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Yokohama rolls out ultrawide-base drive tires
Yokohama’s 902L long-haul/regional ultrawide-base drive tire, available in size 445/50R22.5, is designed for added traction and high mileage, with a 27/32-inch tread depth built for extreme driving conditions such as snow and ice. The tire features an advanced rubber compound that helps lower rolling resistance and reduce heat buildup, and seven circumferential grooves engineered to […]
March 13, 2014
Business
New Bridgestone tire designed for severe vocational applications
Bridgestone Commercial Solutions has introduced its newest rib-type all-position tire, the Bridgestone M854, ideal for severe on/off highway applications. The wide base radial, specially fabricated for the construction and refuse markets, meets the tough environment demands of dump trucks, cement mixers, bulk carrier equipment and logging applications. “Construction, logging and refuse fleets travel on loose […]
March 6, 2014
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The new Volvo VNL’s features and trim levels are available to examine interactively. Volvo Trucks has developed a new state-of-the-art online configurator exclusively for VNL models. The configurator provides detailed information on the features and benefits of each trim level and cab option, as well as a 360-degree view of the truck inside and out.
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Business
Goodyear unveils two new commercial truck tires at the Work Truck Show
Goodyear unveiled two new commercial truck tires at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, Ind. this week aimed at the construction segment. The new Goodyear G731 MSA and G751 MSA mixed-service tires are expected to be available in May and include DuraSeal Technology, a gel-like rubber built into the tire’s casing that seals nail-hole punctures […]
March 6, 2014
Business
Q&A: Mobil Delvac talks natural gas, next-gen oil
Prior to the Technology Maintenance Council’s annual Meeting, CCJ talked to Lilo Hurtado, applications engineer, ExxonMobil Fuels and Lubricants, about natural gas engine oil and the upcoming introduction of the low viscosity oil category.
March 5, 2014
Business
Respect, don’t neglect: Belts, hoses deserve as much TLC as any complex component
Today’s sophisticated vehicle systems receive the lion’s share of attention, and while some of those high-maintenance items can be aggravating when they fail, the vehicle still might remain operable to some degree.
March 4, 2014
Business
TireStamp boosts intelligent TPMS alert capabilities
TireStamp has added a unique and higher level of intelligence to each of its TireVigil TPMS products. This new concept, branded as INTELLAlerting, provides superior visibility of tire problems when they are occurring as well as when they are being corrected. It sends tire alerts only to personnel who can actually take action based on […]
February 26, 2014
Business
Doran Manufacturing celebrates 60 years
Doran Manufacturing, LLC announce the completion of 60 years in business. Doran has been in business since 1953 and provided transportation safety products since the early 1970s. In addition to providing tire pressure monitoring systems for truck fleets, mining/off-road vehicles, RVs, bus fleets and motorcycles, Doran produces LED/incandescent Exterior Light Monitors and Sleeping Child Check […]
February 14, 2014
Maintenance
Continental launches trailer tire for trailing axle
Continental Truck Tires designed its Conti EcoPlus HT3 trailer tire for the trailing axle to help provide greater fuel efficiency, long service life and retreadability. A fuel-efficient tread design features four longitudinal grooves and a reduced void area. The pyramid-shaped triangular bars in the base of the tread grooves help stabilize the tire against flexing […]
February 7, 2014
Business
Double Coin Tire opens West Coast distribution center
Double Coin Tires and CMA announced the grand opening of their new west coast distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The new distribution center recently completed its final phase of construction located at the intersection of 8th Street and Vineyard Avenue in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. The center will support the dealer and end user […]
February 5, 2014
Business
Hino donates truck to tornado-ravaged tech center
Hino Trucks recently donated a cab-over truck to Canadian Valley Technology Center, a vocational school located outside of Oklahoma City. As a result of the May 31, 2013 El Reno tornado, CV Tech lost several vehicles that were used as teaching tools in various repairrelated programs. Three large diesel trucks were destroyed within the Diesel […]
January 29, 2014
Business
Double Coin announces Tire Dealer mobile app
Double Coin Tires and CMA announced the launch of a new Double Coin Tires mobile application available for Apple iPhone and Android smartphones. The free Double Coin Tires mobile application uses GPS (Global Positioning System) offers multiple capabilities including the ability to search for Double Coin dealership locations within a user’s geographic location as well as a specified […]
January 29, 2014
Business
Kenworth 2014 Dealer Council to focus on superior customer support
Kenworth Truck Company has named its 2014 Kenworth Dealer Council members. Leading executives from among the more than 345 Kenworth dealerships in the United States and Canada serve on the prominent council. The council works with Kenworth to enhance and promote the trucking industry’s strongest dealer network in a continuing effort to provide superior customer […]
January 21, 2014
Business
Arsenault Associates brings Audit Trail to fleet maintenance
Arsenault Associates has a new Audit Trail option for Dossier, its fleet maintenance management software. The new feature provides a history of all transactions in Dossier, including who did what and when.
January 16, 2014
Business
Kenworth issues recall for some ’14 model trucks; Freightliner issues for some ’13, ’14 Cascadias
Certain Kenworth models manufactured between July and December of 2013 may have a tail light defect, while Freightliner Cascadias made between December 2012 and November 2013 could have faulty wiring in their electronically controlled air suspension.
January 14, 2014
Business
Yokohama Tire COO Hamya shares thoughts on state of tire industry
Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) is on a roll. First, it celebrated a landmark year in 2013 with the groundbreaking of its brand new commercial plant in West Point, Mississippi and this year, the company is set to have a record year with the number of product launches it has planned to satisfy customer demand. In […]
January 13, 2014
Business
Goodyear moves to expand retread network citing uptick in demand
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has expanded its Goodyear Authorized Retread network with the addition of Colonial Tire Distributors, a Richmond, Va.-based firm that serves trucking fleets with new Goodyear commercial truck tires, Goodyear retreads, and other products and services. Colonial Tire Distributors, a subsidiary of Colonial Truck Company, which was founded in 1966, […]
January 8, 2014
Business
Doran TPMS to integrate with Omnitracs’ MCP
Doran Manufacturing announced the integration of its Doran 360 tire pressure monitoring system with Omnitracs’ Mobile Computing Platforms (MCP50, MCP110 and MCP200).
December 17, 2013
Business
Goodyear strengthens commitment to Oklahoma market
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has added a new Commercial Tire & Service Center to its network. The Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Center in Tulsa, Okla., reaffirms Goodyear’s commitment to Oklahoma, according to Paul Wanstreet, president of Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Centers. The Tulsa store’s opening follows the opening of a Goodyear […]
December 17, 2013
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