Trucks: Page 406

FleetPride acquires Catco Parts & Service

FleetPride Inc., a retailer of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, announced on Monday, June 4, that it has acquired the assets of Clutch and Transmission Service Inc., which operates as Catco Parts & Service. This acquisition, terms of which were not released, includes 18 locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Illinois. Catco […]

June 4, 2012

Minimizer fenders sold on Cat heavy-duty equipment

Minimizer announced that select Cat distributorships have begun selling Minimizer fenders for their heavy-duty tractors and trailers. Butler Cat of Rapid City, S.D., recently held a breakfast open house to showcase the distributor’s tractors and trailers sporting the Minimizer liquid platium fenders. More than 500 people were in attendance. “Frankly, it’s a no-brainer,” says Dave […]

June 4, 2012

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Bergstrom launches ‘Just Right with Nite’ vacation giveaway

Bergstrom Inc. and Webasto Product North America recently announced that the Webasto Air Top 2000 ST auxiliary heater is available with Bergstrom’s family of battery-powered Nite no-idle systems through Bergstrom’s aftermarket distributors and truck dealers in the United States and Canada. To promote the partnership, Bergstrom is giving away a destination vacation for one Nite […]

June 4, 2012

Beware of overheated and underinflated tires

Trying to get the most out of your fleet’s tires? Remember that heat is tire enemy number 1 and that heat and under-inflated tires are a bad, bad combination. An article in the Saturday Evening Post stated that 80 percent of all tire failures were related to under-inflated tires. The article appeared in 1928. […]

June 4, 2012

Cummins’ Zwicker elected to MERA board

Shawn Zwicker, general manager of ReCon Europe and Joint Ventures for Cummins Inc., has been elected as the newest member of the Motor & Equipment Remanufacturers Association board of directors. The MERA board now includes 16 leaders in the remanufacturing industry. Zwicker has more than 20 years of plant manufacturing experience with both original equipment […]

June 2, 2012

Bendix honors platinum distributors

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has recognized outstanding achievement in its Premier Distributor Program, a channel partner program established in 2007. This year, Bendix honored 39 companies that have earned the program’s highest ranking of platinum. Distributors achieving platinum status represent the top 10 percent of companies in the Bendix independent aftermarket distributor network, which covers […]

June 2, 2012

Quantum delivers plug-in F-150 to Florida Power & Light

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide announced that it has delivered the first pilot version of its plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) F-150 pickup truck to Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), in association with Dow Kokam, the lithium-ion battery system supplier for the PHEV F-150. “We are pleased to announce the first delivery of this exciting […]

June 1, 2012

Baldwin Filters plant receives safety award

Baldwin Filters’ Gothenburg plant recently was recognized by the Nebraska Safety Council, a nonprofit organization that provides leadership and resources to promote safe and healthy work environments across Nebraska. Baldwin received the Safety Spirit Award for 2011, which is presented to facilities based on their training activities, safety committee activities, sustainability, current year statistics and […]

June 1, 2012

Eaton enhancing commercial hybrid power systems

Eaton Corp. on Thursday, May 31, announced a number of enhancements designed to increase the fuel economy, performance and payback of its hybrid power system for commercial vehicles, including a new high-capacity battery, a new single-phase 115-volt AC Auxiliary Power Generator (APG), a higher-capacity clutch to expand applications up to 860 lb.-ft. of torque, and […]

May 31, 2012

Hundreds qualified for Yokohama Tire’s SmartSolution program

Yokohama Tire Corp. announced that its new SmartSolution Certified Dealer Program introduced in March already has several hundred service providers as qualified members. By the end of the year, the number is expected to be more than a thousand individual locations across the country, says Rick Phillips, Yokohama’s director of commercial sales. “The SmartSolution Certified […]

May 31, 2012

Mahle Clevite updates Cummins catalog

Mahle Clevite announced it has introduced a new Cummins catalog including more than 230 new part numbers and expanded market coverage. The catalog – with instructions and technical information supported in English, Spanish and French – is available for PDF download on www.mahle-aftermarket.com and also in the heavy-duty section of Launchpad (a portal of eCatalogs. […]

May 30, 2012

Horton Holding receives Paw of Approval Award

Horton Holding Inc. has been honored with the Paw of Approval Award for extraordinary accomplishments in CO2 reductions. Given annually to a local Minnesota business, the 2012 award was presented at the Be Cool event hosted by Polar Bears International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to polar bear conservation, and by the Como Zoo and its […]

May 30, 2012

Interstate charges up new AGM battery

Interstate Batteries’ 31-AGM7 extreme absorbed glass-mat battery with the company’s Pure Matrix Power produces 400 cycles at 80 percent depth of discharge. Pure Matrix Power is a combination of pure non-alloy lead and an extra thin plate design; the pure lead without the impurities of alloyed lead and the increased surface area of the thinner […]

May 29, 2012

Alliance rolls out air hose line

Alliance Truck Parts now offers coiled and straight air hose assemblies, gladhands and related accessories for Class 6-8 heavy-duty trucks. The air hoses are engineered to perform in temperatures down to -40 degrees Fahrenheit and feature heavy-gauge spring guards to protect against kinks. Optional features include colored anti-kink gladhand grips and an extended brass handle […]

May 29, 2012

Phillips adds territory sales managers

Phillips Industries announced the addition of three new territory sales managers: Nick Chelman in the Southeast, Thomas Lewis in the South Atlantic region, and Kent Crymes in the Southern region. Chelman has spent his career in the commercial vehicle industry, most recently as hydraulic cylinder/track rebuild shop supervisor with Kelly Tractor Co. of Miami. Previously, […]

May 29, 2012

IC Bus launches lifestyle marketing campaign

Navistar Inc. announced that the IC Bus brand launched a new marketing campaign for its school and commercial bus portfolio. The category-defining campaign recognizes the people who drive, ride, maintain, build and put their children on the bus every day while highlighting IC Bus’ design, engineering and service. “The new marketing vision sets IC Bus […]

May 28, 2012

Brenntag names Happel DEF business director

Brenntag North America Inc. has named Bret Happel as the division’s DEF business director, where he will lead the company’s DEF business in both the United States and Canada. His responsibilities include oversight of more than 30 DEF rail terminals and 120 locations throughout North America that distribute jugs, drums, totes, mini-bulk and full truckloads […]

May 28, 2012

Thomas Built names Edgerly VP/operations

Caley Edgerly has been named vice president of operations for Thomas Built Buses, where he will oversee two bus body plants, a chassis plant, a component fabrication plant and related logistics operations, including more than one million square feet of facilities and more than 1,000 employees. Edgerly, who joined Detroit Diesel in 1994, previously served […]

May 28, 2012

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Two rail carriers join forces, go after Memphis to Nashville truck freight

CN and CSX are looking to develop a new intermodal service into Nashville that replaces an existing trucking leg from Memphis into Music City.

International And Plus Ai Fleet Trials Autonomous Truck

International kicks off self-driving truck trials with fleets

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How fleets can protect themselves from cyber criminals

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Knight-Swift backs rail mega merger

Cargo theft is on the rise. Learn strategies to protect your trucks, trailers and freight.

Cargo theft is on the rise. Learn strategies to protect your trucks, trailers and freight.

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