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Construction Equipment
GM drops price of CNG bi-fuel option on 2015 Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra HD
GM has announced that bi-fuel options allowing either compressed natural gas or gasoline to power the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500HD and 3500HD pickups, will start at $9,500. That’s a drop of $1,500 from the $11,000 the option previously cost. A dedicated CNG option on the 2015 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana cargo and passenger short-wheelbase vans […]
April 18, 2014
Roadbuilding
Alternative fuel-powered Dodge Ram touted as cost-effective transportation industry option
A Dodge Ram powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) is wrapped to promote the 2014 Land Investment Expo in West Des Moines, Iowa. Legendary oil-and-gas entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens, who is working to meet the transportation industry’s need for cost-effective alternative fuels, will deliver a keynote address during the seventh annual event presented by Peoples […]
December 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Ford starts production of F-150 with CNG
Ford has started production of its 2014 F-150 pickup with the ability to run on compressed natural gas, our sister site, Total Landscape Care reports. The company announced in July that it would offer the 2014 F-150 with a prep package allowing the truck to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) […]
November 29, 2013
Construction Equipment
Chrysler’s new CNG tank mimics human lungs to decrease size, increase capacity
Chrysler says that its patent-pending compressed natural gas fuel tank solves two of the major drawbacks to the fuel by drawing inspiration form the human lungs. While a lot of truck owners are interested in CNG because it can be had for pretty cheap ($1 per-gallon-equivalent to gasoline), the downsides are related: because it’s not […]
November 18, 2013
Machine Matters
How to build out the perfect work truck by taking advantage of dealer spec’ing technologies
Not long ago spec’ing a vocational truck meant going to a dealer, picking from a limited list of wheelbases and axle ratings, selecting a few options for the cab and then welding, drilling and cutting until all your equipment fit. Those were the Dark Ages of truck building. What we have now is a period […]
November 1, 2013
Pickups
Be Wary of What You Pay at the Pump
Tensions in the Middle East May Have an Effect on Gas Prices The threat of retaliation against Syria is putting the oil market in a vise. Analysts predict that oil prices could go up to $125 to $130 per barrel; currently the price is at $108. Even now, Americans are seeing in increase on prices at the […]
September 10, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ford details maintenance for CNG/LPG F-150, says truck can be specced for either fuel, plus gasoline, but not both
Earlier this week we posted a news story about Ford’s debut of the first factory spec half-ton pickup capable of running on compressed natural gas and liquid propane gas. A few of you wrote in asking whether these trucks were actually capable of running on both CNG and LPG in addition to gas. To answer […]
August 7, 2013
Construction Equipment
NYC concrete contractor Ferrara Bros. moves to mixer fleet powered by natural gas
Ferrara Bros., a construction company from Flushing, New York has taken delivery of 15 concrete mixers equipped to run on compressed natural gas. The McNeilus Standard ready-mix trucks are powered by Cummins Westport ISL-G CNG engines and configured on a single pusher axle with a gross vehicle weight of 80,000 pounds. Including its 17 CNG […]
August 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Ford announces availability of CNG/LPG capability for 2014 F-150
Ford has announced it will begin offering a prep package this fall that will allow the 2014 F-150 to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and gasoline, our sister site, Equipment World reported. The prep package will make the F-150 the only CNG/LPG-capable half-ton on the market and will allow the […]
August 2, 2013
Pickups
Ford First To Offer 1/2-ton CNG Model
Ford Looks to Set Itself Apart With CNG/LPG 1/2-Tons Remember when Ford decided to forego a diesel variant for their half-ton pickups? It seemed that they stood alone on the island of gas-only pickups. Maybe that was because they were busy opening up the market with a CNG-powered F-150. Ford is furthering the distance from […]
July 31, 2013
Pickups
Ford Bi-Fuel Super Duty Trucks
Westport CNG Systems Beat Competition With the growing number of natural gas trucks available in the market and to assist fleet owners with assessing their vehicle options, Westport recently conducted a comparison review between the Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks with the Westport WiNG™ Power System, and similar trucks offered by their competition. Their findings […]
May 14, 2013
Business
Does it pay for contractors to run a truck or fleet on natural gas?
Remember when diesel was $2 a gallon and you could drive your big trucks without gasping at the cost of a fill-up? Those days may be coming back, although it won’t be diesel that’s costing $2 a gallon, but natural gas. Thanks to fracking and horizontal drilling techniques developed in just the last decade, domestic petroleum […]
April 1, 2013
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