International Truck president Bill Kozek has said that the company has not yet reached its goal of getting trucks in and out of its dealer network for repair within a day. “We are not there but we are getting there,” he admitted. Around half are repeated in the target time, he went on. “We need to make the necessary investment in training and parts inventory – all of these items need to be working together.”
Cummins is proceeding on track with its plan to meet the Stage V European emissions requirements. The firm has so far completed 100 Stage V customer installations across a range of off-highway machine types including compressors, back-hoe loaders, dump trucks, drills, pavers, cranes, excavators and wheeled loaders. The firm is now offering Stage V engines with power outputs from 74-503kW and claims the units offer higher performance, more reliability, better productivity, improved fuel efficiency and
Komatsu has unveiled the all-new WA700-8 wheeled loader, which the manufacturer says delivers increased productivity, exceptional durability, and impeccable environmental credentials.
Before commencing development, Komatsu engineers actively collected customers’ input, identifying that safety, cost-per-tonne produced, CO2 emission, maximising uptime, and operator well-being were the key concerns of customers.
