ton 460E ADT joins the 370E and 410E as the latest entry in Deere's E-Series. Deere says the 460E was designed for mining, quarry, aggregate, highway and site development applications.
August 28, 2012
Equipment
DPFs and DOCs: The new components at the heart of your Tier 4 engine
Plumbed into the exhaust stream of many diesel powered off-road machines you buy today is either a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) or a diesel particulate filter (DPF) or both. While there has been much talk and concern over these changes, the reality is that these engines and their emissions control systems are here to stay. […]
August 27, 2012
Equipment
Chevron unveils fuel efficient 5W/30 engine oil
Jim Gambill, North American industrial and commerical brand manager for Chevron says its new heavy-duty, 5w/30 engine oil is a bit ahead of the curve. That’s because truck fleets are only now beginning to experiment with using lighter viscosity motor oils to enhance fuel economy. To that end, Gambill says Chevron’s new  Delo 400LE 5W/30 […]
August 23, 2012
Business
Navistar devises plan to counter losing EGR gamble
Navistar says it is hitting the “reset” button. After years spent developing and marketing its own engine platform, a series of negative turns this year resulted in an about-face on Navistar’s engine technology and a nosedive in its stock price. Now, executives say, they are charging ahead with a new engine strategy and a plan […]
August 23, 2012
Business
AEMP details the many benefits of “going green” with your fleet
Beyond the fact that transitioning to a "green fleet" is a sure way to keep your business in line with regulations, Brennan, said going green benefits the bottom line and will help contractors lower expenses and maximize revenues.
August 22, 2012
Equipment
Doosan reveals three new mid-range air compressors
Doosan Portable Power has introduced three new models of dual pressure mid-range air compressors. The P425/HP375WCU, HP450/VHP400WCU and P600/XP535WCU portable air compressors feature two-in-one dual pressure units, which allow the compressors to deliver airflow ranging from 375 to 600 cubic feet per minute and pressures ranging from 100 to 200 pounds per square inch.  Cummins […]
August 21, 2012
Equipment
Terex celebrates 40th anniversary, adds new truck design
During the second half of 2012, Terex will celebrate its 40th anniversary of manufacturing front discharge mixer trucks by restarting its new truck assembly line. The company signed a new truck order with a large ready mix concrete producer operating in multiple Midwestern states which will carry into 2013. Hiring for welding, assembly, engineering and […]
August 13, 2012
Equipment
How to avoid using low-quality diesel fuel
A common cause of poor engine peformance is the use of low-quality diesel fuel in equipment. Here are the properties of diesel fuel, proper fuel quality checks and finally, storage maintenance checks to ensure operators are using quality fuel.
August 8, 2012
Business
EPA files final Navistar ruling
The Chicago Tribune is reporting today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a final ruling on whether Navistar will be allowed to continue to pay fines to sell diesel engines that do not meet current 2010 diesel exhaust emissions standards. According to the report, in a filing on a U.S. General Services […]
August 8, 2012
Equipment
Machine Matters
Is it time for a new wheel loader?  Advanced electronics, drivetrain refinements make the case for a new machine   By Marcia Gruver Doyle   As you’ve waited for the economy to turn, your wheel loaders have aged, and now those machines are perhaps two generations behind what’s currently in dealer order books. […]
August 7, 2012
Safety
JCB adds Ecomax to backhoe loaders
JCB has added Stage IIIB/Tier 4 Interim Ecomax engines and variable flow hydraulic pumps across the 3CX and 4CX backhoe range, which is expected to boost fuel efficiency by 11 percent. Improvements to the new 3CX and 4CX backhoes include variable flow hydraulic piston pumps, uprated backhoe slide performance, reduced daily checks, LiveLink connectivity for […]
August 7, 2012
Equipment
MINExpo 2012 will be North American debut of Cummins’s smallest and largest engines
With the North American debut for both the 2.8-liter, 4-cylinder QSF2.8 and the 95-liter, 16-cylinder QSK95 at MINExpo, the range of engines on display will encompass from 49 horespower all the way up to 4,000 HP.
August 7, 2012
Business
Navistar warns of possible layoffs
Navistar, emissions controls. EPA
August 7, 2012
Equipment
Navistar will offer Cummins ISX15 next year
Navistar announced this morning that it will reestablish a relationship with Cummins and begin offering the new ISX15 15-liter diesel engine in “certain models” in January 2013 with the introduction of its ICT+ emissions solution in “early” 2013. During the transition to ICT+, a company spokesman said Navistar would continue to build “compliant” MaxxForce diesel […]
August 3, 2012
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