Articles by Jack Roberts

Jack Roberts is executive editor for CCJ as well as trucks equipment editor for Randall-Reilly Publishing’s Trucking and Construction Media Groups and contributes stories to Overdrive, Truckers News, Truck Parts & Services, Successful Dealer, Equipment World, Total Landscape Care, Better Roads and Aggregate Manager. Roberts joined Randall-Reilly in 1995 as associate editor of Equipment World magazine and began covering both heavy-duty and light trucks in 1996. In 2006 he was the founding editor of Total Landscape Care before joining the staff of CCJ magazine in 2008. Roberts has won numerous editorial excellence awards, including two Jesse H. Neal awards and has been a Neal Award finalist once. He has also won three Robert F. Boger Awards given by the Construction Writers Association and several American Society of Business Publication Editors Awards. A native and resident of Northport, AL, Roberts holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama.

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John Force Racing picks Freightliner

Freightliner Trucks recently presented John Force, legendary Funny Car driver and chief executive officer of John Force Racing, with the keys to the team’s first Freightliner Cascadia hauler. Freightliner Trucks is an official sponsor of John Force Racing, the John Force Travelin’ Road Show and ...

By Jack Roberts Published April 16, 2012

Bendix presents at EuroBrake conference

Three members of the engineering and business leadership teams at Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC are among the distinguished lineup of technical presenters at EuroBrake, a major annual international forum for brake experts working in the fields of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, rail, aerospace, industry, ...

By Jack Roberts Published April 12, 2012

Goodyear says 367 is the magic number

Attendees at a recent truck show in Kentucky were given the chance to see Goodyear's Duraseal, self-sealing tires in action. All told, visitors to the show drove 367 nail holes into a Goodyear G394 SST wide-base trailer tire at the tire manufacturer’s booth – without ...

By Jack Roberts Published April 12, 2012

Mitsubishi Fuso to offer low APR financing on Canter FE trucks

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America has announced its Spring into Savings sales event, featuring great deals plus 1.69 percent APR financing for 36 months on all new 2012-2013 Canter FE Series medium-duty commercial trucks sold in the U.S. The program also includes 1.69 percent APR ...

By Jack Roberts Published April 3, 2012

Win a 2010 Prostar+ in ‘Get Used to International’ sweepstakes

International Used Truck Centers recently announced its “Get Used to International” ProStar MaxxForce Sweepstakes and will offer as the grand prize a 2010 International ProStar used truck powered by a MaxxForce 13 engine. Participants will also have the opportunity to win weekly prizes of $250 ...

By Jack Roberts Published March 28, 2012

CCJ Test Drive: Kenworth T680’s design aids driving experience

Kenworth engineers spent five years working on the new T680’s design, and it shows – inside and out. The front end of the truck builds on the company’s aerodynamic heritage with a smooth sculpted look, but no matter how rounded the design, it’s obvious this ...

By Jack Roberts Published March 27, 2012

Volvo hybrid truck goes for speed

Volvo Trucks is taking hybrid technology to the next level in high-speed/high-performance racing. Volvo is showing the modified Mean Green hybrid VN race truck at a truck show in Louisville, Ky. The truck is a combination test bed/demonstration truck that is intended to show that in ...

By Jack Roberts Published March 22, 2012

International LoadStar rolls out

International Trucks on Wednesday, March 21, debuted a brand-new severe service low cab-forward work truck at an annual trucking industry function in Louisville, Ky. Jim Hebe, vice president of North American Sales for International, said the new truck shows that the company is laser-focused on ...

By Jack Roberts Published March 21, 2012

Freightliner shows off Revolution concept truck

Freightliner offered a sneak peek of its future Wednesday, March 21, in Louisville, Ky. The new Revolution concept truck shows where Freightliner’s future engineering is headed. “This is not a mock-up,” said Dave Hames, vice president of marketing for Freightliner. “This truck drove itself onto ...

By Jack Roberts Published March 21, 2012

Cummins says ’14 compliant engines will arrive next year

Cummins on Tuesday, March 20, announced that its lineup of diesel engines will meet 2014 fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas regulations beginning in January 2013. The new engines will deliver up to a 2 percent fuel economy improvement over comparable engines being produced today and ...

By Jack Roberts Published March 21, 2012