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Kenworth Receives Green Washington Award for Hybrids, LNG Trucks, Renton Plant →
Kenworth Truck Company was honored with the 2009 Green Washington manufacturing award from Seattle Business magazine during a special awards banquet in Seattle. Kenworth received recognition for its T270 and T370 diesel-electric hybrid trucks, T800 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles, and award-winning efforts by its manufacturing plant in Renton, Wash., to build trucks in an environmentally sustainable manner. Click for more...
Terex Welcomes Central Equipment Company As New Articulated, Rigid Truck Distributor →
Central Equipment Company now distributes a full line of Terex articulated and rigid trucks to its customers in Pocatello, Jerome and Heyburn, Idaho. The Terex line of construction trucks includes six articulated models, ranging from 25 to 42-ton (22.7 to 38 t) payload capacity, and six rigid models, ranging from 35 to 100-ton (31.8 to 90.7 t) payload capacity. “We are proud to offer the full-line of Terex construction equipment,” said Tyson Bowden, sales representative of Central Equipment Company. Click for more...
WES, Tow Trucks For Tots to Build on Success →
For the second year in a row, Worldwide Equipment Sales LLC is sponsoring Tow Trucks For Tots — collecting toys for the non-profit orgranization Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle parade. Last year was the organization’s first year, which displayed more than 240 trucks. This year Tow Trucks For Tots is expecting approximately 500. The Worldwide Equipment Sales second annual tow truck parade will take place Nov. Click for more...
Bronx County Recycling, Atomic Truck Crush Problems →
Salvatore Cascino, owner, and Vincent Grottola, facility superintendent, both of Bronx County Recycling, wanted to produce a cleaner, higher-quality end product for their customers. Bronx County Recycling, as its name implies, is located in the Bronx, N.Y., within a few blocks of Yankee Stadium on a modest five-acre parcel. The 20-year-old company accepts almost any recyclable concrete, asphalt or dirt that needs disposing of in Bronx County and the surrounding area. Click for more...
Antique Truck Lovers, NE Rockbusters Join for Sixth Annual Machine Show →
In trucking, cooperation is everything. The same could be said for construction work, all contracting and the running of any successful club or organization. Cooperation in all these arenas came together as one at the Antique Truck Club of America’s Little Rhody Chapter’s Sixth Annual Antique Truck Show on Sept. 13 on the Washington County Fairgrounds in Richmond, R.I. Working in conjunction with the Historical Construction Equipment Association’s (HCEA) Northeast Rockbusters once again, more than 60 members of the local Antique Truck Club brought out their finest old equipment, to the delight and surprise of other members, guests and enthusiasts. Click for more...
New Vanguard Truck Center Facility Opens Outside Austin →
Vanguard Truck Center of Austin, a member of the Vanguard Truck Centers dealer group, marked the opening of a $4.5 million truck center facility in Buda, Texas on Oct. 2. The group, which distributes Mack Trucks, Inc. and Volvo Trucks North America products, also owns facilities in Atlanta, Houston, Tucson, and Phoenix. The new location outside of Austin will operate as a full service truck center, represent the Mack and Volvo product lines, and serve as a parts and service center for Norwood Equipment of Houston. Click for more...
Navistar and Caterpillar Announce Global Truck Joint Venture NC2 →
Navistar International Corporation and Caterpillar Inc. closed a joint venture transaction resulting in a new company, NC2 Global LLC, to serve the global commercial truck market. Navistar and Caterpillar first announced plans to form a joint venture in June 2008 and have identified the leadership team of the new entity that will establish its headquarters in the Chicago area. “Together, Navistar and Caterpillar have moved this project from concept to reality in little more than one year,” said Al Saltiel, president of NC2. Click for more...
Komatsu America Corp. Launches HD785-7 Off-Highway Dump Truck →
Komatsu America Corp.’s HD785-7 off-highway truck with Tier II engine features a powerful, clean Komatsu SAA12V140E-3 turbocharged, after cooled engine that provides a maximum net output of 1,178 hp (878 kW). The engine is EPA Tier II emission certified. The truck is equipped with Komtrax technology, which sends machine operating information to a secure Web site utilizing wireless technology. Click for more...
Used Parts Make Sense for Updating Aging Concrete Truck Fleets →
Tampa Truck Salvage, an LKQ Company, knows that good quality used parts are a better option for ready mix fleets that are trying to keep their aging existing fleets on the road. It’s no secret that the current economy has about 50 percent of the nation’s concrete trucks currently parked. One of the issues this causes is the temptation to cannibalize parked trucks rather than purchase additional parts to keep the working fleet running. Click for more...
NorCal Kenworth Relocates to New Facility in San Leandro →
NorCal Kenworth recently relocated to a new full-service facility in San Leandro, Calif., that serves as its corporate headquarters and offers enhanced customer support. A member of the Kenworth dealer network of more than 300 locations in the United States and Canada, NorCal Kenworth-Bay Area is a full-service, 44,000 sq.-ft. facility. The dealership is conveniently located in an industrial area near the Oakland International Airport, less than a mile southwest of the U.S. Click for more...
