SCE buys 50 Kenworth LNG trucks 

Westport Innovations Inc. has announced that Southern Counties Express (SCE) has placed an initial order for 50 Kenworth LNG T800 Class 8 trucks...

International rolls out Paystar 5900i  

International introduced the PayStar 5900i set-back axle (SBA) at the Conexpo-Con/Agg show...

Xtra to sell off trailers 

Xtra Lease has announced it will sell hundreds of trailers from the company’s U.S. and Canada rental locations...

ArvinMeritor goes off-road 

ArvinMeritor announced the re-establishment of its off-highway original equipment and aftermarket components business...

Bridgestone brings on/off radial to U.S. 

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT) announced it is now offering the Bridgestone M775 on/off-highway drive radial...

Western Star touts 80,000-lb. hauler 

Western Star Trucks has paired its 6900 XD truck with J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers’ heavy-duty dump body...

Mack Titan handles the heavy loads 

Mack Trucks has introduced a new heavy-hauler powered by a 605-hp. 16-liter engine...

Michelin debuts on-/off radial 

Michelin Americas Truck Tires has released the X One XZY3, an on-/off-road all-position radial tire the company said offers weight and fuel savings...

Hendrickson rolls out Softek 

Hendrickson Truck System Group has launched production of its lighter weight Softek front steer suspension and axle system...

Workhorse adds PTO option 

Workhorse Custom Chassis is now offering a power take-off (PTO) for walk-in trucks built on its heavy-duty W62 diesel chassis....

Allied partners with Bridgestone Firestone, Bandag 

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. has announced that Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT) and Bridgestone Bandag, LLC will be its preferred tire suppliers...

One percent idling: A fleet success story 

Xpedx, a division of International Paper, is meeting company's idle reduction goals...

Vipar aims for work truck business 

Vipar Heavy Duty has announced it will expand into the commercial vehicle equipment market...

GE waiving $50 bills 

GE’s Trailer Fleet Services unit announced that it is waiving damage re-bills under $50 on returned trailers....

Hendrickson releases light-weight suspension system 

Hendrickson has released the Intraax AANL 23K low-ride/liftable integrated trailer suspension system, the company’s lightest 23,000-lb. capacity suspension system--75 lbs. lighter than the Intraax AAL 23K...

International talks up technology 

As Steve Guillaume, gm of medium truck group for International Truck and Engine Corp., sees it, market leadership is built on cost, service and technology. “We take great pride that...

Sterling adds ISL engine 

Sterling Truck Corp. announced the availability of a new engine from Cummins for vocational applications at the National Truck Equipment Assns. (NTEA) Work Truck Show in Atlanta this week...

Dodge details commercial upgrades  

Declaring Chrysler was not letting up on its "commercial vehicle market offensive," Joe Veltri, director of truck product marketing, described a range of enhancements to all Dodge commercial vehicles...

Eaton scores its biggest hybrid order 

Coca-Cola Enterprises will purchase 120 new hybrid beverage-delivery trucks this year—all powered by Eaton’s hybrid electric drivetrain system...

Ford rolls big and small at NTEA 

Ford revealed its 2009 E-Series full-size van yesterday alongside the direct-from-Europe Ford Transit Connect compact van...

Rostra releases parking system 

Rostra Precision Controls, Inc. has introduced the ParkPilot Ultrasonic Smart Parking System...

Racor releases CCV heater kit 

Racor, a division of Parker Hannifin Corp., has introduced closed crankcase ventilation (CCV) heater kits, an optional accessory for engines operating in extreme weather....

CARB and 49-state APUs offered 

RigMaster Power Corp. has announced the expansion of its APU product line with two distinct APU models, the T4 CARB-compliant model and the T2 model for trucks that do not intend to travel to California...

Still rolling despite tough market 

Though sales are down and raw material costs are up, tire makers still think opportunities abound in the North American trucking industry as fleets strive to re-examine every cost in their operations...

Grant funds available via Cascade Sierra 

Cascade Sierra Solutions recently announced a new grant opportunity aimed at reducing diesel particulate emissions from heavy-duty diesel trucks that drive over 40,000 miles annually in California. ...

Mactac releases new adhesives 

Mactac, a supplier of pressure-sensitive adhesives, has introduced the Macmark Iridescent Lustres 6400 Series, designed to provide greater shine to vehicle graphics shine....

Horton debuts new medium-duty fan drive 

Horton Inc. has introduced the EC600 electromagnetic on/off fan drive, which it said features 1500 in./lbs. out-of-box torque, compared to the 850 in./lbs. torque rating for its EC450 fan drive...

Dorsey opts for Bendix  

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has inked a long-term deal with Dorsey Trailer that makes the Bendix TABS-6 (Trailer ABS) and SR-5 spring brake relay valve standard equipment on all Dorsey trailers...

Saving green by going green 

Being more environmentally conscious has long been heralded as beneficial to the earth, but it can also be beneficial to fleets’ bottom line....

Peterbilt hybrids eligible for tax credit 

Peterbilt has announced its Model 335 Class 7 and Model 330 Class 6 hybrid electric trucks are eligible for the federal government’s tax credit of up to $12,000 for heavy-duty hybrids purchased in the U.S. ...

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