Kenworth offers additional T270, T370 frame packaging options
Kenworth Truck Co. has announced the availability of two new product enhancements on the Kenworth T270 and T370: fuel tanks mounted between the frame rails behind the rear axle and a narrower battery box. Together these enhancements are part of a focused medium-duty body builder expansion program that opens up more frame packaging options for medium duty
Kenworth Predictive Cruise Control now in production
Kenworth Predictive Cruise Control is now in production for new Kenworth T680s and T880s specified with the PACCAR MX-13 engine. Available as a factory-installed option, the new Kenworth system combines cruise control with GPS. Kenworth Predictive Cruise Control is available with Eaton UltraShift and Eaton Fuller Advantage automated and manual transmissions. “By anticipating the terrain
Kenworth presents UPS with 50,000th PACCAR MX series engine
UPS received the milestone 50,000th PACCAR MX series engine installed in a Kenworth truck during a special ceremony. The PACCAR MX-13 engine comes with a new Kenworth T680 Day Cab that will serve UPS operations in the Seattle area. “Kenworth and UPS have an excellent relationship, and it’s great to recognize UPS with Kenworth’s 50,000th PACCAR
Buying trucks with resale in mind
“A quality, premium-spec’d truck is going to command higher resale value and helps a truck stand out on a dealership’s lot,” begins Anthony Gansle, marketing manager of on-highway products for Peterbilt. “In addition to greater resale value and desirability, running high-content trucks provide fleets with numerous cost-saving advantages that factor into the total return on
Kenworth Advanced Charge Start system now in production
Kenworth has begun production on new trucks equipped with the Maxwell Engine Start Module (ESM). The ultracapacitor-based module will be a factory-installed option on new Kenworth T680 and T880 models. The module provides dedicated power to start the truck and frees the truck’s standard batteries to focus on powering accessory devices, such as a laptop,
Kenworth’s top five tips for spec’ing medium-duty trucks
Today’s operators of medium-duty trucks possess heavy-duty expectations. Truck manufacturers, like Kenworth, are working to make it simpler for customers who want heavy-duty characteristics in traditional medium duty applications, including construction, refuse, liquid bulk, food and beverage distribution, snowplows and highway maintenance, and fire and rescue. Companies that operate medium duty trucks seek a business solution
Kenworth’s Renton assembly plant earns award for waste prevention, recycling
Kenworth Truck Co.’s assembly plant in Renton, Wash., has earned a 2015 Best Workplace for Waste Prevention and Recycling Award from the King County (Wash.) Solid Waste Division for its efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle. That marks the seventh consecutive year that Kenworth-Renton has received the award, which earned the plant King County’s honor roll status for
Kenworth TruckTech+ now in production
Kenworth TruckTech+ has begun production on new Kenworth Class 8 trucks that include with the new Paccar MX-13 engine. Kenworth TruckTech+ enhances vehicle diagnostics by providing information on Paccar MX-13 engine health to fleet managers and dealers to help optimize truck uptime and productivity. The system diagnoses the problem and provides the recommended solution to the driver and fleet manager. Kenworth TruckTech+
FE On the Road: Kenworth’s Icon 900 aims to keep drivers in the fleet’s seats
With the driver shortage putting pressure on fleets to employ drivers and keep them in their seats, OEs are offering premium reward trucks as an equipment-based solution to entice drivers to their business. Kenworth’s limited edition Icon 900 is definitely an eye-catching, head-turning, chromed-out killer of a trucker’s truck, but what does it offer a
Kenworth introduces new mid-roof sleeper
Kenworth has introduced the 76-in. mid-roof sleeper, which is now available to be ordered with the company’s Kenworth T680 and T880 models. The new sleeper is built to be optimized for liquid bulk tankers, flatbed haulers, or any drivers that prefer a lighter-weight truck that still maintains the comfort of its high-roof counterpart. Compared to Kenworth’s 76-in. high-roof sleeper, the
Powertrain integration outtakes: Even more insight (FEDigital exclusive)
With nearly every info-packed story in the print pages of Fleet Equipment, there are nuggets of information left on the editing room floor, usually due to limited space on the printed page. Thanks to the supercomputers that enable the hive-mind that is the Internet, we can bring you all the info we amass in a
Powertrain integration: Engine focus
Integration is not a new idea in the trucking industry, but the amount of efficiency OEs are pulling out of engine, transmission and axle combinations are reaching staggering new heights. One of the biggest talking points in today’s performance-packed powerplant arena is “downspeeding.” There are different levels of downspeeding and the experts at Detroit, which