Tag: Tier 4 equipment

Dealers

Tier 4 resale challenge not here…yet

After learning of Tier 4 emissions regulations concerns were that lower-regulated countries wouldn’t be able to use the machines that normally came their way.

September 28, 2018

Construction Equipment

John Deere announces Tier 4 engine conversion kit for 2015

A conversion kit will be available starting in 2015 for John Deere Tier 4 Interim machines sold into countries where ultra-low sulfur diesel is not available, which includes most of the world outside of Europe, Canada and the United States. Tier 4 machines run on ULSD, which has a sulfur content of 15 parts-per-millions or […]

October 15, 2013

Maintenance

Reporter

Stress points may fashion machine design Volvo is using its equipment simulators to not only train but also measure operator stress in a search for machine features that might help alleviate that stress. “The operator and machine literally form a system,” says Reno Filla, Volvo’s research engineer. “We’re studying the psychophysiology of machine operation, or […]

November 2, 2011

Safety

Special Report

Tier 4 Interim Big changes in store for new equipment next year … and 2012 … and 2014. By  Tom Jackson It’s just three months and counting before the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 4 Interim regulations for non-road engines takes effect for most medium to large horsepower bands. And when it does, the new machines […]

September 6, 2010