Armored Dodge Ram 'Tornado Intercept Vehicle' Features Cummins Power

摘要

Cummins displayed its Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV2), made famous by the television show "Storm Chasers" and the IMAX film "Tornado Alley," at Conexpo. TIV2, the brainchild of IMAX filmmaker and storm chaser Sean Casey, has withstood six seasons of traversing the Great Plains during the spring storm season, and has survived 11 direct tornado intercepts without an engine failure. "The original TIV was built on a different chassis with a different engine under the hood. Every time we would have a breakdown and I would show up in a repair facility, I was always told I should have bought a Ram with a Cummins diesel engine," said Sean Casey. "After hearing that enough times, when building TIV2, it was a no-brainer on which chassis and engine the vehicle would be built. When you are out chasing, you want the best possible components you can get; you need reliability."