Komatsu WA270-7 wheel loader features 10-percent decrease in fuel consumption

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 29, 2013

Our sister site, Equipment World, reported on Komatsu America’s WA270-7 wheel loader, which lowers fuel consumption by up to 10 percent compared to the WA250-6. A Tier 4 Interim SAA6D107E-2 engine powers the 28,836-pound machine and delivers 149 net horsepower. The WA270-7 ...

JCB introduces Tier 4 Final Ecomax engines, new machines at Bauma 2013

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 15, 2013

JCB introduced its VM 117D, among other new machines, at Bauma 2013. According to our sister site, Equipment World, JCB unveiled its Tier 4 Final Ecomax engines today at Bauma 2013. The engines, which JCB says will offer a “one-can” solution, ...

Is it Time for a New Wheel Loader?

Better Roads Staff - Sep 06, 2012

Advanced electronics, drivetrain refinements make the case for a new machine By Marcia Gruver Doyle As you’ve waited for the economy to turn, your wheel loaders have aged, and now those machines are perhaps two generations behind what’s currently in dealer order ...

Volvo receives $19 million to develop SuperTruck

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Aug 15, 2011

Under a SuperTruck contract established with the U.S. Department of Energy, Volvo Technology of America, Inc. is slated to receive $19 million in federal funding to be used by the Volvo Group’s North American truck-related operations to improve the freight-moving ...