InfraStructures - October 2009 - Kenworth T470 Adds Second Horsepower Rating

Kenworth T470 Adds Second Horsepower Rating

Kenworth Truck Company has added a second horsepower rating for the new Kenworth T470 model.

The Kenworth T470 may now be ordered with the 9 l Cummins ISL engine with 365 hp and 1250 lb-ft of torque. Previously, the T470 was available with only the Cummins ISL with 345 hp and 1150 lb-ft of torque.

The T470 offers Kenworth performance and durability for snowplow, dump, mixer, winch, refuse, and other heavy front-axle vocational and municipal applications. The T470 has a gross vehicle rating (GVW) ranging from a heavy Class 7 vehicle at 15 000 kg up to a light Class 8 truck at 30 850 kg.

The vehicle offers full parent rail extensions, delivering maximum resistance to bending moment (RBM) from one end of the rail to the other. Front axles are rated from 5450 to 9980 kg, single rear axles from 9500 to 11 800 kg, and tandem rear axles from 18 150 to 20 865 kg.

Source: Kenworth Truck Company