Industry News - October, 2021 - Page 9 of 12

Peterbilt Showcases Refuse Lineup At Waste Expo

Peterbilt Motors Company displayed a lineup of five vehicles for the refuse industry at WasteExpo held in the Las Vegas Convention Center, this summer.

Model 520 Refuse

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Oct 12, 2021 - 4 years ago
Motor Wheel Launches New Product Colors

Motor Wheel, manufacturer of CentriFuse brake drums and Crewson brake adjusters, announces the re-colorization of their CentriFuse brake drums.

“Not all brake drums are the same, even though they may appear to be. That is why, in the production process, Motor Wheel colors Genuine CentriFuse drums blue and CentriFuse heavy-duty drums red,” stated Jeff Bates, general manager of Motor Wheel. This action differentiates Genuine CentriFuse drums helping Motor Wheel customers identify imitations and off-shore clones,” added Bates.

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Oct 12, 2021 - 4 years ago
Mack Trucks Puts A Premium On Maximum Uptime

Mack Trucks has announced the new Mack Premium Service Agreement, a comprehensive maintenance program that simplifies maintenance management and helps increase uptime, optimize vehicle safety and performance and improve cost of ownership for Mack Anthem, Mack Pinnacle, Mack Granite, Mack TerraPro and Mack LR customers.

Mack Trucks has announced their new Mack Premium Service Agreement, a comprehensive maintenance program that simplifies maintenance management and helps increase uptime, optimize vehicle safety and performance and improve cost of ownership for Mack Anthem, Mack Pinnacle, Mack Granite, Mack TerraPro and Mack LR customers.

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Oct 12, 2021 - 4 years ago
Komatsu’s PC7US-11 Excavator Delivers Versatility And Efficiency

For work on roadways, bridges, urban areas, or anywhere space is limited, contractors need an excavator designed for confined spaces. Komatsu’s tight tail PC78US-11 provides an ideal combination of performance and versatility in a compact and easy-to-transport package.

Tight tail swing excavator is ideal for urban environments and confined spaces

Efficiency And Versatility Come Standard
With standard high flow auxiliary hydraulics and proportional joysticks that offer incredible job versatility, the 67.7 HP (50.6 kW) PC78US-11 provides precise attachment control. Its standard grading blade with new moldboard profile improves backfilling and light grading efficiency. The conventional boom design has a greater raising angle to reduce front bucket swing radius.

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Oct 8, 2021 - 4 years ago
Insights On Recruiting And Retaining Female Drivers

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) President Ellen Voie participated in a recent Trucking Industry Roundtable hosted by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh to address supply chain disruptions and discuss the recruitment and retention of truck drivers. For over 14 years, WIT has worked to remove barriers and identify best practices for growing the number of women working in the industry.

Melissa Bencivengo is Women In Trucking's Member of the Month for September 2021. She is a professional driver for Carbon Express. Read her story here.

“The Covid pandemic has made millions of Americans realize just how important the trucking industry is to their everyday lives. But at the same time, our industry faces critical challenges regarding the supply chain and the demand for more drivers,” Voie noted. “We are grateful to Secretaries Buttigieg and Walsh for hosting this important roundtable and appreciate the opportunity to share our insights.”

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Oct 7, 2021 - 4 years ago
Doosan & Trimble Announce Factory-Installed Machine Control Solution For Crawler Excavators

Trimble Doosan Infracore North America, LLC, have announced that Doosan will offer the Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Excavators as an optional factory-installed machine control solution for the North American market.

Doosan DX225LC-5 excavator

Trimble Earthworks is a grade control solution designed to make grading more accurate, faster and easier in a range of applications, including residential and commercial sites, trenches, embankments, ditches and finished slope work.

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