Equipment

Heavy Haul

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October 2014, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives

Test Drive: Kenworth T880 Heavy-Haul

Smooth styling, roomy cab, projector-beam headlamps and five-piece hood with bolt-on fenders for easy repairs are among the T880’s features. The hood slopes low for good forward and sideward visibility.

By Tom Berg

Heavy haul is one of many tasks that the increasingly popular vocational model has been engineered for.

Tags: Kenworth, Test Drive, Heavy Haul, Kenworth T880, Automated Manual Transmissions

June 2014, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives

Taking the Volvo VNX Heavy-Haul Tractor Out for a Spin

By Tom Berg

Combine the frame from the vocational VHD with the comfort of the VN highway tractor and you have something strong for long hauls.

Tags: Volvo Trucks, Test Drive, Mid-America Trucking Show, Volvo VNX, Heavy Haul, Class 8

January 2013, TruckingInfo.com - Feature

Calculate True Capacity Before Buying Your Next Trailer: Part One

If the payload is a 100,000-pound excavator that’s only 13 feet long, a trailer rated for the entire deck length, or even for 16 feet, won’t be right for the load. The ideal trailer will be one rated at half the deck length.

By Greg Smith, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Talbert Manufacturing

Long before a single load is booked or any wheels turn, someone - usually a fleet manager - needs to determine exactly what is going to separate the road and the load

Tags: Trailers, Talbert, Lowbed, Heavy Haul

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