New road products

by Tina Grady Barbaccia

Deere Power Systems to build 2.4L LPG engine

John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has partnered with Crown Equipment to develop and produce a 2.4L liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industrial engine for the new Crown C-5 Series forklift. The new engine was designed specifically to power material handling equipment in demanding applications.

Bucket works one tooth at a time

Leading Edge Attachments, Inc., introduces the patent-pending STAG Bucket, a high penetration bucket utilizing “staggered tooth” technology. It is designed for excavators, allowing the operator to easily dig compacted soils, coral, shale, caliche, stratified materials, shot rock or frozen ground with higher concentrated breakout force. The new bucket is priced below the company’s Multi-Ripper Bucket. The STAG bucket design allows the operator to focus the excavator’s full breakout force on one tooth at a time because the front leading edge is angled. Creating flat trench bottoms is easy with this new bucket also because the teeth are on the same plane, similar to a conventional bucket.

FHWA yes to guardrail change

The new specially designed 5- pound-foot Nu-Guard 27 Barrier System posts manufactured by Nucor Steel Marion, Inc. have been accepted by the Federal Highway Administration for use in lieu of W6 by 9 wood or steel I-beam posts when repairing sections within existing runs of 27-inch-high W-beam guardrails.