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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Case CoPilot dozer control; Volvo VNL redesign; Older engines exempt from ELD rule; New Fascan crane; Milwaukee’s Tick equipment, tool locator

Case unveils SiteControl CoPilot: A simple, affordable dozer machine control system Case Construction Equipment has introduced a machine control solution for dozers that the company says it is positioning as an affordable bridge between automatic and indicate-only systems. SiteControl CoPilot is available as a retrofit or as a factory-installed option on select Case M Series […]

August 8, 2017

Class 7-8

Volvo’s new VNL marks truck maker’s first long-haul redesign in 20 years

Volvo Trucks North America unveiled its new VNL tractor, the first major overhaul of its flagship long-haul model since the VN model was introduced in 1996. The announcement came during a press conference at the company’s new state-of-the-art customer center at its New River Valley manufacturing facility in Dublin, Va. “The new Volvo VNL builds […]

July 31, 2017

Construction Equipment

Volvo sells its 25% stake in Deutz engines

Volvo has sold off all of its shares in German engine maker Deutz, according to brief announcements released by the companies. Volvo says it sold more than 30 million shares to institutional investors for 1.9 billion Swedish Crowns ($225 million). In June 2012, Volvo increased its shareholding from 6.7 percent to more than 25 percent […]

July 10, 2017

Class 7-8

Test Drive: Volvo’s new VNR tractor with 38 tons of concrete in tow

Volvo bills its new VNR tractor, which debuted publicly in April as the heir apparent to the VNM, as “the future of regional haul.” Regional trucks rarely get the same attention to fuel economy and driver comfort as their long-haul siblings, but in the future—with lengths of haul shrinking and drivers’ cries for home-time increasing—amenities and aerodynamics […]

June 6, 2017

Class 7-8

PHOTOS: Volvo’s 2017 Ride for Freedom truck honors U.S. military with beautiful custom graphics

The New River Valley assembly plant in Dublin, Virginia, built Volvo Trucks latest Ride for Freedom truck, which joined approximately 160 motorcycles from Volvo’s Washington, D.C., plant for the Memorial Day weekend “Run for the Wall” motorcycle rally. The Ride for Freedom honors men and women who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military. Volvo’s […]

May 31, 2017

Vocational

Volvo adds Auto Neutral, Paver Assist features to VHD trucks with I-Shift AMT

Volvo Trucks has added auto-neutral and Paver Assist features to its I-Shift for Severe Duty, and I-Shift with Crawler Gears automated manual transmissions. Auto neutral and Paver Assist mark the latest Volvo VHD updates centered on the capabilities of I-Shift, an automated manual transmission (AMT). Volvo says Auto Neutral can help improve jobsite safety in many applications, […]

May 26, 2017

Trucks

PHOTOS: The Trucks of ConExpo 2017

While the main areas in terms of crowd draw at ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas last week were the immense Gold Lot and the packed North Hall, maybe my favorite afternoon of the week was wandering around the South Hall where you could find truck after truck. Custom paint jobs, service bodies, Hellcat HEMI engines […]

March 16, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: CNH Industrial financials; reaction to Cat HQ move; construction jobs added; Volvo Trucks top N.A. dealer; H&E adds branch

H&E Equipment Services opens new branch in Beaumont, Texas H&E Equipment Services, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has opened a new branch in Beaumont, Texas, bringing its total number of locations across the country to 78. The new site joins neighboring branches in Houston, Texas, and Lake Charles, Louisiana, the company says. “As we focus […]

February 13, 2017

Dealers

General Truck Sales named Volvo Trucks 2016 Dealer of the Year for North America

Volvo Trucks has named General Truck Sales, Muncie, Indiana, as its 2016 Dealer of the Year for North America. The dealership, established in 1958, has won the honor twice previously, in 2006 and 2010. Volvo says the award honored the dealership for “outstanding performance” in new truck sales, market share, parts sales, customer satisfaction, dealer […]

February 9, 2017

Dealers

Terramac adds Tri-State Truck & Equipment to dealer lineup for Mont., Wyo.

Terramac, manufacturer of crawler carrier machines, has added Montana-based Tri-State Truck & Equipment to its North American dealer network. Tri-State will handle a territory covering Montana and Wyoming. “Tri-State Truck & Equipment is a high-caliber dealership with a strong commitment to providing outstanding customer service,” says Matt Slater, director of sales for Terramac. “We’re certain […]

January 12, 2017

Vocational

Volvo demos FMX autonomous truck in a dark mine by placing CTO in its path

The safety debate over autonomous truck driving just got a lot more interesting thanks to a new video from Volvo which shows one of the company’s top executives daring to stand in the path of one its autonomous FMX truck.   During the roughly two-minute long video, the FMX cab-over concept truck is shown traversing […]

September 12, 2016

Vocational

Test Drive: Volvo I-Shift AMT with crawler gears in dump application

Volvo Trucks North America has placed all its chips on the future of automated manual transmissions (AMT). The company has already made its I-Shift AMT standard on its trucks, and market penetration of Volvo’s flagship gearbox hit 88.8 percent as of May. Magnus Koeck, Volvo Trucks’ vice president, marketing and brand management, says 94.5 percent […]

June 29, 2016