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Dealers

Curry Supply names Wilt director of marketing

Commercial service vehicle manufacturer and dealer Curry Supply has named Heather Wilt as the company’s director of marketing with responsibilities for corporate marketing strategy, advertising, event management, public relations and digital marketing. Wilt most recently served as global director of marketing and communications at an equipment manufacturer focusing on the mining and aggregate industries. Her […]

September 21, 2016

Vocational

Kenworth intros the T880S, a set-forward front axle configuration

Kenworth is adding a set-forward front axle configuration to its T880 work truck, the company announced Monday at the  National Ready Mix Concrete Association’s (NRMCA) ConcreteWorks show. The new configuration—the T880S—is designed for fleet and truck operators in ready-mix, dump and mobile crane applications. Jason Skoog, Kenworth assistant general manager for sales and marketing, says […]

September 20, 2016

Trucks

Komatsu intros the 980E-4, its largest haul truck yet

Boasting a new dump body design, improved handling, control and performance, Komatsu has introduced to North America its largest mining haul truck yet in the 980E-4. An electric drive truck with 400-tons of capacity, the 980E-4 is designed for use in large-scale mining applications in tandem with big bucket (55-99 cubic yards) shovels like the […]

September 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

Hauler invents the GTII, a rear truck blade that spreads gravel as it dumps

Tim Hudson, a North Dakota farmer and gravel hauler, has developed a new and better way to spread gravel, The Dickinson Press reports. “Started getting into some jobs where we couldn’t dump at high speeds,” Hudson told the news agency. “Needed to be able to spread at low speeds, so that’s where I came up with […]

September 14, 2016

Construction Equipment

Test Drive: Backing a Mack Granite with 70k-lb. load uphill no problem with new 14-speed mDrive HD AMT

I learned how to drive on a stick shift. I like driving with a stick. But not in a Class 8 truck, which is where I found myself two weeks ago, standing on the brakes of a Mack Granite dump truck, nose pointed downhill, holding 70,000 pounds of gravel against the law of gravity. My […]

September 13, 2016

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

Class 7-8

Switch to hydrogen-powered turbine cuts Nikola One electric heavy hauler’s HP in half

Nikola Motor Company, who earlier last month announced that its truck would output zero emissions, this week confirmed that zero NOx is thanks to a hydrogen fuel cell. The company says the electric drivetrain used in the U.S. and Canadian markets on its One heavy hauler will be powered by a custom-built hydrogen-electric 800V fuel […]

September 8, 2016

Class 3-6

Test Drive: Ram Promaster City Tradesman van holds plenty of cargo, handles like a sports car

If driving a traditional cargo van makes you feel like you’re piloting a giant box on wheels you’re not alone. And if you’re suffering from some kind of big truck fetish, you may want to think about what that’s costing you long term. Those two areas are where Ram’s Promaster City Tradesman Cargo Van shines. […]

September 7, 2016

Business

Volkswagen buys stake in Navistar to share advanced powertrains and autonomous tech

At the crack of dawn this morning, Navistar announced a plan to pursue a strategic alliance with Volkswagen Truck and Bus, which includes an equity investment in Navistar by Volkswagen, agreements for technology and supply collaboration and a procurement joint venture. Under the terms of the agreement, Volkswagen will take a 16.6-percent stake in Navistar, […]

September 6, 2016

Vocational

Peterbilt to offer Cummins Westport ISL-G Near Zero engine on select work trucks

Peterbilt Motors Company is making available the Cummins Westport ISL-G Near Zero NOx emissions natural gas engine on Model 567, 520 and 320 trucks. The ISL-G Near Zero engine uses a unique three-way catalyst in the after-treatment, advanced engine calibration and a closed crankcase ventilation system (CCV) to achieve emissions that the company says are 90 percent lower […]

September 5, 2016

Class 7-8

USDOT proposes requiring speed limiting devices on heavy haulers

The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a proposed rule that would require trucks weighing more than 26,000 pounds to be equipped with speed limiting devices (also known as speed governors or speed limiters), but the regulatory body did not propose a speed to which trucks would be limited. The DOT appears to be leaning toward […]

September 2, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cummins intros 2 new torque ratings for ISX12

Cummins is adding two new torque ratings to its 450-hp ISX12, the company announced Thursday. The engines—featuring 450 horsepower with 1650 lbs.-ft. of peak torque and 450 hp with 1450/1650 lbs.-ft. of peak torque, respectively—are designed for linehaul and regional-haul truck markets. The 450 hp with 1650 lbs.-ft. of peak torque provides performance on the […]

September 1, 2016