August 19 2014 - Products
Phillips Industries
Philips Industries is now offering a liftgate dual pole installation and conversion kit to help fleets that are seeing an increasing need to have a ground return system versus a chassis ground system for the supplemental power requirements of liftgates.
Tags: Trailers, Phillips Industries, Liftgates, Electrical System
August 18 2014 - Products
Navistar
Navistar announced that it is offering the Allison Transmission FuelSense fuel-efficiency package on its medium-duty and vocational truck models.
Tags: Navistar, Allison, Transmissions, Fuel Efficiency
August 13 2014 - Products
Carrier Transicold
Carrier Transicold now has APX remote panels that can be mounted in easily accessible locations to control transport refrigeration units.
Tags: Reefers, Carrier Transicold, Remote Controls, Trailers
August 7 2014 - Products
Peterbilt
Peterbilt is offering new, lightweight Alcoa Ultra aluminum wheels as a factory-installed option for all Peterbilt heavy-duty trucks.
Tags: Peterbilt, Wheels, Alcoa, Lightweighting
August 5 2014 - Products
Hendrickson
Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems introduced the Progressive Load Spring for Haulmaax vocational rear suspension system.
Tags: Hendrickson, Suspensions
July 30 2014 - Products
Kenworth Truck Co.
Kenworth says it has added Dana’s Spicer AdvanTek 40 tandem axle for new Class 8 pickup & delivery, regional haul and linehaul trucks equipped with the Kenworth AG380 or AG400L suspension.
Tags: Kenworth, Dana Spicer, Tandem axle, Axles
July 29 2014 - Products
Webb Wheel OEM
Webb Wheel OEM has redesigned its ductile-iron TN-model trailer hub to make it lighter and to simplify brake drum installation. The hub now weighs 35 pounds, which Webb claims is the lightest ductile iron hub available for 25,000-pound-rated TN trailer axles.
Tags: Trailers, Webb Wheel, Wheel Hubs, Wheels, Lightweighting
July 29 2014 - Products
DuraClass
DuraClass brings out its fifth line of heavy-duty dump bodies, the HPT-B1 and B2.
Tags: Dump Trucks, Dump Bodies, DuraClass
July 8 2014 - Products
Tommy Gate
The new TKT model liftgates from Tommy Gate incorporate a state-of-the-art, wide-arm, dual-cylinder design along with numerous installation, operation, and service features to maximize both operator and upfitter convenience.
July 1 2014 - Products
Watson & Chalin
Watson & Chalin's new expedited shipping program allows customers to order up to three lift axles for shipping from a number of strategic locations throughout North America, with an expected delivery time of 48-72 hours.
Tags: Watson & Chalin, Lift Axles, Axles
June 12 2014 - Equipment
Morgan Corp.
Morgan Corp. has released a cold plate refrigeration system for trailers and truck bodies. Cold plates are pre-chilled and keep commodities at proper temperatures without use of engine-driven reefer units or idling the truck’s main engine while a vehicle makes its rounds.
Tags: Morgan Corporation, Refrigerated Truck, Trailers
June 10 2014 - Products
Talbert Manufacturing
Talbert Manufacturing has manufactured its first trailer with Corsol WB Corrosion Protection, a complete metal treatment system that protects the steel from the corrosive effects of magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium chloride, rock chipping, acid rain and extreme temperatures.
Tags: Trailers, Corrosion, Talbert, PRP Industries
June 9 2014 - Equipment
Kenworth Truck Co.
Specs include the 12.9-liter MX-13 diesel mated to an Eaton Advantage transmission, a 6x2 tandem, wide-base single wheels and tires, and an aluminum fifth wheel.
Tags: Kenworth, T680, Lightweighting
May 21 2014 - Products
Ford Motor Co.
Ford's all-new F-650/F-750 medium-duty truck lineup with 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 turbo diesel will feature three engine power ratings, with no vocational limits on top ratings.
Tags: Medium-Duty Trucks, Ford, Engines
May 19 2014 - Products
Air-Weigh, Landoll
Landoll Corp. is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with the release of a special heavy-haul, detachable lowboy trailer.
Tags: Trailers, Lowbed, Heavy Haul, Air-Weigh, Landoll
May 16 2014 - Equipment
Meritor
Two new axle ratios are available from Meritor, optimized to meet trucking's demand for improved fuel efficiency. Lower axle ratios promote downspeeding for optimum fuel efficiency.
Tags: Meritor, Downspeed, Axles, Fuel Economy
April 24 2014 - Products
Carrier Transicold
The California Air Resources Board has granted full verification status to the Carrier Transicold Engine Emissions System for certain transport refrigeration units (TRU or reefer) and TRU generator sets (gen sets) with no limits on hours of accrued operation at time of installation.
Tags: CARB, Carrier Transicold
April 18 2014 - Equipment
Rainier Truck & Chassis
The medium-duty cab-over-engine market abandoned several years ago by General Motors and more recently by UD Trucks will get new products from a small company in Washington state.
Tags: Medium-Duty Trucks, COE, Rainier Truck, Cabovers