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Terry joins Auto Truck Group

Auto Truck Group has hired Steve Terry to serve as Regional Fleet Sales Manager. Terry, a 27-year industry veteran, most recently spent eight years with Williamsen Manufacturing where was Territory Sales Manager, responsible for the sale of commercial, fleet and industrial equipment and parts. Terry also previously held positions FedEx Freight and Parts Plus. “Steve […]

May 1, 2013

Clean Energy announces maintenance design and consulting business

Clean Energy Fuels announced the creation of a new business unit — Facilities Modification Services — to assist fleets in modifying existing and designing new maintenance facilities that service natural gas trucks. The group will work with fleet operators to ensure their maintenance facilities are code-compliant and are able to maximize cost savings and environmental benefits. […]

April 30, 2013

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NCCCO launches truck crane operator certification program

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) has made available a new CCO certification program for service truck crane operators. Although relatively small, these cranes are still engaged in lifting operations covered by OSHA 1926 Subpart CC, which requires operators to be certified or qualified if they are involved with material delivery at construction sites, […]

April 30, 2013

Navistar shipping SCR-equipped MaxxForce 13 engines early

Navistar announced this week it has begun shipping International ProStar units powered by its SCR-equipped MaxxForce 13-liter engines. The first ProStar with an SCR MaxxForce shipped Friday, April 26 — ahead of its original schedule, Navistar says — from plants in Escobedo, Mexico, and Springfield, Ohio. The company announced earlier this month that the engine […]

April 30, 2013

Parker’s Racor Division offers fuel filter assembly

Parker Hannifin’s Racor Division offers a 4-Stage Fuel Filter Assembly for customers interested in adding an additional filter to their system. The package consists of a head assembly with a priming pump and ½-inch fittings, a Racor element and a self-venting drain. The Racor coalescer fuel filter system contains a primary coalescing and a secondary […]

April 26, 2013

Kenworth of Lincoln opens new dealership

Kenworth of Lincoln has opened a full-service dealership at a remodeled facility on property west of Lincoln near the U.S. Interstate 80 and Highway 77 interchange. A member of the Kenworth dealer network of nearly 340 locations in the United States and Canada, Kenworth of Lincoln is located on 24 acres off Exit 396 on […]

April 25, 2013

Kenworth dealer wins 2nd straight Medium Duty Dealer of the Year Award

Repeat winning performances are to be celebrated. Rihm Kenworth nearly doubled its medium duty truck sales last year to help earn the 2012 Kenworth Medium Duty Dealer of the Year award for the United States and Canada, repeating its 2011 winning performance. Rihm Kenworth received the honor at the Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently at […]

April 25, 2013

Volvo formulates transmission fluid for I-Shift

Volvo’s I-Shift transmission fluid is a fully synthetic SAE 75W-80 transmission lubricant engineered specifically for the Volvo I-Shift automated manual transmission. Depending on vehicle and application, the fluid is approved for drain intervals up to 500,000 miles and has been developed to deliver the correct frictional responses, material compatibility and viscosity grade needed for optimized […]

April 24, 2013

PacLease names top-performing franchises

PACCAR Leasing Company (PacLease) recently presented top franchise awards to Rush Truck Leasing – Houston and PacLease Edmonton Kenworth. The awards recognize the top Peterbilt and Kenworth PacLease locations for success in sales and for the effort employees put forth to deliver products and services that meet and exceed customer needs. “Franchise of the Year […]

April 24, 2013

Alabama’s Truckworx named PACCAR MX Engine Dealer of the Year

Truckworx Kenworth – Birmingham was named Kenworth’s 2012 PACCAR MX Engine Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada during the Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently at the PACCAR Engine Company’s manufacturing plant in Columbus, Miss. The award recognizes the Kenworth dealer that excelled in 2012 at assisting customers to specify the PACCAR […]

April 24, 2013

UPS announces major natural gas investment

UPS announced in late April plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. Once completed, UPS’s LNG fleet will be one of the most extensive in the U.S. “LNG will be a viable alternative transportation fuel for UPS in the next decade […]

April 24, 2013

Allstate Peterbilt of Fargo named dealer of the year

Recognized for significant sales growth, operational excellence and exceptional dedication to exceeding customer expectations, Allstate Peterbilt of Fargo, N.D. was named the 2012 North American Dealer of the Year by Peterbilt Motors Company. Dealer principals Don Larson and Jeff Vanthournout accepted the award during the annual Peterbilt Dealer Meeting, held at the PACCAR MX Engine […]

April 23, 2013

Pivotal LNG to supply Tennessee UPS facilities

Pivotal LNG announced that it has entered into an agreement with United Parcel Service to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) for UPS fleet operations in Nashville and Knoxville, Tenn. “We are pleased to enter into this agreement with UPS. One of the benefits we are able to offer our customers is continuity of LNG supply […]

April 23, 2013

Goodyear enhances three truck tire lines

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced enhancements to three tire lines intended to help to help deliver reduced rolling resistance for better fuel efficiency, as well as long miles to removal, on commercial trucks. The G399A LHS Fuel Max, the G572A LHD Fuel Max and the G392A SSD with DuraSeal + Fuel Max wide-base […]

April 23, 2013

Penske receives SmartWay honor for emissions reduction program

Penske Truck Leasing has been named a 2013 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Affiliate Challenge Award winner. As one of seven organizations nationwide to win this award, Penske is the only transportation company to receive this honor. The SmartWay Affiliate Challenge is a national challenge developed by EPA to acknowledge SmartWay Affiliates that have […]

April 23, 2013

Freightliner Custom Chassis and ARBOC Specialty Vehicles announce partnership

Freightliner Custom Chassis will look to expand into the growing paratransit market through an emerging partnership with ARBOC Specialty Vehicles on the co-development of a low-floor rear-engine custom chassis. Through the partnership, which started in fall 2012, FCCC and ARBOC Specialty Vehicles – a custom builder of paratransit vehicles for a variety of applications based […]

April 23, 2013

Schneider expands intermodal service with newly-designed bulk container

Schneider National Bulk Carriers says it is revolutionizing the business of shipping liquid chemicals domestically. The company recently launched a bulk intermodal transportation service using what is says is a new, state-of-the-art, 40-foot tank container that can be used on the rail and over the road to haul liquid bulk chemicals across the United States. […]

April 23, 2013

Mitsubishi Fuso to showcase Canter FE at NAMA OneShow

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America (MFTA) has announced that it will exhibit its new FUSO Canter FE work trucks at the NAMA OneShow in Las Vegas, April 24–26, 2013. The company has been involved in the vending industry for more than a decade and will show its latest cabover route delivery truck — the FUSO […]

April 23, 2013

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