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Refrigeration system runs on kinetic power

The WedWay Refrigeration Power System is a kinetic power device designed to replace the diesel engine and diesel fuel systems on refrigerated semi-trailers. The system includes the WedLink temperature monitoring and management system that also provides GPS tracking and fleet management technology. For more information, go ...

By CCJ Staff Published March 4, 2013

FMCSA committee names new chair, members

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has appointed to its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee a new chairman, vice chairman and five new members. The announcement came last week. Stephen C. Owings has been named MCSAC's new chairman. Owings founded Road Safe in 2003 after their son Cullum ...

By CCJ Staff Published March 4, 2013

BettsHD compiles fender installation kits

BettsHD’s Total Installation Kits for its most popular fenders are single easy-to-order part numbers for single-axle and half and full tandem-axle applications. The kits – available in stainless steel, galvanized, aluminum and poly – include two fenders with vibration-absorbing rubber insulators to help prolong product ...

By CCJ Staff Published March 4, 2013

Vigillo boosts staff by 25 percent

Vigillo, creators of data mining software products designed to aggregate, organize and deliver complex fleet safety information in an easy-to-read scorecard format, announced that ongoing growth is leading to a more than 25 percent increase in its data analytics, engineering and customer support staff. Gretchen Wierenga ...

By CCJ Staff Published March 1, 2013

BD Diesel touts fuel-injector module

BD Diesel Performance’s Econo-Boost module is designed to inject fuel earlier in the combustion cycle to help maximize fuel economy. The company says the module produces 30-35 more horsepower using the same amount of fuel, reduces visible smoke and lowers black smoke opacity and exhaust and ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 28, 2013

CCJ Twitter chat: Executive Editor Jack Roberts talks 13L vs. 15L engines

CCJ Executive Editor Jack Roberts held a live chat on Wednesday, Feb. 27, to talk the current market battle between 13-liter and 15-liter engines. Here are the highlights from the conversation:

By CCJ Staff Published February 28, 2013

LaHood bashes sequester as ‘dumb idea,’ pushes for long-term highway bill

Ray LaHood — the outgoing head of the Department of Transportation — spoke to members of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Wednesday and bashed sequestration cuts set to take place Friday, March 1, calling them "a dumb idea" that will not ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 28, 2013

GDP rose slightly in 4Q of 2012

The U.S.'s real gross domestic product saw a small rise in the fourth quarter of 2012, an upward revision from the previously reported decline from 2012's third quarter, says the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. GDP — a measure of the output of ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 28, 2013

Talbert offers 50-ton traveling axle trailer

Talbert Manufacturing’s 50-Ton 5051 Traveling Axle trailer is designed to comply with 43-foot kingpin laws and regulations. A 15,000-pound planetary winch uses a direct-drive system and can be operated through a multifunction wireless remote, which allows one person to load a piece of equipment without ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 27, 2013

MIT: Fuel tax does more to curb use, emissions and price than mpg standards

If the U.S. were serious about a reduction in fuel consumption and reducing harmful emissions, it would raise the gas tax that consumers pay at the pump rather than tightening efficiency standards for cars and trucks, says MIT researcher Valerie Karplus. In the March issue of ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 27, 2013