April 2018, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
International’s new LT highway tractor may look much like the 11-year-old ProStar it replaces, but the resemblance is barely skin deep.
Tags: Class 8, International Trucks, Test Drive, Sleepers
March 2018, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jack Roberts
Volvo’s new VNX heavy-haul tractor is a perfect example of the trend to blend cutting edge tech with tough. It’s a truck that leverages all of Volvo’s latest technologies with a robust frame, high-horsepower engines, and 125,000 GCWR. Jack Roberts has first impressions.
Tags: Volvo Trucks, Test Drive, Heavy Haul, Regional Haul
February 2018, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jack Roberts
Mack’s LR model features high-powered, smart hydraulics and finely-tuned details to help refuse fleets move trash fast. Jack Roberts takes it for a test drive.
Tags: Mack Trucks, Test Drive, Refuse Fleets
February 2018, TruckingInfo.com - Department
By Jim Park
Originally released in China as the ISG, the upcoming Cummins X12 diesel engine has been 90% re-engineered for North America. And it works like a charm.
Tags: Cummins, Diesel Engines, Cascadia, Test Drive, Engines
January 2018, TruckingInfo.com - Department
By Jim Park
Chanje's electric cargo van will certainly have great appeal among delivery fleets concerned with their carbon footprint, but at the end of the day it's a big, nicely setup delivery van that just happens to be electric.
Tags: Cargo Vans, Test Drive, Battery-Electric Vehicles, Chanje Energy, Full-Size Vans
December 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
By HDT Staff
2017 was a big year for new equipment with major manufacturers introducing brand new flagship trucks, concept vehicles, and even a few electric vehicles and HDT was there to test drive and report on these trucks with in-depth videos. Here are 10 of the most watched videos from 2017.
Tags: Video Series, Test Drive, New Vehicles, Tesla Semi
December 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jack Roberts
The new International HX Series severe-duty tractor resembles the PayStar it replaces but it has a tough, no-nonsense stance and a quiet and ergonomic interior - much like International's other new trucks, the LT and RH.
Tags: WorkStar, Severe Duty, International Trucks, Test Drive, Quick Spin
December 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
With the industry’s appetite for smaller-displacement engines on the rise, International’s new A26 is nicely sized, and well positioned to pick up a good chunk of the company’s truckload carrier business.
Tags: Diesel Engines, International Trucks, Test Drive
November 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
There will be no mistaking an Anthem when you see one coming down the road. Mack has dumped the conservative Pinnacle set-back axle model in favor of this show-stopper, writes Jim Park in this Test Drive.
Tags: Class 8, Mack Trucks, Test Drive
October 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
There’s much to like about Volvo’s new VNL lineup. Drivers will like the solid handling and comfortable environment, while fleet owners will be happy with the fuel efficiency.
Tags: Volvo Trucks, Class 8, Test Drive, Volvo VNL
October 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jack Roberts
International has revamped its stand-out LoneStar highway tractor with a perfect blend of modern amenities and Old School style. HDT's Jack Roberts got a sneak peek, and here are his first on-the-road impressions.
Tags: LoneStar, International Trucks, Test Drive, Quick Spin
September 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jack Roberts
Volvo took everything it has learned about tractor aerodynamics, powertrains and driver comfort and safety over the past 20 years and distilled those lessons into the new Volvo VNL. Find out what Jack Roberts thinks of it after a test drive.
Tags: Volvo Trucks, Class 8, Fuel Efficiency, Test Drive, New Vehicles, Volvo VNL
October 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jack Roberts
ZF's Reax is a smart, electronic control system that takes input data from various sensors around the vehicle, including the driver, and either loosens, or tightens steering response based on what the truck is doing and what the driver needs in terms of steering inputs to do it safely.
Tags: Driver Comfort, ZF, Autonomous Vehicles, Steering, Driver Safety, Test Drive
August 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
Paccar is the latest North American truck manufacturer to bring a proprietary automated transmission to market. HDT's Jim Park got a sneak preview of the new 12-speed Paccar Automated Transmission ahead of its official launch. Here are his driving impressions.
Tags: Kenworth, Paccar, Transmissions, Test Drive, Automated Manual Transmissions
July 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
The new VNR line up from Volvo Trucks North America is everything a driver and a fleet could want in an urban or short haul tractor, and then some.
Tags: Volvo Trucks, Test Drive, Regional Haul, Volvo VNR
June 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jack Roberts
Volvo blends real-world work demands and cutting edge technology together seamlessly in its new VNR vocational daycab tractors. HDT Senior Editor Jack Roberts files this report from North Carolina with his first driving impressions of the new regional truck.
Tags: Volvo Trucks, Test Drive, Vocational Trucks, Regional Haul
April 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
What you can see of Volvo’s SuperTruck vehicle is pretty spectacular, though fairly plain at heart. It’s what you can’t see that stirs the imagination. Equipment Editor Jim Park explains in this first-person Test Drive.
Tags: Volvo Trucks, Test Drive, SuperTruck
April 2017, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
A forward-set steer axle is usually a way to stretch truck’s wheelbase to meet weight-distribution laws in so-called bridge states, but the styling of Kenworth’s new vocational T880S has sparked interest from non-vocational users.
Tags: Kenworth, Test Drive, T880, Vocational Trucks
December 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
Quietness and driver-inspired interior amenities are the prime virtues of International’s recently introduced LT series tractor.
Tags: International Trucks, Test Drive, Driver Comfort
November 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
From the November Issue of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine, equipment editor Jim Park test drives the new Freightliner Cascadia. Daimler loaded up this truck with some amazing technology and created an environment drivers will love.
