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    Tier 4 anyone?

    I read in a branch magazine a couple of days ago that the other big Swedish truck manufacturer Scania has got a 6 cylinder, 13 litre engine that fulfills EPA Tier 4F and EU stage 4 without DPF. Since both Doosan and Terex uses Scania engines today that will be a huge benefit for them.
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    volvo

    Interresting tread!! I can only agree with Volvo lovers, they are leading the development. For example look at the new K-series Cat. Here in Sweden we have read in some business related magazines that one of the guys developing the K-series and giving the input is an old Volvoemployee from...
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    Tier 4 anyone?

    Hi guys! I believe that all manufacturers have got no stop regen. Otherwise they would soon be out of the game. When it comes to the DPF I´ve heard that there is a EPA regulation that says that the serviceinterval for the filter should be at least 4500 hrs. I have only tried larger G-series...
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    servotransmision overheat in a xcat 980g 2

    I had the same interresting experience last summer when running a 980GII in Sweden and it was only around 30 degrees C.... It was in a quarry carrying crushed gravel uphill for 150m on second or third gear and at the top of the hill the transmission was boiling more or less. The transmission...
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    New Volvo G-serie Wheel Loaders

    The G-series L150-L220 has been up and running for almost a year now and from what I´ve heard there has been some issues connected to regeneration of the particulate filter in the beginning but that´s solved now. A respond to heavylift is that you probably use a to big bucket if is light in the...
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    Cat 980 K

    There are at least two different ways of meeting the tier 4i and stage 3B regulations. One is to fine tune the engine so that the level of soot out from the engine is low but then the level of NOx is higher so then you need to add DEF fluid which brings down the NOx. The second way is to bring...
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    Advice on purchase of a loader for loading sand in dumptrucks

    Have you consider a Volvo? Volvo loaders are by far the most versatile with their TP-linkage. The TP-linkage is superior to any other linkage when it comes to paralell movement and at the same time high break-out force over the entire lifting range which means that they works excellent in all...
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    Cat 980 K

    Ok. So how come that they are one year late? Final date for tier 3 above 130 kW was 31/12-11. I mean, it cant be on purpose or does Cat want to pay the fines for not fulfilling the emission regulations?
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    Cat 980 K

    Ok, so was that test between a G-series Volvo and K-series Cat? Which one came out on top of that test? I´ve also heard about different updates, something about air getting into the system and sets the system out of play. But one guy I talked to in Sweden a couple of days ago runs a L220G...
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    Cat 980 K

    You´re right about that Nige, it is for load & carry and you do save a lot of fuel with a lock up torque converter. I have heard some rumors that Cat have got big problems gettin the Tier 4i stuff work ok even the engines that they sell to some other manufacturer has got big time problems. Volvo...
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    Cat 980 K

    I guess that they will soon com the Europe then! Is the lock-up torque converter standard or optional?
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    Tier 4i machines

    How are they performing compared to the old H-series Cat? Yeah, I agree that in the end it is the poor guy´s who is buying the machines that has to pay the extra cost for that junk!!
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    Cat 980 K

    Do they sell the K-series yet cause no one that I know of have seen one in action??
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    Tier 4i machines

    Have anyone tried or seen any other tier4i machines than the Volvos like the Cat K-series or new Komatsu´s?? I tested the new L250G at Volvo days and it was very impressive with a powerful and responsive engine like nothing else i´ve tried before! From what i´ve heard there are very few of the...
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    Cat 980g fuel consumption?

    Cat 980 G is not known to be the most fueleconomic wheelloader on the market that is for sure!
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    Cat 980g fuel consumption?

    I operated a 980 GII with a 6,5 m3 spadenosebucket this summer. Load and carry uphill approximately 100m from a crusher feeding another crusher and it consumed 45-50 l/h. The 980 broke down so we borrowed a L220E with a 7 m3 bucket and it consumed 30-35 litres doing the same job. E-series...
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    New 988H Its here!

    Exactly, there is no question about that Volvo failed to deliver a reliable machine and perhaps there are more quality issues on the L350 compared to the 988. My experience is that Cat has got some quality problems with their machines as well. So I just want to hear the operators side of it.
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    New 988H Its here!

    The machine is lookin good!! But can you honestly say that the 988 is better to operate than the L350? I had the opportunity to try both the 988 and the L350 the same day and I felt that the 988 had very low lifting force compared to the L350 and it was also 15 seconds slower climbing up the...
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    Cat 980 K

    It seems like that Cat has spyed a bit on Volvo with the door opening forward, the right hand side window, cab filters mounted on the right side of the cab etc. Does anyone know how it runs? Does anyone know if it is faster than the H-series?? The Cat wheelloaders that I have operated has got...
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