INTERNATIONAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
Terex takes trucks to Vegas
Articulated hauler specialist Terex Trucks will showcase the TA300 and TA400 at this year’s
Conexpo in Las Vegas, US.
Articulated hauler specialist Terex Trucks
is bringing both the TA300 and TA400
to Conexpo, North America’s largest
construction trade show. As part of
the Volvo family, the company will be
sharing a booth in Las Vegas with other
Volvo Group brands including Volvo
Construction Equipment, Volvo Trucks
and SDLG.
Visitors to the company’s F3432 booth
will have the chance to take a closer look
at both the TA300 and TA400 articulated
haulers and discover the significant
investments and improvements that have
been made in the products, facilities,
people and processes since Terex Trucks
was acquired by Volvo Construction
Equipment (Volvo CE) in 2015. From
10 – 14 March, the team will be on hand
to discuss everything from how Terex
Trucks haulers deliver low total cost of
ownership, to expansion plans, current
and future product investments and why
North America is a strong market for the
company.
“North America has always been a
strong market for us, so we’re looking
forward to meeting current and future
customers from the region, as well as
further afield, at Conexpo,” says Paul
Douglas, managing director of Terex
Trucks.
In North America, the TA300 and
TA400 are sold with a three-year
warranty, telematics and planned
maintenance included as standard – and
there are competitive finance packages
available for lease and wholesale. One
example of the recent improvements
Terex Trucks has made is the product
upgrade on the TA300.
Since the beginning of last year,
the TA300 has been manufactured
with a new transmission, leading
to improvements in fuel efficiency,
performance, productivity and operator
comfort, when compared to the previous
model working in the same application.
The 28-tonne (30-ton) workhorse delivers
a 5% improvement in fuel efficiency, a
5 km/h (3.1 mph) increase in speed to
55 km/h (34 mph) and an increase in the
length of time between oil maintenance
intervals from 1 000 to 4 000 hours.
In addition, the machine now comes
with eight forward gears as well as four
reverse gears, to help ensure smoother
gear shifting and thereby higher levels
of operator comfort. All of this means
that customers can be more productive,
achieving faster cycle times, lower cost
per tonne and reduced carbon emissions.
The TA400, the largest articulated
hauler on offer from Terex Trucks, has
a maximum payload of 38 tonnes (41.9
tons) and a heaped capacity of 23.3m³.
Powered by a high performance, fuel
efficient engine that develops a gross
power of 331kW, the TA400 is designed
to meet the demands of the most
extreme operations such as quarries,
mines and large-scale construction
projects.
The planetary gear transmission
provides smooth, efficient gear shifting
for optimised fuel consumption and
reduced cost of operation. Ground
level test points and a fully tilting cab,
combined with an electronically raised
hood, ensure ease of service and
maximum uptime.
SDLG unleashes new motor graders
Chinese construction equipment
manufacturer SDLG has released the
latest edition to its range of motor
graders, the G9290. With a base
operating weight of 22.9 tonnes and
a 14ft wide blade as standard, the
impressive productivity of blade down
force and blade pull makes the SDLG
G9290 the best in its size class. The new
G9290 is the first motor grader from
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SDLG in the heavy-duty size class, its
strength and capacity making it ideal
for mining haul road maintenance,
infrastructure projects, road construction,
highways and airports.
The robust design of the new G9290
motor grader builds on the proven
reputation of its smaller brothers – the
G9138, G9190 (VHP) and G9220 (VHP)
– when it comes to the moldboard,
circle turn, drawbar, front axle and rear
tandems.
However, the G9290 adds a new level
of quality with its Volvo-supplied engine
and Volvo-designed transmission. A
member of the Volvo Group since 2007,
SDLG draws on the strength of the group
to incorporate high-performance designs
and technologies into its products where
appropriate.
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