Tier-4 Emission Controls Push Up Machine Prices for 2014
As a January deadline to clean up off-road diesel emissions approaches in the U.S., prices are expected to rise in 2014 to pay for the new technology. However, better fuel economy will help offset the up-front cost.
"We've looked in every nook and cranny, trying to save fuel," said Bill Campbell, product application specialist for Caterpillar Inc. this month at its facility in Edwards, Ill. There, the company unveiled a new line of 2014 machines that meet U.S. Tier-4 Final regulations, which call for off-road diesel machines to emit near-zero levels of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx).