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Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Kenworth W990 Adds AG130 Front Air Suspension as Option
AG130 front air suspension rated at 13,200 lbs.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Mack Over the Air Updates Standard with Driver Download Activation Feature
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Preliminary North American Class 8 Truck Net Orders for 2020 End on High Note
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Cost-Saving Specifications to Cut Construction-Truck Weight to Haul More Payload
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Autocar Celebrates 100-Year Milestone of Vocational Truck Series
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Cleaning Up the Cold War: Wyoming Uranium Mine Reclamation Project
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Construction Technology
Construction Drone Use Accelerates Toward LiDAR Capabilities
DroneDeploy survey finds demand for aerial laser scanning highest of all industries among contractors; more than half of construction users plan use drones for more than aerial maps
Infrastructure
Biden Announces Plan for Economic Recovery, Promises Infrastructure Next Month
Biden's two-step plan for rescue and recovery in our nation includes presenting his "Build Back Better" plan to Congress in February. The plan includes $2 trillion in spending over four years for infrastructure.
Construction Update
Top 10 Hottest Construction Stories This Week: Winter Diesel Dos and Don’ts
Most-read construction stories of the week include each state DOT’s take from the COVID relief bill, three big prospects for 2021construction, concrete company admits to antitrust violations, how calcium improves cold weather concrete pours, more
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Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for October Jumped to Highest Level Ever Measured
This record comes just six months after the lowest TCI reading ever recorded during the initial phases of the pandemic.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Daimler Trucks North America Recognizes 55 Masters of Quality
The award honors the top components and services suppliers to Freightliner and Western Star trucks.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Preliminary North American Class 8 Net Orders Explode to 52,600 Units in November
December 2020 Class 8 order activity was the best performance since August 2018.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
5 Things to Look for When Buying a Used Dump Truck
Ritchie Bros. offers this list of inspection items to check out before you purchase your next used dump truck
Trucks
Explore Alternate Truck Acquisition Strategies to Weather the COVID Economy
Looking toward uncertain pace of recession recovery in 2021, here are some ways to overcome the many unknowns that influence construction truck purchase decisions.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
General Motors Agrees to Supply Hydrotec Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems for Nikola Heavy Trucks
Under the global supply agreement, GM would engineer its Hydrotec fuel cell system to specifications mutually agreed upon by both companies to power Nikola’s Class 7/8 trucks.
Trucks
DTNA’s Mount Holly Manufacturing Plant Marks Production of 700,000th Truck
The manufacturing plant recently marked two milestones, its 41st anniversary and the production of its 700,000th truck.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Mack Defense Donates to the Fisher House Foundation
A multiyear partnership between Mack Defense and Fisher House Foundation provides a $20,000 donation to the nonprofit serving military and veteran families. This contribution comes from the Mack Anthem Digi Camo diecast model's sales.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
International Truck Launches the Next Generation of its HX Series Severe Service Trucks
This is the first product released under the Navistar 4.0 strategy and its Project Compass initiative – which focuses on flexible, modular design to meet customer needs, streamline the customer experience and deliver the very best support and service.
Trucks
TRATON To Buy Navistar
TRATON will become the owner of all of the outstanding common shares of Navistar not already owned by TRATON at a price of USD 44.50 per share in cash.
Trucks & Accessories
Daimler Trucks Establishes Global Connectivity Services Group
The group will define the next set of Daimler’s connectivity solutions and set up the framework for fast and scalable software development and product management.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Autocar Introduces DC-64D Severe-Duty Class 8 Truck
Autocar builds custom trucks designed to fit the exact needs of construction body requirements that improve job performance, safety, and maximize uptime.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Daimler Trucks and Torc Partner with Luminar to Enable Automated Trucking
Daimler Trucks acquires minority stake in Luminar
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Mack Trucks Adds Apple CarPlay, Updated Seats
New features intended to improve driver comfort, productivity
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Spec for the Heavy Haul
The weight of the load, distance traveled, amount of time spent off road and regional terrain influence heavy haul decisions.
Truck Parts & Components
Fontaine Modification Certified to Install EZ Trac All-Wheel Drive Systems
Fontaine offers EZ Trac installation at 10 modification centers nationwide.
Trucks
Mack Trucks Donates Pink Mack Anthem Diecast Sales to National Breast Cancer Foundation
Mack made an initial donation of $10,000 and will contribute up to $25,000 more over the next two years from sales of the unique diecast models.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Volvo Trucks Wins Award to Deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric Zero-Emission Trucks
Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M from U.S. EPA and South Coast AQMD in the nation’s largest commercial deployment of Class 8 battery-electric trucks.
Truck Parts & Components
Cummins Announces its EPA 2021 X12 and X15 Series Engines
These heavy-duty diesel engines from Cummins were built upon the proven architecture of their EPA 2017 versions.
Trucks
Navistar and Traton Continue Buyout Negotiations
Traton may acquire Natistar for approximately $3.7 billion.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Western Star 49X Class 8 Truck
TAll-new Class 8 truck features stronger, lighter chassis and purpose-built X-series reinforced aluminum cab.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Dig-it Excavating Uses Trucks as Key Marketing Tool
Dig-it Excavating sees its Kenworth T8880s as a key element of completing jobs and promoting the business.
Trucks
Mack Trucks’ Lehigh Valley Operations Completes Major Renovation
Mack Trucks announces the completion of “Reborn,” an $84 million renovation project.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
FTR Reports Preliminary North American Class 8 Truck Orders Surge in September to 32,000 Units
September Class 8 order activity was up 55% month over month and 160% year over year.
Equipment
Friday Flashback: 5 Articles to Help You Spec, Match and Maintain Equipment
Check out the week's top trending construction equipment-related articles from the archives of ForConstructionPros.com.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Western Star Builds Next-generation Vocational Truck
The 49X was designed from the ground up to meet the most demanding vocational applications.
Trucks
Navistar Board Of Directors Issues Statement Regarding Revised Proposal From TRATON
Navistar's Board of Directors unanimously concludes that while TRATON's revised proposal of $43.00 per share significantly undervalues the company, it does represent a starting point for further exploring the possibility of a transaction.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Mack Truck and Volvo Trucks Sign Memorandum of Understanding with Samsara
An agreement with Samsara will investigate providing a single-source telematics service including compliance services, cameras, trailer sensors, safety, maintenance services and more.
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
FTR Reports Preliminary North American Class 8 Net Orders for August Continue to Climb - Reaching 20,500 Units
August order activity was very consistent with July, up 3% m/m, and up 90% y/y. Class 8 net orders for the last 12 months now total 177,000 units.
Trucks
Vehicle testing begins at Allison Transmission’s newly opened Indianapolis facility
Allison Transmission’s Vehicle Environmental Test Center is now available for Allison and its partners to conduct consistent and repeatable testing in real-world and extreme conditions.