Tags: Freightliner, Freightliner Cascadia, New Vehicles, Test Drive
October 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
The Pinnacle-pulled rig weighed close to 80,000 pounds. So how did it pull the hills at such low engine speeds? With 1,860 lb-ft of torque, and with no more speed loss than one would find with higher revving engines.
Tags: Mack Trucks, Automated Manual Transmissions, mDrive, Downspeed, Test Drive
August 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
Peterbilt Motors’ Model 567 Heritage combines a rugged-looking vocational truck with special exterior and interior trim that harkens back to the company’s West Coast origins and days of the “large car.”
Tags: Peterbilt, Test Drive, Model 567
August 2016, TruckingInfo.com - WebXclusive
By Tom Berg
Not all trash trucks are born alike. The model LET2 CC is a rather roomy example in a world where most refuse trucks seat two, or three in a pinch. Senior Editor Tom Berg offers his hands-on impressions.
Tags: CCC, Test Drive, Refuse Fleets
July 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Department
By Tom Berg
Even with a roomy sleeper, this T680 scales at just 14,200 pounds, making heavy payloads possible.
Tags: Kenworth, Test Drive, T680, Lightweighting
July 2016, TruckingInfo.com - WebXclusive
By Jim Park
As engine platforms go, Cummins' ISX has to be considered slightly remarkable. It survived the transition to EGR and then to SCR aftertreatment -- while several other engines did not -- and it's still very much alive and kicking today.
Tags: Cummins, Cummins ISX, Engines, Test Drive
June 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
What does it take for a pickup to be considered “American”? Nissan is a Japanese company, but its Titan XD is American all the way through.
Tags: Pickup Trucks, Nissan, Nissan Titan, Test Drive
May 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Department
By Tom Berg
If you found Ford’s previous F-650 and F-750 useful, comfortable and easy to drive, you’ll feel the same way about the new generation.
Tags: Medium-Duty Trucks, Ford, Ford F-650, Test Drive
March 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
This ‘Baby 8’ Kenworth T370 has serious carrying capacity, with a midrange-size
powertrain that performs well but saves money and weight.
Tags: Kenworth, T370, Test Drive
January 2016, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
The beefed-up chassis puts the new truck between ½-ton and ¾-ton pickups,
but the star for now is Cummins power.
Tags: Pickup Trucks, Nissan, Test Drive, Nissan Titan XD
December 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
Truckers who used to crave a long-nose Pete with a big-bore engine might be surprised by Paccar’s new smaller powerhouse.
Tags: Paccar, Peterbilt, Test Drive, MX-11
December 2015, TruckingInfo.com - WebXclusive
By Jim Park
First revealed at the Mid-America Trucking Show in March, Dana's Dual Range Disconnect drive axle system gives users the fuel savings of a downsped 6x2 drivetrain and the traction and performance of a conventional 6x4 setup. How's that possible you ask?
Tags: Dana Spicer, Downspeed, 6x2, Test Drive
November 2015, TruckingInfo.com - WebXclusive
By Jim Park
The T880 was introduced a few years ago but in just six short months, orders for the new vocational platform overtook its worthy predecessor, the T800. In the heavy duty market, that's quite remarkable.
Tags: Kenworth, Ultimate Test Drive, T880, Vocational Trucks, Test Drive
October 2015, TruckingInfo.com - WebXclusive
By Jim Park
True zero-emissions freight transportation is closer to reality than you might think. A California-based technology company called TransPower USA has five Class 8 tractors in service now working out of the Port of Long Beach. Jim Park takes one for a drive in this Focus On... video.
Tags: Test Drive, Battery-Electric Vehicles, TransPower
October 2015, TruckingInfo.com - WebXclusive
By Jim Park
We got a sneak preview of the MX-11 in a Kenworth T880 dump truck while at the Eaton Proving Grounds in Marshall Michigan - the one with the dirt track with grades of 20% and worse.
Tags: Paccar, Vocational, Test Drive, Paccar MX Engine
August 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
A dual-turbo V-6 makes Ford’s new Euro-style cargo van fast, while the large unibody provides a lot of cargo space.
Tags: Cargo Vans, Ford Transit, Test Drive
August 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
What’s better than an mDrive automated manual transmission if you’re running Mack dump or mixer trucks? An mDrive HD, for (extra) heavy duty, the company says. Senior Editor Tom Berg's driving impressions.
Tags: Mack Trucks, Automated Manual Transmissions, mDrive, Test Drive
July 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
This long-hooded model with forward-set steer axle is the nicest-driving Cat Truck yet.
Tags: Caterpillar, Test Drive, Vocational Trucks
July 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Jim Park
Kenworth’s bold and unapologetic limited-edition “large car” doesn’t disappoint.
Tags: Kenworth, Test Drive
June 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
Volvo Heavy Duty model has its own styling and extra-strong specs, but retains most of the comfort of better-known VN road tractors.
Tags: Volvo, Test Drive, Off-Road
May 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Department
By Jim Park
TRW’s new ReAX electric/hydraulic power steering senses vehicle speed and proportionately assists the steering effort, which is great in tight spots.
Tags: TRW Automotive, Test Drive, Steering
May 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Feature
By Jim Park
Aero device manufacturers now have a choice of test methods to prove the effectiveness of their devices. Are consumers any better off?
Tags: SmartWay, Fuel Efficiency, EPA, Test Drive, Aerodynamics
March 2015, TruckingInfo.com - Test Drives
By Tom Berg
The tough, burly tractor and its 600-hp diesel work hard to pull a heavy “train” trailer in frozen conditions.
Tags: Western Star, Test Drive, Heavy Haul, Dump Trucks