Heavy Duty Trucking, April 2018

behold and I suspect engineers will have to find some way to limit that lest the driver peel the treads off the tires The truck was loaded to 79980 pounds and at launch it felt as though it was a quarter of that weight You have absolutely no sense of the weight of the load when you have that much torque under foot So other than the immense torque and the total lack of engine noise there was no fundamental difference between this truck and one equipped with a 500 hp diesel The transmission by the way was a modified Eaton 18 speed AMT it used just the high low splitter and the range splitters from the back of the 18 speed Other than that the gear box was empty modified actually to mount to the motor and the standard prop shaft we see on any transmission The rear drive axles are Spicer D40 170P with 538 1 gears Yes 538 1 At 30 mph in 3rd gear the motor is turning at about 3500 rpm Were not sure about the transmission yet says Lindgren We are thinking three gears will give us the flexibility we need to optimize the efficiency and performance of the motor and thus power usage We are using four gears now but the top gear probably isnt necessary This truck will put a lot of the naysayers back on their heels and put a great big grin on some drivers faces They wont be expecting performance like this from an electric truck ASH ADH ATH ASR ADR ASR1 ADR1 AOM AOM1 AOR AOR2 ADR2 AORV LEGACY RESILIENCE STRENGTH RIDE WITH THE RHINO www armstrongtire com 1 877 57RHINO Interested in becoming a dealer Visit armstrongtire com become a dealer AUTHORIZED ARMSTRONG DEALERS IN NORTH AMERICA USA CANADA South Midwest Northeast West A M Truck Tire Service Inc Philadelphia PA 215 547 9442 215 957 5060 Marc Kbapack marcamtrucktire@ verizon net Custom Bandag NYC Long Island Lower NY 908 862 2400 Fred De Jesus Jr junior@ custombandag com Moores Tire Upstate NY 800 847 5957 Bill Watkins bill@ moorestiresales com Alex Truck Tire South FL 305 888 2885 Yoany Lezcano alextruckandtire@ att net MUSU Tire GA 912 257 7180 Vladimir Voblikov vladimir@ musutire com Tire Max of South Florida South FL 786 294 7417 Josue Kahlil tiremaxinfo@ bellsouth net Total Tire Solutions LA 225 928 5505 Lynn Wiggins Total_ tire@ bellsouth net Tri State Tire Rubber Co AL 334 794 4739 Tony Strickland tsrstrick@ gmail com GM Group LLC IL 312 973 6309 Aleksandar Vucicevic sasa@ gmgroupllc com McWhorters Tire Lubbock TX 806 748 5606 Brandon Adams badams@ mcwhortersltd com Pneumatic Tire Co El Paso TX 915 440 2020 Benjamin Amaya benjamin amaya@ pneumatictireco com Northwest Wholesale Retreading OR UT WA ND SD 800 697 8973 503 585 1955 Chris Ross chris@ nwr4tires com Tires Today HI 808 688 8473 David Silva armstrong@ tirestoday com Popular Tire Ontario 905 672 6565 Daljit Sahota info@ populartire com Untitled 14 1 2 26 18 4 02 PM APRIL 2018 HDT 47 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM The Ballard fuel cell stack is located under the hood in a space formerly occupied by the diesel engine Find a more in depth look at Kenworths ZECT as well as Jim Parks first hand test drive visit www truckinginfo com Kenworth ZECT BONUS