Kenworth Truck Co. has added a second horsepower rating for the new Kenworth T470 model. This truck may now be ordered with the 9-L Cummins ISL engine with 365 HP and 1,250 lbs.-ft. of torque. Previously, the T470 was available only with the Cummins ISL with 345 HP and 1,150 lbs.-ft. of torque.
Offered for snowplow, dump, mixer, winch, refuse and other heavy front-axle vocational and municipal applications, the T470 has a gross vehicle rating (GVWR) ranging from a heavy Class 7 vehicle at 33,000 lbs. up to a light Class 8 truck at 68,000 lbs.
The vehicle offers full parent rail extensions, delivering maximum resistance to bending moment (RBM) from one end of the rail to the other, the maker said. Front axles are rated from 12,000 lbs. to 22,000 lbs., single rear axles from 21,000 lbs. to 26,000 lbs. and tandem rear axles from 40,000 lbs. to 46,000 lbs.
For more information, visit http://www.kenworth.com.
