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CCJ Photo Gallery: Caterpillar launches its CT681 on-highway truck
Join Executive Editor Jack Roberts as he visits Caterpillar’s Edwards Proving Ground outside of Peoria, IL, for a look at Cat equipment and the company’s newest truck, the set-forward axle CT681 vocational model.
November 10, 2014
Business
Q&A: Ken Calhoun on the industry’s technician crisis
Both in his role at Truck Centers of Arkansas, and through his work with the Technology and Maintenance Council, Ken Calhoun has emerged as a leading voice calling for fundamental change in how the trucking industry recruits, trains, promotes and retains technicians.
November 10, 2014
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Vocational
Honey Badger Heavy Duty Rear Bumpers
Ford Super Duty bumper doubles as lockable toolbox Addictive Desert Designs (ADD) new rear bumper displayed at the 2014 SEMA Show drew a lot of attention and was awarded the Best new Truck accessory by GM. ADD says their newest truck offering is “as fierce as its namesake: the Honey Badger.” The new rear bumper, sold on […]
November 9, 2014
Vocational
Ingersoll Rand Cordless Right-Angle Impact Wrench
Ergonomic design of the IR W5330 gets into those hard-to-reach spaces The W5330 Cordless Right Angle Impactool from Ingersoll Rand an innovative new tool designed for the vehicle service and industrial markets. Its slim, right angle design combined with 180ft-lbs. of reactionless torque provide versatility and comfort for the technician while delivering incredible power to […]
November 7, 2014
Class 3-6
Westport launches new stocking program to cut customer wait times
Westport is launching a new stocking program that will see its natural gas vehicles available at select Ford dealerships across the United States.
November 7, 2014
Vocational
Parting Shots: 2014 SEMA Show – Gallery 3
It’s a wrap at the 2014 SEMA Show. At least for the Hard Working Truck staff. We logged a tad over 20 miles hoofing along isle after isle of aftermarket accessories and products at the Las Vegas Convention Center along with some 130,000 other journalists, buyers and sellers of of cool stuff from around the […]
November 6, 2014
Business
Company culture the key to minimizing roadside inspections, says Keppler
While many fleets look at the roadside inspections as an unwanted hassle, Keppler defends their use, noting that roadsides works to ensure consistent compliance with both state and federal regulations. He also said a fleet’s safety record has a lot to do with its attitude and culture.
November 6, 2014
Business
Navistar restructuring leadership, COO Jack Allen retiring
Truck and engine maker Navistar announced Nov. 6 it is restructuring its senior leadership team and that its Chief Operating Officer Jack Allen is retiring after 33 years with the company and a year and a half as COO.
November 6, 2014
Business
CCJ Fall Symposium speakers talk engaging drivers, upcoming regulations, roadside inspections, industry image and more
Inspections, driver productivity, regulatory outlook and updates on technology and equipment trends highlight CCJ’s Fall Symposium sessions. Here’s full coverage of the event and its topics.
November 6, 2014
Vocational
SEMA Show 2014 Day 2: Photo Gallery
An estimated 130,000 attendees are walking the massive exhibit halls at the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, among them the editors of Hard Working Trucks. It’s the end of day 2 of three we’ll spend here at the SEMA Show 2014. So far we’ve hoofed just more than 16 miles – and we’ve only […]
November 6, 2014
Business
CCJ’s 2014 Fall Symposium starts today: Here’s how to follow live
CCJ’s annual Fall Symposium starts today, and sessions will be held during the next two days on minimizing roadside inspection violations, connecting with drivers via modern technology, working through an industry-wide technician shortage and improving driver productivity, along with 2015 outlooks for regulations and the economy.
November 6, 2014
Vocational
Fontaine bringing twin-steer suspension to U.S.
Fontaine Modification Vocational Services says it has partnered with Canadian-based Simard Suspensions to install and distribute Simard’s patented AMS twin-steer front suspension products in the United States and Mexico. Fontaine is the first post-production installer to complete a long-term working relationship with Simard, offering their tandem steering suspensions that can significantly increase a vehicle’s load capacity […]
November 5, 2014
Class 3-6
Ford Transit, Transit Connect being recalled
Ford has announced a safety recall for certain 2014 Transit Connect vehicles in North America for fuel and vapor line routing issue. Approximately 27,600 2014 Ford Transit Connect vehicles in North America are being recalled for potentially incorrect fuel and vapor line routing. If the lines are routed incorrectly, they may rub together, possibly causing […]
November 5, 2014
Business
Volvo gears up: How the truck maker’s Adaptive Gearing stretches fuel economy
This week, CCJ’s Jack Roberts was with Volvo at the company’s North American Class 8 truck plant in New River Valley, Va., to check out this new fuel enhancement concept and see additional 2016 VNL features.
November 5, 2014
Business
Coming Crunch, Part 2: Trucking’s technician shortage compounded by ever-evolving truck technology
As if things aren’t bad enough, today’s trucking industry finds itself on the cusp of another revolution – an exponential leap forward in terms of new technology that will power trucks. Over the next five years, new trucks will begin transforming into rolling computers, while many technicians today aren’t able to diagnose and work on current high-tech vehicle systems
November 5, 2014
Business
Peterbilt announced special edition Model 389 dubbed ‘Pride & Class’
Peterbilt unveiled Nov. 4 a new special edition Model 389, the Pride & Class edition, which the truck maker says has a has a “customized, show-truck-ready look.”
November 4, 2014
Business
Public overwhelmingly says it would feel ‘less safe’ sharing road with driverless trucks
The general public may not be as open to autonomous or “driverless” trucks as fleets may be, if a recent survey is any indication.
November 4, 2014
Business
Video, Twitter log: Test driving Volvo’s adaptive gearing technology
CJ Equipment Editor Jack Roberts is in Virginia this week to test drive Volvo’s new Adaptive Gearing feature. Here’s a video log from his drive, followed by tweets from Volvo’s introduction of the new feature.
November 4, 2014
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