Hardware Report
What's New in: Batteries
Higher performance batteries are popular among truck fleets running large numbers of vehicle electronics and cab accessories. Now, with idling restrictions...
What's New In: Tire Retreads
Having a cost-effective tire program in place, including retreading casings wherever possible, is more important than ever...
What's New In: Air and Coolant filters
Most fleet operators understand the importance of changing filters on a timely basis. While the current trend in air filtration has been toward achieving...
what's new in: Alternators
Truck alternators have had to work harder, not only to keep up with increasing electrical loads in today's trucks and tractors, but also to meet the demands...
what's new in: LED lighting
LED lighting is a lot less expensive today than when it was first introduced to the trucking industry almost 20 years ago. In an exceptionally tough economy,...
What's new in: Wheels
14-in. wheels have really taken off with fleets looking to control costs and improve fuel efficiency by replacing dual tire and wheel assemblies on their tractor-trailer fleets with wide-base singles...
What's new in: Oil filters
The industry leapt its first hurdle in 2007 when stricter emissions regulations went into effect and oil and oil filters had to work harder to remove...
what's new in: Flatbeds
The more weight a trailer manufacturer can take out of a flatbed, the more payload available for fleets. That's the bottom line for truck operators trying...
what's new in: Object detection
Obstacle avoidance for commercial trucks is getting quite sophisticated. Depending on budget and needs, a fleet can now choose anything from basic cameras...
What's New in: Starters
Today's trucks call for more durable starters. That means starters that offer fleets higher duty cycles and can operate in a hotter environment, as well...
What's new in: Onboard scales
Onboard computers are a tough sell in an economic environment where truck operators have to be especially diligent stretching their equipment purchasing...
What's new in: Fifth wheels
Between higher fuel prices and added weight on new vehicles as a result of heavier emissions control equipment, truck operators have become more weight...
What's New In: Refrigeration units
Truck and trailer refrigeration is evolving as new regulations governing the transportation industry tackle the problem of pollution. There are already...
what's new in: Batteries
For today's heavy-duty tractor-trailer fleet, the truck battery is much more than just a tool for starting the engine...
what's new in: LED lighting
For trucking, advances in LED technology have led to steadily increasing product efficiency, longer lifetimes, higher brightness levels and decreasing...
