EPA makes $20M available for updating old diesel engines

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 25, 2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on April 23, announced the availability of up to $20 million grant funding for the 2012 fiscal year to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing pollution from the ...

Cummins reveals Tier 4 final QSX15 engine

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 25, 2011

Columbus, Ind.-based Cummins announced plans to move forward for its QSX15 engine to meet near-zero emissions levels in 2014 with power output increased up to 675 hp. The 15-liter heavy-duty engine was revealed on March 23 at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 to meet ...

East Coast project uses first commercially manufactured CNG-powered concrete mixers

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 14, 2011

McNeilus Companies, Inc., an Oshkosh Corp. company, recently supplied some of the first compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered concrete mixers on the East Coast to Ferrara Bros. Building Materials Corp., of Flushing, N.Y. Ferrara Bros. is using its two new McNeilus CNG ...

John Deere Power Systems PowerTech engines now Interim Tier 4 compliant

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 29, 2010

John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has announced that its PowerTech PVX 9.0L and PowerTech PSX 9.0L models are the first of the company's off-highway 56 kW (75 hp) and above engines to be certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

Feature Article

Brooke Wisdom - Apr 01, 2010

Taking a breather California contractors challenge off-road diesel regulations as CARB blinks. By Mike Anderson Do we have a taste of things to come here? Like the well-intentioned conductor who stands before the orchestra, starts flailing his arms with devout certainty, and then stops ...