Equipment

Meritor has introduced a new line of heavy-haul planetary axles for specialty applications, including oil field, logging and mining. The P600 Series, which includes the P610 and P614, are available in tandem and tridem configurations. They use common components from other Meritor axles, allowing for reduced lead times and quicker customer deliveries....More

INDIANAPOLIS. Mack Trucks is making its Body Builder manuals available for free to body builders as downloads from www.MackTrucks.com. The documents, found under the “Parts and Services” tab of the website, offers general chassis information for Mack trucks, including the Mack Pinnacle, Mack Granite and Mack TerraPro models, built from 2010 through the present. Additional electrical and programming documents have been added for 2013 and beyond, and are separately listed....More

Ford Motor Co. plans to relocate production of its revamped 2016 model F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks from Mexico to the OEM’s assembly plant in Cleveland, OH, in early 2015 as part of a long-awaited shift announced three years ago. The automaker added that its redesigned 2016 medium-duty trucks are expected to go on sale in the spring of 2015....More

INDIANAPOLIS. Goodyear has introduced two new tires for construction, dump, cement mixers and other mixed-service fleets. Both tires will be available with or without the company’s exclusive DuraSeal technology and will be available this summer....More