Tag: Paccar MX

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Paccar MX tough-tested with Louisville aggregate hauler
Keith Redden’s retirement dream was to start a trucking firm. “I said if I owned six trucks, I could make a living,” he says. After a start in 2003 with three used Kenworths from a home base in Floyd’s Knob, Ind., across the Ohio River from Louisville, his K Redden Trucking business is up to […]
July 16, 2012
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A growing family: Kenworth T680 test drive
The Kenworth T680, though similar to its T660 and T700 brothers, forges new ground with a spacious, driver-focused interior.
July 3, 2012
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Test Drive
New Peterbilt Model 579 offers a blend of fuel-efficiency enhancements, sleek styling and driver comfort.
May 1, 2012
The 579’s aerodynamic design can deliver substantial fuel savings.
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Marketplace Spring Roundup
An aerodynamic truck, a natural gas engine, trailer suspensions and a powertrain package are among the products featured.
May 1, 2012
Kenworth says its engineers spent five years working on the T680’s design, saying it’s the most aerodynamic tractor the company has ever built.
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Engine Spotlight
Navistar’s MaxxForce Big Bore’s non-SCR approach to 2010 emissions offers strong fuel economy and performance.
June 2, 2011
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ATD names KW T700 Commercial Truck of Year
The Kenworth T700 with the Paccar MX engine is the 2011 Heavy Duty Commercial Truck of the Year, the American Truck Dealers announced.
April 21, 2011
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Engine Spotlight
Paccar’s MX stands out with unique design features.
March 1, 2011
The Paccar MX is part of a three-engine series that includes the PX-6 and PX-8 medium-duty engines and the heavy-duty MX. Paccar, the owner of Peterbilt and Kenworth, also owns DAF, a European producer of diesel engines and trucks. The MX was originally developed to meet the Euro 4 and 5 emission standards and was then adapted for the U.S. market. It will be available only in Peterbilts and Kenworths.
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Kenworth T700 tour returns
Veteran trucker Mike McDowell is driving a Kenworth T700 equipped with a 2010 Paccar MX from Maine to Texas in an encore of the truck tour that began this summer, Paccar announced. After the tour’s Canadian run ends in Moncton, New Brunswick, Oct. 1, it will continue with a stop at C-B Kenworth-Bangor in Hermon, […]
September 30, 2010
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Truck Spotlight
Peterbilt’s regional-haul 384 model delivers efficiency gains, weight savings, aero advantages.
July 1, 2010
Though the daycab Peterbilt 384 is a popular option among city and other short-haul fleets, the model is available in raised- and low-roof Unibilt sleeper configurations with the platinum interior package pictured.
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Hitting the road
Feedback on the latest heavy-duty power plants shows some positive signs as new technology tackles 2010 emissions standards.
May 2, 2010
The Detroit Diesel DD16 is a slightly larger, owner-operator version of the DD15, starring he same turbu-compounding system that boosts fuel economy.
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