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TRUCKS & ENGINE MAKERS * USA and Canada
* Kentucky - Volvo Trucks unveils 600-hp VNX model for extreme weight applications
Louisville,KY,USA -Truck News (CAN) -21 March 2013: -- Volvo Trucks has unveiled a powerful option for North American extreme gross weight applications with the launch of the Volvo VNX. The VNX is powered by Volvo's newly introduced D16 engine with 600 horsepower, 2,050 lb.- ft. torque and Volvo's I-Shift automated manual transmission... Developed for applications up to 225,000 pounds, the Volvo VNX is aimed at long combination vehicles, heavy equipment hauling, aggregate, low-boy, logging, oil field and mining operations. The VNX is available with 385 wide- base, 425 and 445 tires to match front axle load capacity. Available rear axles range from 46,000 to 52,000 pounds in regular, dual-track and wide-track tandem configurations are available. Dual steering gears and a 20,000-pound steerable pusher axle are also available as options...
* Kentucky - Navistar's 13L SCR engines on schedule
Louisville,KY,USA -Trucks News, by James Menzies -Mar 20, 2013: -- The very first International ProStar tractors with MaxxForce 13-litre engines with SCR are on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show... The trucks rolled off the assembly line last week, with shipments to customers expected to commence by the end of April, officials said... The MaxxForce 13 with SCR is available with 365-475 hp and 1,250-1,750 lb.-ft. of torque. Customers have welcomed the reunification of the ProStar and Cummins ISX15 engine...
The same Cummins SCR system that is instaled on the ISX has been used on trucks with International’s own MaxxForce 13 engines... * Kentucky - Kenworth touts benefits of MX-13 engine, adds mid-roof sleeper to T680
Louisville,KY,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Mar 20, 2013: -- As it celebrates its 90th anniversary, Kenworth took a moment at the Mid-America Trucking Show to reflect back on a good 2012, which saw it set a new Class 8 market share record at 15%... It’s medium-duty market share in the US and Canada came in at 8%, with the increasing penetration of the Paccar MX-13 engine. There are now 17,000 Kenworth trucks with the MX-13 engine deployed in North America... A new 500-hp rating should win the MX-13 some new fans. The engine offers a weight savings of up to 100 lbs and a 3.5% improvement in fuel economy over alternatives... At the Mid-America Trucking Show, Kenworth added a new 52-inch mid-roof sleeper to its T680 model. Kevin Baney, chief engineer with Kenworth, said the new mid-roof sleeper offers “a big package in a small footprint” ...
* Kentucky - Peterbilt unveils new vocational truck
Louisville,KY,USA -Truck News (CAN), by James Menzies - Mar 20, 2013: -- Peterbilt has introduced a new vocational truck. The Model 567 features an aluminum cab and other attributes that are designed to withstand the harshest vocational environments. Among these are a Metton crack-resistant three-piece hood a stainless steel oval mesh grille that retains the traditional Peterbilt styling... The truck has improved visibility, thanks to redesigned A-pillars with extra reinforcements, which allows them to be 13% narrower than traditional designs providing drivers with a better view of their environment. Forward visibility has also been improved by 12%, the company claims... The new Model 567 will be available in a 121- and 115-inch BBC, as a day cab or with a detachable sleeper. Sleeper sizes of 44, 70 and 80 inches are available on the truck... It is also available in a set-back axle configuration for improved maneuverability. Peterbilt says the truck has a wheel cut up to nine degrees better than competitive models and has reduced its curb-to-cub turning radius by up to nine feet...
* Kentucky - Freightliner Trucks muscling into driver wellness with handy in-cab exercise system
Louisville,KY,USA -Truck News (CAN) –Mar 20, 2013: -- Making the case that driver fitness needs to be viewed as part of the total cost of operation for a trucking fleet because healthy drivers tend to make for happier and more productive employees, Freightliner Trucks today unveiled the first-ever OEM designed and integrated in-cab exercise and flexibility system... The Freightliner In-Cab Training (FIT) System provides drivers with a simple to use full body strength-and-conditioning workouts right in their own cabs. Available as a factory-installed option in all Freightliner Cascadia and Coronado sleeper cab models and for retro-fitting in Century Class and Columbia sleepers, the system was developed in collaboration with Rolling Strong – a provider of driver wellness programs...
Recent studies by The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Daimler Trucks North America and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health revealed that approximately 90 percent of truck drivers in the United States are overweight or obese, and many also suffer from chronic health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and sleep apnea...
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