Equipment

Latest Kenworth features showcased in ride-and-drive event

May 19, 2016

The latest features to be added to Kenworth's T680, T800 and T370 trucks were on display at a ride-and-drive event on Wednesday.

Aaron Marsh

CHILLICOTHE, OH. The latest features to be added to Kenworth's truck lineup were on display at a ride-and-drive event on Wednesday.

That includes the new Paccar MX-11 engine, a new Aero Advantage package fairing, a "clear back of cab" DEF tank, Allison automatic transmission and severe-duty suspension for heavy duty trucks as well as heavier-duty front and rear axles for the T370 medium duty, which makes that truck a "baby Class 8," according to company spokesman Kurt Swihart.

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Aaron Marsh

Before computerization had fully taken hold and automotive work took someone who speaks engine, Aaron grew up in Upstate New York taking cars apart and fixing and rewiring them, keeping more than a few great jalopies (classics) on the road that probably didn't deserve to be. He spent a decade inside the Beltway covering Congress and the intricacies of the health care system before a stint in local New England news, picking up awards for both pen and camera.

He wrote about you-name-it, from transportation and law and the courts to events of all kinds and telecommunications, and landed in trucking when he joined FleetOwner in July 2015. Long an editorial leader, he was a keeper of knowledge at FleetOwner ready to dive in on the technical and the topical inside and all-around trucking—and still turned a wrench or two. Or three.

Aaron previously wrote for FleetOwner.