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Mizco adds power extender, USB cables to mobile tech line
Mizco’s Tough Tested Dual USB 8-foot Power Extender/Charger and Durable Braided 6-foot USB Cables are built to meet the ever-expanding power, safety, flexibility and utility demands of drivers using today’s smartphones and tablets. The Power Extender – designed to bring the power head to the driver – provides 3.1 amps of power via 2 USB […]
October 12, 2013
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New crane scale from Alliance
Alliance Scale, Inc. introduces its line of fully portable crane scales. Offered from 100 lbs. to 2,000 lbs., Alliance says the crane scales can operate up to 50 hours on a single 9 VDC battery and feature a wireless remote control with 32 ft. range and function keys for power, zero, tare and hold. Suitable […]
October 11, 2013
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Building a business plan for NatGas vehicles
Mark Huff, president of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Tri-Star Construction, started his business in 2003 with just four employees working out of the back of two old pickup trucks. Today, he sits atop a $12 million construction empire with a workforce of more than 75 employees, and a dozen super duty work trucks, seven of which have been […]
October 11, 2013
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Free wheeling: Properly marrying tires and wheels
Fleets in search of better fuel economy have found some solutions in looking at the tires on the trucks. An increasingly popular option is upgrading dual tires to wide-base, but in making any tire or wheel related changes, it’s important to understand that just because the tire or wheel will fit, it may not be […]
October 10, 2013
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Kenworth T880 ready for order
The T880 – Kenworth’s flagship vocational truck – is now available for order, the company announced Tuesday. Introduced at the 2013 Mid-America Trucking Show, Kenworth says the T880 is especially suited for dump, mixer, refuse, and heavy haul applications. RELATED: T880 Test Drive The truck comes standard with the PACCAR MX-13 engine rated up to […]
October 9, 2013
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Honeywell expects turbo charger usage to climb 40% by 2018
Honeywell International is projecting a major bump in turbo charger usage over the next five years. Honeywell, the world’s largest turbo charger manufacturer, is forecasting that the devices that will be installed on nearly 40 percent of vehicles sold globally in 2018, an increase of 67 percent. Honeywell estimates current penetration of turbocharged commercial and passenger […]
October 9, 2013
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Navistar orders highest in 22 months
Pushed by its Cummins powered DuraStar, Navistar announced Tuesday that orders for its Class 6-8 trucks hit their highest level in nearly two years. “(That) strengthens our belief that the ISB (engine) will be the catalyst for improving our medium-duty business,” says Bill Kozek, Navistar president, North America Truck and Parts. “Many of our customers […]
October 8, 2013
Vocational
WORK TRUCK WHOOPS: Shocking set of circumstances
It’s pretty much ingrained in you as a child to look both ways before crossing the street. If you’re a dump truck driver, you should probably know to look both ways, and then up before tilting the load and driving away. And I don’t care what the guy behind the camera says, there’s absolutely no […]
October 8, 2013
Vocational
Help Ford give away a 2014 Super Duty
Ford announced its Top 10 Tough Truck Challenge stories as finalists for a public vote, and is asking for help in picking a winner. The winner of the Tough Truck Challenge will receive a new 2014 Ford F-250 Super Duty. Read each of the 10 stories here and then place your vote for your favorite by […]
October 8, 2013
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Safety tips for Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day
Just in time for this week’s Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems sends along a reminder about being safe on the road along with a few maintenance tips.
October 7, 2013
Vocational
Company completes testing of premium, synthetic diesel fuel
Greyrock Energy said Monday it has completed testing of a premium diesel fuel at an advanced heavy duty diesel engine dynamometer laboratory. “While our fuel meets ASTM diesel fuel specifications, it is important to understand how the fuel performs in today’s heavy duty diesel truck engines,” Dr. Dennis Schuetzle, Greyrock’s Chief Technology Officer, says. “The fuel […]
October 7, 2013
Vocational
Kenworth adds Bendix air bag system to T680
Kenworth announced Friday that its T680 is now available with the Bendix eTrac Air Bag Transfer System for 6×2 axle configurations. The company says the 6×2 configuration saves several hundred pounds by using one ‘live’ rear drive axle instead of two, and eliminating the inter-axle driveline and rear differential. The need for internal gearing in […]
October 4, 2013
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Cummins rolls out new 5 liter diesel engine
Cummins Inc. announced Thursday the launch of a new new 5-liter V8 diesel engine designed to power pickup-and-delivery vehicles, other light- and medium-duty trucks, school buses and motorhomes. “Cummins ISV5.0 creates new opportunities for our OEM customers as a compact and lightweight engine that delivers best-in-class fuel efficiency and total cost of ownership,” says Dave […]
October 4, 2013
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TEST DRIVE: Mack Granite
There are worse ways to spend an Indian summer afternoon in Pennsylvania than behind the wheel of a Mack Granite. With Curtis Dorwart, Vocational Marketing Product Manager for Mack as my co-pilot, I had the opportunity to put this heavy construction truck through the paces on Mack’s text track in Allentown, Penn. Thursday. The Mack […]
October 3, 2013
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Condoleezza Rice to deliver keynote at Work Truck Show
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be the keynote speaker of The Work Truck Show 2014, and will be part of the President’s Breakfast & NTEA Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 6. The Work Truck Show 2014 is held March 5–7, 2014, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. Educational programming, including the Green Truck Summit, begins […]
October 2, 2013
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WORK TRUCK WHOOPS: Cementing your legacy
Any idea why drivers tie down their loads? The guy in this video apparently has no idea. Had our friend with the dash cam been about 30 feet further ahead in traffic, the outcome here is probably a tragic one. [youtube 6Q4ek8Y6uXk nolink]
September 30, 2013
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Altec introduces new boom crane
Altec Industries, Inc. announced Tuesday the launch if its AC45-127S telescopic boom crane, offering best-in-class safety, productivity and operator convenience. “Altec has a customer-focused product development process,” says Matt Trefz, Market Manager for Altec Cranes. “When we began the 45-ton project, customers told us they needed more capacity beyond a 25-foot load radius, a ‘solid’ […]
September 27, 2013
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Rush Enterprises buys dealership group
Rush Enterprises, Inc. announced this morning that it has reached an agreement to purchase Chicago International Trucks, Indy Truck Sales, and Indiana Mack Leasing, LLC, along with the membership interests of Idealease of Chicago, LLC from CIT, Inc. According to our sister site, Successful Dealer, the acquisition includes International commercial truck dealerships and Idealease commercial vehicle rental […]
September 26, 2013
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