Equipment

Ride along in a DME powered Volvo VNL day cab

Take a quick drive with CCJ Equipment Editor Jack Roberts as he pilots a Volvo VNL day cab powered with dimethyl ether (DME). Roberts' 425 horsepower unit was fitted with an I-Shift transmission and charged with pulling more ...

By Jason Cannon Published June 8, 2013

Bendix makes announcements at TMC

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems rolled out several initiatives this morning at the 2013 Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition in Nashville. Among them are a new trailer information module, which provides ...

By Jason Cannon Published March 11, 2013

Kenworth T680 named HD Truck of the Year

The Kenworth T680 was named the Heavy-Duty Truck of the Year Sunday at the ATD Convention & Expo in Orlando, Fla. The truck was selected from a field of four other heavy-duty trucks by a five-member ...

By Jason Cannon Published February 11, 2013

Utility moves ahead

Product reviews, OEM & supplier news, and equipment management trends Trailer maker nears century of family success By Jack Roberts After a successful CCJ Fall Symposium wrapped up last month in Scottsdale, Ariz., and all of my colleagues ...

By Jack Roberts Published January 1, 2013

Equipment

Product reviews, OEM & supplier news and equipment management trends By Jack Roberts Enduring classic Kenworth’s T660 evolves with mix of styling, technology On a recent gray northwestern morning in Seattle, I found myself inching along Interstate 405 at ...

By Jack Roberts Published December 1, 2012

Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference – Registration is Open

Chart the future of critical issues — fuel economy, safety technology, infrastructure funding, and much more at this year's Commercial Vehicle Outlook conference held August 21-22 at the Dallas Convention Center. Registration is open and your early bird special of $245 includes all sessions, meals and networking opportunities. The early bird ends July 15th.

Light- and medium-duty focus: Shopping Preowned

Preowned but perfect Medium-duty buyers consider many options when shopping for the right used truck By John G. Smith Medium-duty trucks may have lower gross vehicle weight ratings than their Class 8 counterparts, but they are hardly the ...

By John G. Smith Published December 1, 2012

Equipment

Back-to-back-to-back Truck of the Year judging lets you stare the future in the face By Jack Roberts I spent a day last month in Las Vegas at an auction site on the northern edge of the city as ...

By Jack Roberts Published November 1, 2012

Equipment

Efficiency is Precedent at Thermo King New reefer embodies today's business world The trucking business is changing. Everything changes over time, of course, but the trucking industry has been remarkably resistant to change over its 100-year-plus history. The ...

By Jack Roberts Published September 1, 2012

Light- and medium-duty focus: Package Fleets

Productive Packages Evolving UPS, FedEx package fleets deliver productivity gains, fuel economy By John G. Smith Dale Spencer admits that UPS package vehicles look similar from one model year to the next. “There’s only so much you can ...

By John G. Smith Published September 1, 2012

Light- and medium-duty focus: Utility trucks

Big Apple, big fleet New York City is embracing common specs, biodiesel for utility vehicle orders New York City has one of America’s most diverse municipal fleets. It owns or leases 27,000 vehicles supported by 150 maintenance ...

By By John G. Smith Published August 3, 2012