Lafarge North America recently added a mixer mounted on a Kenworth T800 Extended Day Cab—the 1,000th truck Paccar Leasing has delivered with an EPA 2010-compliant Paccar MX engine—to its New Orleans fleet. The producer leases 12 trucks at the operation, which serves contracts that are part of a $15 billion, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers system of linked levees, flood walls, gates and pumps aimed at quelling future storm surges.
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Extending the composite technology behind its Revolution drum, which weighs 2,000 lbs. less than a comparably-sized steel vessel, McNeilus Cos. has officially
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Frank Nerenhausen has been promoted from McNeilus vice president of Sales to Oshkosh executive vice president and Commercial segment president. Approaching
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony at St. Joseph Medical Center in Bern Township, Pa., saw the unveiling of Berks Products’ Pink Panther mixer truck. The producer
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Concrete fleets approach a new era as engine and truck manufacturers clear 2009 inventory and modify mixers, dumps and product-hauling vehicles for power and exhaust treatment packages meeting Environmental Protection Agency diesel emissions thresholds effective January 2010
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Northumberland, Pa.-based Shumaker Industries recently announced a prototype Atlas Polar Front Discharge Mixveyor, the first concrete conveyor mounted
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A new ACPA video, Insist on It, advocates contractors’ use of certified concrete-pump operators. The group’s certification program provides an independent
Read MoreMack, Cummins Chiefs Endorse Obama Call For Truck Fuel, Emissions Improvements
Mack CEO Denny Slagle, Cummins CEO Tim Solso and other trucking industry stakeholders joined President Obama May 21 at the White House for the signing of a Presidential Memorandum targeting reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased fuel efficiency in medium- and heavy-duty truck models
Read MoreAll County Does Justice To Liberty Island Pours
Logistics and LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] rating goals dictated use of volumetric mixers for a project involving an addition
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