Top 100 New Products of 2005
Published in: Construction Equipment
Date: 12/1/2005
Built for Work Tools
The M2 106V extends Freightliner ‘s Business Class M2 truck line with a chassis designed for specialized applications that require heavy-duty, front-end stability and power. A front-engine power take-off provision and integral front frame extensions offered in 6-, 12-, and 24-inch increments adapt the truck to power and carry snow plows, refuse packers, cranes, utility equipment, hydraulic pumps, winches and stabilizers. Freightliner says the 55-degree wheel-cut and 2,500-square-inch windshield are best-in-industry features.
Biggest AC-Drive Truck
The B Series of Liebherr ‘s T282 haul truck jumped 40 tons to a nominal payload rating of 400 tons with the use of the new 56/80R63 tires and the 3,650-hp MTU20V4000 diesel engine (adding nearly 1,000 horsepower). It’s the biggest AC diesel electric-drive mining truck — with the largest nominal payload and most horsepower — available today. Top speed remains 40 mph, but the more-powerful engine accelerates the truck faster and maintains greater haul speeds on grades. Estimated list price: $3.5 million.
Axle-Back Gets Tallest Frame
Mack replaced the last of its R-model ancestry with the Granite Axle Back. The front axle is set 501/2 inches behind the front bumper — that’s 201/2 inches further back than the standard Granite and the Granite Bridge Formula. The high-capacity Cornerstone frame, with taller main rails, is standard equipment. Flaring the frame rails up front allowed Mack to increase the radiator size.
Dodge’s All-Out Work Truck
Dodge reinforced its commitment to its emerging commercial-vehicle program with the 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 Box-Off 4×2 Dually sporting what was best-in-class acceleration, towing capacity and torque. An 11,500-pound-GVW model with a Cummins turbodiesel delivers 325 horsepower and 610 lbs.-ft. of torque and is rated to tow 15,900 pounds. The truck’s standard engine is Dodge’s V8 Hemi. Oil-change intervals are double that of competing vehicles. The Ram 3500 rides on 17-inch wheels and features a 35-gallon fuel tank. Estimated list price: Regular cab: $27,670 to $31,215; Quad cab: $31,300 to $35,050.
Case Steps Up to 40 Tons
Case added the 35-ton 335 and 40-ton 340 to its articulated-dump-truck lineup. Their unique front driveline routes power directly from a limited-slip differential mounted on the transmission to each front wheel via a pair of transaxles. It eliminates a driveshaft and adds 4 inches of suspension travel. A wider wagon frame carries payload lower, increasing stability. Lift cylinders are protected by their mounting inside the frame. An innovative warm-up circuit option uses the transmission retarder to warm the hydraulic oil at engine idle speed. The engine can be started in warm-up mode by a switch accessible from ground level. Estimated list price: $490,000 to $495,000.
Pioneers Work-Truck Multiplexing
International ‘s Model 7700 brought multi-varied front leaf suspension and true multiplexed wiring to the vocational truck market. The 7700 targets on/off-highway applications where customers value lightweight components, federal-bridge-formula compliance, and/or other premium features such as 12-inch rails, polished aluminum fuel tanks and battery box, and clean packages to accommodate quad axles. Estimated list price: $95,000 to $125,000.
Heavy Hauler Embraces 625 Horsepower
Peterbilt ‘s Model 357 heavy hauler is a new configuration of the Model 357 vocational truck and tractor that can accommodate high-power engines up to 625 horsepower, such as Caterpillar’s C15. A high-capacity cooling system with 1,440 square inches of radiator core surface keeps the powerplant cool. The truck measures 119 inches from bumper to back of the cab, and has a setback front axle. It features a stationary grille, frame extensions, and optional front-engine power take off for special applications such as logging, oilfield and snowplowing. Estimated list price: $100,000 to $125,000.
Floor Design Cut Weight
IMT patented the floor structure of its Dominator II service body because the design controls body weight yet maintains structural integrity. It also allowed IMT to increase compartment size and increase the size of the workbench bumper with no increase in overall weight. New sidepack tops reduce the likelihood of rust and integrate rain eves over compartment doors. There’s also a new electrical control panel. Estimated list price: $12,000 to $18,000.
Four Models Suit Most Jobs
Maintainer consolidated its customers’ most-requested features into the four models of the Signature Series — three mechanic-style bodies with hexagonal-boom cranes, and a 2-ton lube body. All the trucks have closed-center hydraulic systems and hydraulic air compressors. Cranes are rated 6,350, 10,000, and 12,000 pounds, and the service body carries a 650-gallon diesel-fuel tank, two 120-gallon and two 60-gallon oil tanks, a 60-gallon antifreeze tank, and an air-pump system for 120-pound kegs of grease. Estimated list price: $45,000 to $65,000.
Light Truck with Heavy Capacity
Unibody construction of Dodge ‘s Sprinter van/cab-and-chassis reduces its curb weight for improved cargo capacity. With 16-inch wheels, the cab-and-chassis GVWR jumps to 10,200 pounds. Best-in-class advantages that Dodge claims for the Sprinter include highest fuel economy at 25 mpg, most cargo capacity with 473 cu. ft., greatest payload at 4,824 pounds, lowest side step-in height and lowest load-floor height — both at 17 inches. The Mercedes-Benz I-5 turbodiesel (154 horsepower and 243 lbs.-ft. torque) requires oil changes only every 10,000 miles. It’s available in three wheelbase choices up to 158 inches. Estimated list price: $27,000.
Biggest-Payload Dumper
The Moxy MT41 carries 2,000 pounds more payload than the MT40B that it replaced, and its rating of 80,012 pounds gives it the greatest capacity among articulated dump trucks (although there are ejector trucks that will carry more). The MT41 represents Moxy’s first use of wet disc brakes. Scania’s 12-liter DC12 delivers the same horsepower and torque ratings (429 horsepower and 1,367 lbs.-ft.) as its 14-liter DI14 diesel predecessor. Estimated list price: $459,351
Pushing the Pickup Envelope
International ‘s CXT and RXT create a whole new category of trucks. The RXT is a 5-ton, 22-foot-long commercial pickup built on the International 4000 Series platform, and the CXT is the world’s largest pickup truck, built on the 7000 Series platform. Both incorporate heavy-duty truck components and exclusively use International engines. The CXT offers an optional International DT570 engine that delivers 310 horsepower and 950 lbs.-ft. of torque for a towing capacity of up to 20 tons. Estimated list price: CXT: $115,000 to $135,000; RXT: Starts at $70,000.
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