Tag: diesel particulate filters

Construction Equipment
New Komatsu WA900-8 wheel loader designed for loading 150-ton trucks, easier operation
Komatsu’s new WA900-8 wheel loader is designed for loading heavy dump trucks in quarries, with a bucket engineered for increased productivity, and for making life easier for the operator, the company says. The WA900, which weighs 256,618 pounds, is geared toward loading haul trucks that are 70 to 150 tons. The company calls it the […]
August 12, 2019
Komatsu WA900-8 loading HD605
Construction Equipment
N.J. offering contractors grants for engine retrofits
New Jersey will get more money to retrofit and replace diesel engines on construction equipment to reduce emissions. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection has recently received a $258,480 EPA grant to add to the $3.8 million the state has received since 2008 to reduce diesel emissions. The state has been offering grants to construction […]
October 31, 2017
wheel loader stock snow
Roadbuilding
Is it Time for a New Wheel Loader?
Advanced electronics, drivetrain refinements, can make the case for a new machine.
September 6, 2012
Volvo says its L110G and L120G models offered significant improvements over previous models, including a 25 percent increase in lifting force.
Business
Reporter
Equipment-centric disaster relief   Tad Agoglia and his crew arrived to what was left of Haiti within a week after the 2010 earthquake. As the team used their Cat excavator and Peterbilt dump truck to clear the rubble for a medical clinic, he was struck by the vast need surrounding him. “In that moment I […]
July 1, 2012
Agoglia (center) and his crew, Andy Nissley, left, and Tim Wolkowicz, right.
Equipment
Maintenance
TIER 4 ENGINES The kind of engine you get in equipment for the next few years will depend on a complex matrix of credits the EPA offers to OEMs. By Tom Jackson While the compliance dates for Tier 4 Final engines are staggered from 2008 to 2015, the majority of the engines used in off-road […]
January 27, 2012
The diesel particulate filter is a new and essential component for reducing exhaust emissions but requires additional maintenance.
Business
California Crackdown
Up in the air? California postpones enforcement of its off-highway emissions rule, leaving contractors wondering what to do next. By Marcia Gruver and Mike Anderson   Editor’s note: This is the first part in a series of articles on California’s off-highway emissions regulations and their potential impact on the rest of the country.   California’s […]
April 3, 2010
Sukut Construction spent millions repowering its earthmoving equipment. Was it all for naught?
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