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Ottawa Yard Truck, The Only CARB Gasoline Engine

Posted by Donald Robinson

Nov 21, 2012 1:03:00 PM

“The Ottawa terminal tractor is the only terminal tractor that is CARB certified for a gasoline engine,” said David Wood, Ottawa Trucks (Director of Terminal Tractors in North America). “This is another "first‟ for Ottawa Truck.”  

 

Ottawa Press ReleaseThis comes from a recent press release from Ottawa that goes into detail about the findings from the California Air Resources Board. If you needed one more reason to choose Ottawa this is a great one. Louisville Switching has partnered with the best in the business. Another impressive statistic in the press release is that Ottawa passed an important production milestone. In February of 2011, Ottawa completed 50,000 terminal tractors. That is more than all other competitors combined. That speaks volumes about the dominance of Ottawa yard truck. 

Ottawa will continue to be the best because they are committed to always improving their product to stand up to the daily work load we've come to expect from them. Ottawa leads the industry in firsts and improvements. Here is a short list of some of their other "firsts."

Ottawa Firsts:

  • Manufacture terminal tractors
  • Automatic transmissions
  • Rear door entry
  • Integral air conditioning units
  • Power cab tilt 
  • ABS brake systems 
  • First to receive DOT/EPA certification 

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