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North Carolina adding 32 CNG trucks

Published Jan. 9, 2013
By
Shauna Blackmon Contributor

Dive summary:

  • Waste Industries of North Carolina is adding 32 compressed natural gas trucks to their fleet.
  • Along with the initial batch of trucks a filing station will be built in Boliva, N.C. that will have 23 double time fill posts which are capable of filling 46 trucks simultaneously, giving room for later expansion.
  • The new trucks are in addition to 10 Autocar and nine Mack trucks already in use in Durham.

From the article:

Mansfield notes that it will also provide a fully functional methane detection system at the Brunswick facility. In addition, Waste Industries is switching related equipment from propane to natural gas, says area GM Greg Brinkley.

 “I’m heating the shop with natural gas and I’ll be pressure-washing the trucks with natural gas,” Brinkley told F&F. ...

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