Jack Roberts (CCJ)BusinessEaton announces increased transmission warrantyPower management company Eaton Corporation has expanded its three-year bundled warranty program for remanufactured transmissions to now include all commercial truck vocations in the U.S. and Canada. Only linehaul applications were covered previously with the bundled program, which extends the basic two-year warranty of a standard Eaton Fuller Reman™ transmission or a FLEX Reman to […]June 20, 2014BusinessAwesome Overdrive: Trucking in 1977If CCJ was trucking publishing’s version of The Beatles back in the ’70s, then Overdrive was its version of The Rolling Stones — darker, edgier and — as this photo gallery shows — far more likely to be drinking, taking drugs and hanging out with hot chicks. Today, CCJ’s sister publication is a respected business […]June 20, 2014BusinessNissan announces new 5-year/100,000 mile commercial van warrantyNissan is announcing what it calls America’s best commercial van warranty on its Light Commercial Vehicles, increasing basic limited warranty coverage from 3 years/36,000 miles to 5 years/100,000 miles, whichever comes first. The powertrain limited warranty has also been extended from 5 years/60,000 miles to 5 years/100,000 miles, whichever comes first. The specific models covered […]June 20, 2014BusinessKenworth redesigns K270 and K370 medium duty trucksThe new Kenworth K270 and K370 cabovers with extensive new exterior and interior enhancements are now available for order. Kenworth’s K270 Class 6 and K370 Class 7 cabovers are for pick-up-and-delivery operations, food and beverage companies, furniture hauling, landscape businesses, and street sweeping and striping, among other applications. The Kenworth cabovers are especially ideal for […]June 19, 2014BusinessMack to offer grant application assistance for alternative fuel customersTo help customers maximize their return on investment, Mack Trucks announced it is now working with an organization to assist dealers and customers navigate through the grant process to obtain public funding for alternative fuel- and clean diesel-powered vehicles. “Mack is a leader in offering customers solutions that improve the total cost of ownership,” said […]June 19, 2014BusinessDaimler achieves SuperTruck efficiency targetsDaimler Trucks North America (DTNA) today announced that it has realized the objectives of its SuperTruck program one year ahead of schedule. Sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), the SuperTruck program is an ambitious five-year research and development initiative focused on improving freight efficiency, reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of Class 8 […]June 19, 2014BusinessMack announces $26 million Macungie plant upgradeMack Trucks today announced a $26 million upgrade of the Macungie Cab & Vehicle Assembly facility in Macungie, PA, that will significantly improve the plant’s efficiency and help it deliver even higher quality trucks to Mack customers. The investment includes a comprehensive realignment of sub-assembly and material handling to more efficiently support the main vehicle […]June 18, 2014BusinessKenworth supports Rod, Hogs and Rigs Show to help elementary schoolDozens of show cars, big rigs, and novelty vehicles recently lined up at Kenworth Sales Company in West Valley City in support of a cause much larger than a 80,000-pound tractor-trailer. The 6th annual “Rods, Hogs & Rigs Extravaganza,” http://www.rodshogsrigs.com/rhr/ included raffles, food, and entertainment along with a car show spanning multiple parking lots. All […]June 18, 2014BusinessDana honored by Hino TrucksDana Holding Corporation announced today that the company has been recognized by Hino Trucks with its Excellence in Quality Improvement Award. Dana accepted the award, which recognizes Dana’s superior improvement in parts-per-million (PPM) defect performance, at Hino’s annual supplier business meeting this month. Dana supplies driveshafts to Hino from assembly facilities in Lima, Ohio, and […]June 18, 2014BusinessCCJ Drive Test: The 2014 Mack TitanIf you went into a lab and boiled down everything Mack trucks has learned and experienced over the past 114 years to its purest essence – everything battlefield Macks have fought on, every jobsite, every bridge, dam and highway they’ve helped build, you’d probably come away with a truck very close to the 2014 Mack […]June 17, 2014Previous PagePage 31 of 151Next PageTop StoriesCybersecurityNMFTA warns of Chinese components in trucking technologyThe trucking industry's expanded digitization increases its potential for cybercrime, and China could be a key threat to the U.S. via technology in transportation.BusinessKandel Transport acquired by Nagle CompaniesBusinessMarten Transport CEO stepping down, Randy Marten to returnRegulationsU.S. 'pausing' work visas for commercial truck driversFeatured SponsorCargo theft is on the rise. Learn strategies to protect your trucks, trailers and freight.
