Work Truck Show Coverage: Western Star Launches 4700 (Video)

In our continuing coverage of the Work Truck Show (happening this week, March 8-10 in Indianapolis), Western Star Truck Sales Inc. introduced its all-new Class 8 vocational truck, the Western Star 4700. The 4700, combined with the Western Star 4900 and 6900 truck models, provides customers with a full range of premium truck options to suit any need.

Available in a set-forward and set-back configuration, the 4700 features a 110-in. BBC – the shortest BBC in its class — and is the ideal solution to meet the needs of the dump, mixer, crane, roll-off, sewer vac and plow segments.

“The Western Star 4700 broadens our product lineup to meet the growing needs of value-minded vocational customers who still demand the attributes found in a traditional Western Star truck,” said Mike Jackson, general manager of Western Star. “Hand-built with unmatched attention to detail, the 4700 features the same durability, ruggedness and reliability our customers expect from Western Star.”

The Western Star 4700 is ready to take on the most demanding of applications, and is available with the broadest range of powertrain options in a single truck model, including the Detroit Diesel DD13 engine and the Cummins ISC and ISL engines. A broad range of transmissions are also available for the 4700, including the latest Eaton Ultrashift PLUS transmission, and Alison 3000 and 4000-series transmissions.

Body builder friendly features are key in the vocational market – not only for ease of upfit, but for reducing body installation time. And while the 4700 features standard spec’s such as clean back of cab, in-cab batteries for clear frame rails and front frame extensions, the 4700’s attention to detail puts it in a league of its own.

The truck’s body builder interface connectors and transmission control unit is located in-cab, providing greater protection against harsh or corrosive environments, ultimately preventing the possibility of wiring shorts and downtime. Also included is a bolt-in pass-through plate in the cab floor that eliminates unnecessary drilling, and a dedicated Body Builder Wiring Raceway. An easily accessible routing path through the cab floor, the Raceway provides plenty of room for body builders to route wiring more efficiently.

The Western Star 4700 will be available to order in the third quarter of 2011, with targeted delivery in early 2012. Here is a video of the unveiling on the Work Truck Show floor.