Executive Editor Jack Roberts puts the ProStar+ and 15-liter MaxxForce engine through their paces.
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he light and space of the Texas prairie around Dallas can zap a trucker's brain — especially on a crisp fall morning at the end of a months-long drought. The landscape is a dull, bleached-out tan every way you look. If I throw a glance over to my right-hand rear-view mirror, I can see the Dallas skyline
hovering in the distance behind me. I'm heading south now, on Interstate 45, straight into the famous Texas hill country to put my new rig through its paces and find out if the Big Bore 15-liter pounding away in front of me will deliver the goods. So far, this new MaxxForce 15 diesel is performing as advertised as it powers my 77,000-pound gross with relative ease.
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2012 International ProStar+ with MaxxForce 15-liter shines during editor's test
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