Now Under One Roof
SAME PEOPLE. SAME SUPPORT. ONE LOCATION. On January 18, 2021, Johnson Truck Center’s and Western Branch Diesel’s respective Manassas, VA branch locations will merge into one location, running out of the current Western Branch Diesel facility at 12011 Balls Ford Road in Manassas, VA. This location will be rebranded as Johnson Truck Center. The current Johnson Truck Center […]
Roanoke, VA Location Now Authorized for Cummins Sales, Parts, and Service
Western Branch Diesel will help you keep your Cummins engine in top operating condition — delivering the performance, efficiency, and reliability you’ve come to expect from a proven product. Whether your engine is in — or out of — warranty, Western Branch Diesel has the training, tooling, and technology to service most Cummins engines. Let us be […]
Curtis Engine and Western Branch Diesel Power Generation Division Announce Merger
BALTIMORE, Maryland, and PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – July 2, 2020 – Curtis Engine & Equipment Co., Inc. and Western Branch Diesel today announced that they have closed on a transaction merging Curtis Engine & Equipment Co., Inc. (Curtis Engine) with Western Branch Diesel LLC’s Power Generation Division. The new company will go to market as Curtis […]
Volvo Penta Engines Providing Power & Reliability to Ferries
To get to Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, you need a boat. The special thing about the island is that it offers a glimpse, for visitors and residents, of what sea islands were like before bridges, causeways and development. Richard Inglis, Director of Transportation for Haig Point, located on Daufuskie Island, began working for the ferry company in […]
Success of Charter Business Rides on D6s
“The engines are running awesome. With or without a load, we’re burning three gallons of fuel per hour, cruising at 16–17 mph,” says John Tibbels, owner and captain at Tibbels Fishing Charter Service, a family-owned company started by his grandfather and great uncle in 1921. Located in Marblehead, Ohio, Tibbels has repowered his custom-built Laux fishing […]
Getting you back on the road. Not only fast, but safely.
Every minute you are off the road puts important shipments, deliveries, and services at risk. At Western Branch Diesel, our goal is to diagnose your technical issue and make the necessary repairs quickly, to get you back up and running. Currently, we do not plan to restrict our hours or services due to the Coronavirus, […]
Ten Tips for Top Engine Performance
As summer approaches, it’s time to start thinking about the upcoming fishing season. Maintaining your engines, marine gears, and generators should be on your annual de-winterization to-do list. A proper maintenance plan is key, to not only maximizing your fishing time and enjoyment this season, but to extend the life of your engines as well. […]
Sea Creature Comes to Life with Volvo Penta D13s
Your engines are smoking. “Not exactly the words any boat captain wants to hear,” says Steve “Creature” Coulter, captain of Sea Creature, in Hatteras Village, NC. “I knew about the problem, and replaced the turbos, but the engines were still smoking. After realizing the injectors were bad and the engines needed to be rebuilt, I found […]
Mission-Critical Work Driven by D11s
Coming alongside and boarding a 150,000-ton coal collier on open water is not easy. Matt Hardison, operations manager and captain for Paradise Point Marine, who operates Paradise Creek, a launch boat with newly installed, twin Volvo Penta D11 510-horsepower engines, accomplishes this task with relative ease. After a catastrophic engine failure in June, Hardison contacted Tim […]
Rolls-Royce Provides MTU Generator Sets for New Central Utility Plant at UNC Charlotte
Three MTU 1250kW generator sets to provide back-up power for major campus expansion Versatile onboard paralleling capabilities of MTU generators among key features MANKATO, MN — Rolls-Royce and its MTU distributor partner, Western Branch Diesel, recently received an order for three MTU 16V2000 DS1250 standardized backup generator sets to service an area of the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte […]