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Freightliner Goes Electric: Truck maker unveils battery-powered eCascadia,...
Freightliner Trucks tossed its hat into the electric heavy truck ring, debuting two fully electric commercial trucks during the Daimler Trucks Capital Market and Technology Day in Portland, Oregon....
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Aerial platform rental fleets rise; more growth forecast
Genie is preparing for future ANSI standards with its XC lineup of aerial work platforms. Photo by Don McLoud The U.S. aerial lift rental market continued its three-year rise, posting 4 percent rental...
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Test Drive: ZF’s 8-speed PowerLine transmission aims to dominate Class 5-8
Two things keep coming back to mind when recalling a test-drive this week in a Ram 3500 pickup equipped with ZF’s new 8-speed PowerLine automatic transmission: increased power and better fuel economy....
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Western Global’s new EnviroCube jobsite fuel tank boasts benefits over round...
In designing its latest tank for refueling jobsite equipment and trucks, Western Global eschewed the circle for the square. The result is the EnviroCube, which the company says has advantages over...
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Freightliner Goes Electric: Truck maker unveils battery-powered eCascadia, eM2 models Freightliner Trucks tossed its hat into the electric heavy truck ring, debuting two fully electric commercial...
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International makes air disc brakes standard on severe-duty HV-Series,...
Navistar International HV507 International Truck says it will make air disc brakes standard on its HV Series and HX Series models. The HV507, HV607, HV513 and HV613 models and the HX515, HX520, HX615...
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BigRentz, a national online rental marketplace, makes renting fast for...
Though the company offers the Google-like ease of finding just about any piece of construction equipment for rent, anywhere in the country, you won’t find a search bar on the BigRentz homepage. Just...
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Ford, VW mull partnership that could include commercial vehicle development
Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company announced today that they are exploring a strategic alliance designed to strengthen each company’s competitiveness and better serve customers globally. The...
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Cat’s new CW16 pneumatic roller features oscillation, auto speed
The CW16 pneumatic roller from Caterpillar is designed for mid-size highway, street and road work and for use on granular and all types of asphalt-mix designs, the company says. The rubber-tire roller...
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Liebherr building $40.6M logistics center in German birthplace
Liebherr L538 wheel loader Liebherr has begun work on a $40.6 million logistics center at its birthplace, Kirchdorf an der Iller, Germany. The first construction phase, which includes an incoming-goods...
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First Look: A quick drive in Volvo’s electric FL, a battery-powered cabover...
Several weeks after Volvo Trucks debuted its first two electric trucks for the European trade press in Sweden, it was the North American journalists’ turn to experience the company’s new fully...
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VIDEO: Don’t let this adorable mini ‘Cat’ dozer fool you. It’s got...
The delightful video below comes from the YouTube channel of Lane Hanson, whose videos of his diminutive ‘Cat’ dozer have garnered more than 1.3 million views. As you can see in the videos below, Lane...
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Volkswagen Truck & Bus gets a new name ahead of independence from VW
Volkswagen Truck & Bus on Wednesday announced it will change its name to the Traton Group, a move made in preparation for the company becoming a publicly traded entity independent of its...
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BOMAG reduces vibrations on operator’s hands with new BPR 70/70 D compactor
BOMAG’S new BPR 70/70 D reversible plate compactors come standard with the company’s new “comfort handle,” which reduces vibration on the operator’s hands. The handle is also available on other BOMAG...
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BOMAG reduces vibrations on operator’s hands with new BPR 70/70 D compactor BOMAG’S new BPR 70/70 D reversible plate compactors come standard with the company’s new “comfort handle,” which reduces...
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Inside Cat’s Seguin engine plant which plans to produce its 400,000th engine...
The Seguin engine plant has a 2,000 workforce, 35 percent of which are contract workers. When Caterpillar bought Perkins Engines in 1998, the two brands shared similar diesel engine heritages. Cat made...
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Cooper intros two new all-terrain Discoverer pickup tires with more stopping...
Cooper Tires has introduced two new pickup tires that are part of its new Discoverer AT3 series. The all-season, all-terrain Discoverer AT3-LT and Discoverer AT3-XLT both feature Durable-Tread...
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Cat indicates a Perkins “SmartCap 2” engine oil filler cap is on the way
Caterpillar is continuing to develop its Perkins-brand SmartCap engine oil filler cap, named a 2018 Edison Award gold winner earlier this year. Now in three sizes that fit most Perkins engines ranging...
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With launch of Eaton’s eMobility business, the future looks very electric
The Eaton four-speed electric vehicle transmission improves performance on grades and boosts speeds and efficiency in a small and lightweight package. With an eye for the future of high-voltage...
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This ’48 Dodge Power Wagon custom service truck will make you jealous
It’s hard to beat a million-dollar headline. Barrett-Jackson’s recent 2018 Northeast Auction earned headlines across the country for selling the final 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and the last 2017...
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