Nuss Truck Keeps on Delivering Excellence in Minn., Wis. →
Before there were computers to keep track of all available parts, a good memory was a vital business tool. Bob Nuss started his career in the late 60’s running a parts counter for his father, Charley, at Mack of Rockford, Ill. Bob Nuss had just graduated from St. Cloud with a business degree. “There were no computers then and we had to memorize everything,” Nuss said. “Now, with computers, the operation moves much faster.”Nuss advanced as the manager of a Mack Truck dealership in the early ’70’s, in Rochester, Minn., and took the leap to purchase the business, which was to become the first of several businesses he would purchase in the years to come. Click for more...
EX1200 Loads Trucks Every 80 Seconds at Quarry in Oahu →
Fifty-ton (45 t) haul trucks scurry about the new quarry being established by Grace Pacific Corporation on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Like ants from a pile of honey they scurry from the Hitachi EX1200, one every minute and 20 seconds, their beds heaped high. Bob Singlehurst, project manager of this huge venture, looks down on the activity from his lofty vantage point with a knowing smile. “We have 6 million cubic yards of material to move to get this site ready,” said Singlehurst. Click for more...
Less Noise, Enhanced Driver Comfort With Lined Truck Boxes →
The rock excavation and processing industry is associated with high noise levels. Workers are exposed to a tremendous amount of noise that could lead to serious hearing impairment. In addition, the noise generated impacts the surrounding areas. For these reasons, in addition to legislative and regulatory requirements, employers are now aiming to achieve a better and quieter working environment. Sandvik offers rubber wear protection for every type of truck box or hopper used in the rock mining industry. Click for more...
Kenworth Honors Central Illinois Trucks as Dealer of Year →
Central Illinois Trucks in Normal, Ill., was named 2008 Kenworth Customer Support Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada at the annual Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently in Columbus, Ohio. “We’re honored to receive the Kenworth Customer Support Dealer of the Year award. This award recognizes the hard work of our employees, who are committed to provide a very high level of customer service every day,” said Erick Miner, president of Central Illinois Trucks, which operates dealerships in Bensenville, Champaign, Joliet, Morton, Normal, Peru, and Springfield, Ill. Click for more...
Cat to Sell Artic Truck Bare Chassis for Specialty Apps →
Caterpillar will offer a family of articulated truck bare chassis to support specialty machines not included in the portfolio of Cat products. Sales of the bare chassis without the dump bed will be targeted toward Caterpillar dealers and original equipment manufactures (OEMs) who specialize in such applications as water trucks, high capacity waste, lube and fuel trucks, etc. Cat articulated dump trucks will continue to be sold through Caterpillar dealers around the world. Click for more...
Kenworth Trucks Play Role in Minneapolis Projects →
When Cemstone, a ready mixed concrete, sand and gravel producer and concrete block manufacturer was founded by Hammon T. Becken in 1927, the company’s trucks routinely drove by Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis. The then 3-year-old stadium, home to the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, was considered a modern marvel. The construction of the 56,000-seat structure in 1924 used 1.4 million ft. Click for more...
Kenworth Trucks Play Role in Minneapolis Projects →
When Cemstone, a ready mixed concrete, sand and gravel producer and concrete block manufacturer was founded by Hammon T. Becken in 1927, the company’s trucks routinely drove by Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis. The then 3-year-old stadium, home to the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, was considered a modern marvel. The construction of the 56,000-seat structure in 1924 used 1.4 million ft. Click for more...
Slew of Intersections in Ga. Get Much-Needed Makeovers →
Overall improvements involving resurfacing and widening of various intersections on State Routes 9 and 20 in Forsyth County, Ga., are proceeding on schedule, according to Jeff Shropshire, roadway division vice president of C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. The Marietta-based construction company’s low bid, totaling $8,262,902.42 was accepted by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in April 2008. Click for more...
New Alternative to Truck’s PTO Helps Peterson Tractor Co. →
Life in the landfill is hard on equipment. The constant pushing of garbage and dirt puts a heavy strain on the hydraulics and drive train of large bulldozers. Compactors take a constant beating to prepare the trash to be covered. It’s a dirty, harsh work environment that’s tough on equipment. And it’s a job that cannot afford any downtime: if the trash isn’t covered by the end of the work day — a legal requirement — no one goes home until it is. Click for more...
Terex TA40 Articulated Off-Highway Truck Offers High Power, Torque →
With an engine power of 450 hp (335 kW) and a hauling capacity of 41.9 tons (38 t), with a heaped capacity of 30.3 cu.yd. (23 cu m), the Terex TA40 Generation 7 TA articulated off-highway truck offers high power, high torque and Tier III emission-certified engines. The dual-slope tail chute allows for complete and quick material ejection. A spacious, ergonomic cab is equipped with air-suspended, fully adjustable operators’ seats for maximum operator comfort. Click for more...
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