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Test drive: Mack Anthem 6×2 with turbo compounding MP8
The drive was a long 388-mile two-segment run from Memphis to Jackson, Miss., for lunch and then to New Orleans for the night.
October 5, 2018
Trucks
Tips for winterizing your truck before cold weather sets in
Temperatures nationwide are beginning their downward trend and some parts of the country are already seeing snowfall. In extreme temperatures, Petro-Canada Lubricants OEM Technical Liaison Brian Humphrey says lubricants can harden or become too viscous, possibly causing equipment to seize up or fail. “To avoid this situation, fleet managers and owner-operators need to use a lower viscosity oil, one […]
October 4, 2018
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Fatalities involving big trucks rose in 2017, total number of highway deaths slide
The number of fatalities in distracted driving-related crashes was 3,166, or 8.5 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2017.
October 4, 2018
Vocational
Isuzu, Cummins announce plans to work together on ‘power-source business’
The two long-time commercial vehicle giants share a commitment to technology leadership, quality and dependability for our customers and global reach.
October 4, 2018
Business
Isuzu, Cummins exploring joint ‘power-source business’
Isuzu says it has signed a LOI with Cummins to evaluate collaborative opportunities on business. Get details on the possibilities on Commercial Carrier Journal.
October 4, 2018
Business
Test drive: Peterbilt Model 567 Heritage
Peterbilt introduced its Model 567 Heritage two years ago as a throwback to the working trucker and the truck has been a reward truck for top truck drivers.
October 4, 2018
Vocational
Kenworth design director explains differences between new W990 and its predecessor W900L
To help sort out the differences between Kenworth’s new W990 and its popular predecessor the W900L, we talked with Kenworth’s director of design Jonathan Duncan. “The biggest thing is the comfort in the cab and the visibility out the windows,” Duncan explains in the video below which was recorded this past Friday at a press […]
October 3, 2018
Class 3-6
Masterack provides a close-up look at their embossed aluminum shelving
Masterack is next in line during this week’s series of van upfits. Jenn Voelker, Masterack’s director of product engineering at, took us on recent tour of a Ford Transit medium-roof van that her company displayed at Ford’s Vandemonium event in Dearborn, Mich. The van featured the company’s embossed aluminum shelving which is designed to hide […]
October 3, 2018
Class 3-6
Ford earns best MPG ratings on 2019 Ford Transit Connect
Ford announced today that its 2019 Ford Transit Connect Passenger Wagon has earned EPA-estimated best-in-class highway and combined fuel economy. The 2019 Transit Connect Passenger Wagon, which can be converted to a cargo van, has earned EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings of 24 mpg city, 29 mpg highway and 26 mpg combined. These EPA-estimated highway and […]
October 3, 2018
Business
Freight growth continues to push truck order levels to record heights
According to FTR, Q3 of 2018 set an all-time record of Class 8 truck orders. Get the details on the record breaking Class 8 truck order numbers here on CCJ.
October 3, 2018
Trucks
eDriving program guarantees 20 percent collision reduction
eDriving and Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (Munich Re) are offering companies with commercial fleets a driver risk reduction program. eDriving warranties organizations will reduce the number of collisions by at least 20 percent in the first program year or the program fees will be refunded. The risk reduction program includes eDriving’s Mentor program and Munich Re’s Smart Mobility […]
October 2, 2018
Trucks
Amp Americas response to California’s $41M grant to fund fuel cell trucks over renewable natural gas
The State of California recently announced that it was awarding the Port of Los Angeles $41 million through its Zero-Emission and Near Zero-Emission Freight Facilities (ZANZEFF) project. However, despite including ‘near-zero emission’ in its project title, the state has not yet committed to funding near-zero emission trucks, such as those powered by the latest natural […]
October 2, 2018
Class 3-6
Bay Bridge Manufacturing offers P&D upfit amid growing delivery segment
Our next upfitted van this week comes from Bay Bridge Manufacturing located in Bristol, Ind. Patrick McCarthy, business development manager at Bay Bridge, recently showed us his company’s 12-foot parcel delivery van at the Ford Vandemonium event in Dearborn, Mich. “Parcel delivery’s obviously very large,” McCarthy says as company aims to carve out a larger […]
October 2, 2018
Trucks
Livestock truck overturns, cows delay I-285 traffic
Traffic was snarled for hours Monday morning after a livestock truck carrying 89 calves tipped over on the I-285 East ramp at the I-75 interchange in Cobb County, Georgia north of Atlanta. The truck was headed from Florida to northwest Georgia. Eleven cows died in the crash and several dozen were loose and had to be rounded up. […]
October 2, 2018
Business
Used truck prices climb in August
ACT Research says the average price of used Class 8 trucks was flat in August, up 1 percent on a month-over-month basis, but fared better when compared to 2017.
October 2, 2018
Trucks
Dashcam: Pickup load goes flying into the path of a semi
Independent owner-operator Howard Salmon was rolling along, having just come “out of a work zone,” he says, when he noticed a slow pickup ahead pulling a small box trailer. “I was starting to gain speed and thinking about getting into the left lane,” he says, when an apparently unsecured portable building or something else in the […]
October 1, 2018
Class 3-6
Morgan’s new final mile van handles refrigerated, frozen and dry goods
This week we’re taking a closer look at some upfitted vans that were on display at Ford’s recent Vandeomonium event in Dearborn, Mich. First up is Morgan Corporation’s new home delivery van for frozen, refrigerated and dry goods. Tim Stallings, director of bailment & OEMs at Morgan (shown above), gave us a tour of the […]
October 1, 2018
Business
More than 28,000 International trucks affected by two recalls; Continental recalls some commercial tires
Two large recalls from two prominent manufacturers have been issued. Get details of the recalls and other fleet industry news on Commercial Carrier Journal.
October 1, 2018
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