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Equipment

Opinion: Diesel and the truth about MPG ratings

America is a great country, but amazingly, breathtakingly and mindbogglingly ignorant about cars and fuel efficiency. If you look in the center of the photo above you’ll see a readout of 65 mpg. That’s the mileage a friend of ours, Peter Causer, of Volvo Construction Equipment, got in his Ford Focus 1.8 liter turbodiesel while […]

January 28, 2013

Equipment

EPA brings millions in fines to makers of DPF Delete kits for pickups

A couple weeks back our sister publication Pro Pickup reported on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to begin going after manufacturers and users of DPF Delete kits for pickups. The kits have become popular recently among those drivers who want more performance from their emissions-restricted engines. Now, Pro Pickup editor Bruce Smith is reporting that […]

January 24, 2013

Equipment

EPA takes action against DPF-delete kits for pickups

DPF-delete kits have become popular for diesel truck owners who want to boost performance on emissions restricted engines – but no more. The phenomenon of circumventing the EPA’s mandated pollution-control systems through DPF-deletes began about six years ago, according to our sister publication Pro Pickup’s special report. But using those computer programs and exhaust system […]

January 11, 2013

Equipment

Collaboration seeks cheaper biofuel from non-food products

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Johnson Matthey, a global specialty chemicals company, have teamed up for a five-year, $7 million collaboration to economically produce gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from non-food biomass feedstocks, OEM Off-Highway reported. NREL and Johnson Matthey will conduct the work under a Cooperative Research and […]

January 11, 2013

Equipment

Brower and Gore: Environmentalists then and now

One of the pleasures of going home for the holidays is sometimes finding the books I  left behind in college and getting to reread them. This year I stumbled upon a 1977 copy of John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid. The book concerns three trips McPhee took with the “Archdruid,” David Brower, the controversial executive […]

January 9, 2013

Equipment

Global warming: the ultimate conspiracy theory?

If I were to ever concoct the perfect conspiracy theory it would involve something nobody could control (like the weather), be blamed on something people hate (too many cars) and be prophesied by a group of group of mysterious priests whom everybody respects, but nobody understands (scientists). Dang it, global warming theorists beat me to […]

December 26, 2012

Gear

Dynapac brings Tier 4 F1000 paver series to North America

Dynapac has released its next generation series of F1000 pavers, the F1000T and the F1000W, in North America. These pavers meet the interim Tier 4 emission regulations and are available in track or wheeled options. A Cummins QSB 6.7 liter engine is delivers 220 horsepower at 2000 rpm or 230 horsepower at 1,800 rpm to […]

December 14, 2012

Equipment

EPA ruling on E15 gasoline is irresponsible

After months of careful and objective deliberation, weighing evidence from only the most knowledgeable and impartial scientists, environmentalists and industry leaders, the EPA has rendered judgement on the issue of ethanol blended gasoline. The short answer: Screw you, little people. The long answer: ”The agency has not found evidence to support a finding of severe […]

November 20, 2012

Construction Equipment

Vancouver roads use recycled plastic in paving process

Vancouver’s recycled plastic may be reincarnated as highway pavement. The city has revealed a new way to make asphalt using a warm-mix application created from recycled plastic, The Globe and Mail reported. The warm-mix method, mostly developed in Germany, has been used experimentally in North America for the past decade. However, Vancouver is the first […]

November 20, 2012

Equipment

Ener-G Force concept is Mercedes’ hydrogen-powered patrol SUV

As an entry to the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge, Mercedes-Benz created the monster you see above — its concept of what the patrol car of 2025 should look like. The company says the Ener-G Force concept is built off the tank-like design of its G-Class series of SUVs, including the original G-Wagen […]

November 19, 2012

Technology

Cat 966K XE packs up to 25 percent increase in fuel economy, coming to North America later this year

Caterpillar 966K XE production units started going to European customers in June, with North American models available later this year. Cat is claiming fuel efficiency gains of up to 25 percent with the model.

October 18, 2012

Equipment

Caterpillar details its Tier 4 technology strategy moving forward

Meeting Tier 4 engine emissions regulations is a marathon, not a sprint, says Tana Utley, Caterpillar’s chief technology officer.

October 17, 2012