rhasler Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 I saw a few trucks this morning, nothing really spectacular. I did talk to a couple of transport drivers that were getting ready to leave with some new Freightliners. They had a couple of Cascadias, some business class trucks, and a vocational model or two. I also saw these:A couple of Waste Management trucksA Peterbilt rig up truckA Swift truck that WASN'T involved in some kind of accident (as of the time I took the picture) Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted October 24, 2010 Author Share Posted October 24, 2010 Also saw some of Mark's competition Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 My Garbage man works for WM says they are changing its fleet to go green. Sounds like they are going to propane or some other form of low emissions engine. Is mack in the running for this? I know WM is one of macks biggest buyers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 My Garbage man works for WM says they are changing its fleet to go green. Sounds like they are going to propane or some other form of low emissions engine. Is mack in the running for this? I know WM is one of macks biggest buyers....Mack and Woodward converted the E7 (designated as an E7G) to run on compressed natural gas several years ago. I believe the current offering is a Cummins Westport engine running CNG, but I'm not sure of what engine was used as the base. As far as I know the CNG engines are only available in MR and LE chassis, so I would guess that it is intended only for refuse and municiple use. Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 It's an ISL G. Here is a link to the product brochure: http://www.macktrucks.com/assets/MackMarketing/Brochures/TerraProNaturalGas.pdf Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Intresting,that may work out for WM? I know the WM trucks that pick up at the shop is a MR with a commercial "dumpster" rear load compactor. hopefully they make a few models to get more "green" business from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 Intresting,that may work out for WM? I know the WM trucks that pick up at the shop is a MR with a commercial "dumpster" rear load compactor. hopefully they make a few models to get more "green" business from them.If I had to guess, I would say the "green" that Waste Management is most concerned with is the kind that's on the dollar bill. By using CNG they are not only reducing fuel costs, but they are also staying away from the SCR emission equipment. I don't know for sure how the 2010 emission equipment would fare in refuse applications. In the mid 90's a natural gas filling station was opened here. At the time I believe the cost per gallon was somewhere around 69 cents. Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Interesting. The townships landfill near me reclaims, refines and uses a Methane blend in their Pete 320s. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 Here's a related press release from Mack on the Terraprohttp://www.macktrucks.com/default.aspx?pageid=5096 Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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