Model 220 cabover rolls
Peterbilt's medium-duty cabover Model
220 saw its fi rst production unit roll off
the assembly line at the company's COE
manufacturing facility in Mexicali, Mexico.
The Class 6 and 7 truck is equipped with
the Paccar PX-7 engine with up to 260
horsepower and 520 lb.-ft. of torque. The
standard automatic Allison transmission
has a push-button shifter.
Peterbilt, Peterbilt.com
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T880 rides vocational demand boost
Kenworth reported year-over-year sales increases for its vocational trucks,
refl ecting growing construction activity, increased oil and gas production and
encouraging new housing starts fi gures, said Kurt Swihart, Kenworth marketing
director.
Demand for Kenworth trucks also is being driven by construction companies,
contractors, concrete producers and building suppliers operating old 2004- and
2007-emissions-spec engines that need to be replaced with new trucks. "As a
result, we've seen strong interest in our new Kenworth T880 vocational fl agship
truck," Swihart said. "The T880 is expected to soon represent about 50 percent of
Kenworth's vocational truck production."
The T880 now off ers increased driver comfort-enhancing features and is
available with integrated powertrain packages.
Kenworth, Kenworth.com
EQUIPMENT
Gorham, Maine-based Shaw Brothers Construction continues
to grow, and that's going to help keep its new 400-ton-per-hour
Astec asphalt plant, and 200 employees, busy. Shaw Brothers
is operating 12 new Kenworth T880 dump trucks and tractors,
which have been in service since April.
Navistar renews
vocational commitment
Navistar continues to invest in its severe
service and medium-duty product lines
by expanding vehicle enhancements and
powertrain choices on International voca-
tional truck models, the company said. The
company also is beginning to add selective
catalytic reduction emissions technology to
its high-horsepower midrange engines.
The company's medium-duty SCR transi-
tion began in September 2013 with the
International DuraStar and the Cummins ISB
6.7-liter engine. MaxxForce 9 and MaxxForce 10
engines with SCR will be available exclusively
on the International DuraStar and WorkStar trucks, which the company began
delivering to customers in July.
Navistar, Navistar.com
The International TerraStar 4x4
medium-duty truck now is available
with added enhancements such as
the Allison Optimized 1000 Series
fully automatic transmission with an
optional 6th speed, as well as a newly
refi ned front suspension with a rede-
signed front spring and bumper.
Peterbilt's Model 220 cabover
is suited for urban pickup and
delivery, refuse, landscaping and
street sweeping and striping.
