The Fleet Business Authority
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V l Volvo T he VNL-300 Blue Power daycab with Cummins Westport ISL G or ISX12 G natural gas engines will be joined in 2015 by Volvos using Cummins' ISX15 G and Volvo dual-fuel D13. Otherwise, the VNL-670 with a Western Star T he flagship from Western Star, a Daimler Trucks brand, is the 4900 with 132-inch cab and hood and long sleeper that's built for the highway but looks good in town. 61-inch sleeper compartment is the builder's best-selling model. Longer and shorter sleepers are available in VNL (long hood) and VNM (medium hood) series. About 80% go out the factory door with Volvo D11 and D13 diesels, and half of those have the It and the shorter 4800 also are equipped for vocational work with forward and setback steer axles or twin-steer configurations. Just announced is a 4800SB 8x8 whose setback, driving steer axle is paired The truck is assembled by Navistar using a much-modified International PayStar cab and chassis and MaxxForce 13 diesel designated as CT13. The CT660 is going into many applications and Cat is getting repeat orders. "We have had many customers call us up to tell us how impressed they are that our CT13 engine matched with the CX31 is out-performing their larger bore engines 54 HDT • DECEMBER 2013 I-Shift automated gearbox. Cummins' ISX15 is optional, and can be had with Eaton UltraShifts.The recently announced VNX (for extreme) with a D16 diesel is aimed at heavy-haul operators. VHD (vocational heavyduty) also comes with Volvo D11 and D13, and as a daycab and short sleeper-cab in truck and tractor configurations. XE (extreme efficiency) packages with low-revving engines and the I-Shift automated transmission are now available for D11, D13 and D16 power. VolvoLink telematics ties vehicles to dealers for quick diagnostics and servicing. Circle 256 on Reader Action Card or go to www.hdt.hotresponse.com with Meritor tri-drive rear axles. The Detroit DD13, DD15 and DD16 or Cummins ISX15 are the available diesels in most models. A 4900XD is set up for tougher off-road duties. It's a smaller version of the hulking off-road 6900XD, which gets big-bore power, including the Detroit Series 60 Tier III off-highway engine. On the lighter side is the 4700 truck or tractor, with setback and set-forward steer axles and the DD13 or Cummins ISL.There's no natural gas engine option at this time. Circle 257 on Reader Action Card or go to www.hdt.hotresponse.com because of the torque capability of our CT13/CX31 automatic transmission combination," Taylor says. Gas is growing Diesel will dominate as the power of choice in heavyduty trucks for the foreseeable future, but all OEMs see cheap natural gas growing in importance as a motor fuel. Volvo is working on a dual-fuel diesel-natural gas engine www.truckinginfo.com