Specifications include, but are not limited to: Type - Articulated frame steer with all-wheel drive; Weight – Forty-four thousand five hundred (44,500) lbs with rippers and accessories specified the use of calcium chloride in tires and bolt-on counterweight is not acceptable; Requirement - Must not have a manufacture date earlier than the date of this bid; Paint - Manufacturer's color and; Snowplows - Mounting of wing snowplow and a front plow are required in this bid. Unit must be frame ready to accept side wing and front V-plow, all required hydraulic valves and plow controls must be included (As stated in the Cost section 7 of this ITB). Engine Type – Four (4)-cycle diesel, turbo charged, governed at two-thousand one hundred (2100) RPM maximum. Must meet Tier 4i Off-Road Federal Emission Engine Requirements and operate on low sulfur diesel fuel; Horsepower – Two-Hundred ten (210) (HP) in first (1st) gear, increasing to two-hundred sixty-five (265) (HP) in eighth (8th) gear with the front wheel drive system in the “On” position; Piston Displacement – Five-hundred forty (540) CI; Oil Filter - Full-flow vertical replaceable type; Oil Drain Valve - Environmentally friendly oil drain valve and hose; Engine Oil Sample fitting – Block-mounted, accessible from ground, Titan Laboratories model OD1014; Air Cleaner - Heavy-duty, two-stage, dry type with service indicator; Cold Starting Aid - Designed to start engine in minus thirty-four ( -34° F) ambient temperature; Block Heater- A one-thousand two-hundred fifty (1,250)-watt electric with stationary receptacle; Engine Compartment Covers - Lock type; Exhaust - Muffler and rain cap or self-draining muffler with curved exhaust pipe to prevent water from entering exhaust pipe; Fuel Filter(s) -Fuel filtration system with water separator; Fuel Priming Pump -Fuel priming pump to permit refilling of fuel filters (on the machine) and priming of fuel system during service intervals; Radiator –Mounted at the rear of unit for repair and accessibility. Units with radiator mounted between cab and engine will not acceptable and; Engine Warning - Audible type for low oil pressure, high water temperature, and low coolant level. Transmission Type - Full power shift, direct drive; Speeds - Eight (8) forward and four (4) in reverse minimum; Transmission Control – To control direction and speed selection; Inching Pedal - Provides precise control of machine movement through full range of pedal travel with hydraulic front wheel drive disengaged or engaged; Travel Speed – zero to twenty-five (0-25) MPH forward and; Transmission Guard. Cooling System Type - Designed to keep engine from overheating while operating at maximum output in one hundred-twenty-two degrees Fahrenheit (122° F) ambient temperature and; Antifreeze - Extended type protected to negative thirty-four degrees Fahrenheit (-34° F).
