Heavy-Duty Trucks, Class 7 & 8, >26,000 GVW
HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS, CLASS 7 & 8, >26,000 GVW Product Reviews
Caterpillar’s vocational truck went into production last summer, and units are heading to dealers right now. What are people making of them? That...
The Peterbilt model 382, designed for vocational markets, is now available with expanded options.
Freightliner has added two models to its line of SD (severe duty) trucks for which it has ambitious marketing plans. The added trucks are a 114SD...
Caterpillar’s new Class 8 vocational truck is rugged and designed for customization, low cost of ownership and driver comfort, and will be at Cat...
Western Star has launched a series of heavy duty trucks aimed at vocational and municipal customers who want powertrains smaller than those in full...
Freightliner announces a heavy-duty mixer chassis, the 114SD, with forward-set steer axle; a set-back-axle version will be shown soon.
Freightliner preproduction model shown at World of Concrete
Caterpillar CT660 vocational truck is based on International’s PayStar 5000i series and will use Navistar diesels and offer Cat’s own automatic...
The customizable 4900 model has a short, sloped hood and a compact 109- inch bumper-to-back-of-cab dimension. It comes with a forward- or rear- set...
Freightliner's M2-106V has a larger radiator, restyled hood, better heater/air conditioning system and brighter headlights.
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Articles On HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS, CLASS 7 & 8, >26,000 GVW
The Cat CT660 Class 8 truck has a third engine option, the Cat CT15 diesel, that delivers 550 horsepower and 1,850 lb.-ft. of torque. It joins the CT11 and CT13 engines.
Truck builders have “Baby 8” models: Class 8 chassis with midrange engines. One of the latest is this Peterbilt 382 that, like a growing number of competitors, uses Cummins’ ISL9 diesel.
Each of the KWs has an 8.9-liter Cummins Westport ISL-G engine, an Allison 4500RDS 6-speed automatic transmission, and a McNeilus Bridgemaster mixer body.
Premium is the word for the new CT660 vocational truck, Caterpillar’s much-anticipated on/off-road vehicle, for its styling and interior refinement will surely make a driver feel he’s operating something special.
Any modern truck is tailored to its intended job, and so it is with this Mack Granite MHD. It’s a lighter heavy truck that uses an 8.9-liter Cummins ISL9, which weighs several hundred pounds less, and is priced several thousand dollars under the tab...
The truck-building business is looking up. Haulers of general freight and foodstuffs returned to the market in 2010’s later months and continued well into this year. Sales of Class 8 trucks, tractors and trailers are up substantially over last year...
Emerging from truck factories in the United States right now are road tractors that can stop in substantially shorter distances than those built until the end of July. That’s because new reduced stopping distance (RSD) requirements took effect on...
Natural gas can be used in trucks, but it must be compressed or liquified and vehicles must be equipped to carry and burn it. That it can be done is proven by these two examples: a Freightliner M2-112 and an International WorkStar outfitted for...
MX diesel, 8LL UltraShift make for easy driving, though transmission
changed gears too late to suit our truck editor
Freightliner wants to be a dominant player in vocational trucks and is betting its Severe Duty series, including this 114 SFA dumper, will be a winner
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