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Vocational

Ox Bodies intros lightweight TrailMaker carbon steel dump body

Ox Bodies has introduced a lightweight dump body the company says is up to 35 percent lighter than its standard dump bodies. Constructed of carbon steel, Ox Bodies Sales and Marketing Manager Jim Bray says the TrailMaker body was designed to transport sand, dirt, asphalt and small construction aggregates and offers a reduced weight, giving operators a […]

March 3, 2017

Oils & lubricants

Mack extends oil drain intervals with new engine oil formulation

Mack Trucks is extending its recommended engine oil drain intervals for users of the company’s newly formulated Mack Engine Oil EOS-4.5. Depending on the application, oil drain intervals have been extended by up to 15,000 miles compared with previous formulations. Introduced as the factory fill in Mack’s 2017 engines, genuine Mack Engine Oil EOS-4.5 also extends drain […]

February 28, 2017

Dealers

SPECIAL REPORT, Part III: Signing off on a dealership transaction

Note: This special report was published by Big Iron Dealer‘s sister news outlet on the commercial truck side, Successful Dealer. While the details included in this report are specific to commercial truck dealerships, some of the takeaways can be applied across multiple dealership industries. This article is Part III of a three-part series. To read Part II, […]

February 21, 2017

Dealers

Mack Trucks names Vision Truck Group 2016 North American Dealer of the Year

Mack Trucks has named Ontario-based Vision Truck Group as its 2016 North American Dealer of the Year. It also received the overall Customer Service Award. The dealership reached 189 percent of its sales goal for the year and hit 25 percent market share in its respective region, Mack reports. It also marked its 50th anniversary […]

February 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bergkamp’s M310CS paver features Tier 4, PTO-driven gear pumps

Bergkamp’s new M310CS truck-mounted slurry seal and micro surfacing paver features a Tier 4 engine and offers PTO-driven hydraulic pumps that eliminates a side engine requirement, the company reports. The output and performance from these new hydraulic pumps is equal to the standard side engine package on the M310 paver, Bergkamp says. The M310CS uses […]

February 7, 2017

Dealers

SPECIAL REPORT: Managing a commercial truck dealership sale

Note: This special report was published by Big Iron Dealer‘s sister news outlet on the commercial truck side, Successful Dealer. While the details included in this report are specific to commercial truck dealerships, some of the takeaways can be applied across multiple dealership industries. Though the headlines and conversations were dominated by cratering truck sales, […]

February 7, 2017

Dealers

American Truck Dealers names Mack dealer Nuss Truck Dealer of the Year

The American Truck Dealers (ATD), a division of the National Automobile Dealers Association, has named Robert W. Nuss of Nuss Truck Group as the 2017 Truck Dealer of the Year. ATD made the presentation during its recent 2017 Convention & Expo in New Orleans. “The ATD Dealer of the Year award recognizes Nuss Truck Group’s […]

February 7, 2017

Vocational

Mack adds Rolling Start and Auto Neutral to mDrive AMTs

Mack Trucks has introduced Rolling Start and Auto Neutral, two new safety features for its mDrive and mDrive HD automated manual transmissions. The announcement was made during the 2017 World of Concrete show. Mack Construction Product Manager Tim Wrinkle says the updates are well suited to paving and concrete applications. “mDRIVE Rolling Start is mainly […]

January 18, 2017

Construction Equipment

The evolution of heavy truck design

So what’s new in heavy trucks? Everything. Since the first emissions regulations for on-highway diesels arrived in 1974, four primary components of emissions have become well controlled: carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), hydrocarbons (HC) and particulate matter (PM). Now the federal government has its sights on regulating greenhouse gases and improving fuel economy. […]

January 2, 2017

Class 7-8

Inside the Nikola One: The electric semi is packed with tech to “revolutionize” trucking

“My goal is to literally revolutionize the trucking industry,” said Trevor Milton, CEO and founder of Nikola Motor Company (NMC), moments after the Nikola One was unveiled in Salt Lake City on Dec. 1. Nikola One is a working prototype of an electric semi-truck with 1,000-hp, a range of more than 1,200 miles, and zero tailpipe emissions except […]

December 14, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cummins intros unlimited mileage warranty on B6.7 engine

Cummins is introducing a complete 3-year/unlimited mile base warranty for its medium-duty B6.7 engine, which applies to 2017 B6.7 engines in on-highway trucks in North America. “Cummins has more experience with the B6.7 than any other engine, as well as extensive knowledge on the B6.7 duty cycles. These factors have allowed us to confidently offer the […]

December 9, 2016

Vocational

Crew builds log ramp to rescue half-buried excavator with ’62 Scania 970 6×6

Though we’ll ask that you excuse the language in the title of the below video, we also admit that the sentiment it articulates is hard to argue with. According to the video’s description on YouTube, this very stuck excavator has overturned in a pit of muck in Håkanbo North Lingbo in Sweden. The machine is just […]

December 8, 2016