• Flipbook: Bolting in a Paccar MX-11 on the assembly line

    Kenworth showed off its assembly plant and processes in Chillicothe, OH, including allowing this look at mounting and bolting in Paccar's latest engine, an 11L MX-11 diesel, to the chassis and frame of a new truck.
    May 19, 2016

    Kenworth showed off its assembly plant and processes in Chillicothe, OH, including allowing this look at mounting and bolting in Paccar's latest engine, an 11L MX-11 diesel, to the chassis and frame of a new truck.

    Click through the sequence to view this slice of production. This truck in particular, which was completed Wednesday, is a T680 for Oakland, CA-based third-party logistics company Dreisbach Enterprises; the engine is spec'd at 425 hp/1,450 lbs.-ft. of torque.

    Though it was just launched a few months ago in January, Kenworth says the new 11L engine already is going into 5% of the T880 vocational trucks being produced. "It saves 400 lbs. over the MX-13 and it's great as a light-weighting option," noted Kurt Swihart, Kenworth's marketing director, adding that the company is seeing uptake of the engine in bulk hauling, less-than-truckload, regional haul and pickup and delivery applications.

    "We very pleased and we see a lot of upside potential for it," Swihart said.

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    Aaron Marsh

    Aaron Marsh is a former senior editor of FleetOwner, who wrote for the publication from 2015 to 2019. 

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