May 9 2013 - Products
Awesome Products Corp.
Just in time for love bug season, Awesome Products Corp. introduces its Love Bug Eraser, a chemical-free solution for removing bugs while cleaning vehicles.
April 30 2013 - Products
Mack Trucks
The free app allows Android users to access current and past issues of the quarterly magazine.
April 28 2013 - Products
Advantage PressurePro
Advantage PressurePro has completion of several upgrades to their TPMS product line, adding greater functionality and customization options for customers.
Tags: TPMS, Advantage PressurePro
April 25 2013 - Products
Volvo Truck North America
Volvo Trucks will now offer Volvo I-Shift transmission fluid, a fully synthetic SAE 75W-80 transmission lubricant, engineered specifically for the Volvo I-Shift automated manual transmission.
Tags: Volvo, I-Shift
April 25 2013 - Products
Ancra International
Ancra International has developed a line of 7mm cargo strap winches it says are lighter than winches with a 9mm frame but every bit as strong.
Tags: Ancra
April 23 2013 - Products
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Goodyear's G399A LHS Fuel Max, the G572A LHD Fuel Max, and the G392A SSD with DuraSeal + Fuel Max wide-base tire have been improved to help deliver reduced rolling resistance for better fuel efficiency, as well as long miles to removal.
Tags: Tires, MPG, Goodyear
March 27 2013 - Products
Rand McNally
Rand McNally announced a partnership with Getloaded.com, a web-based freight matching service, to provide an exclusive load board for owners of Rand McNally’s IntelliRoute TND truck GPS devices.
Tags: GPS, Rand McNally, Getloaded, Navigation
March 26 2013 - Products
BetterTrucker.com
LOUISVILLE – BetterTrucker.com, an online marketplace for truckers and trucking companies, introduced what it calls the “next-generation” semi-trailer side skirt at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week.
Tags: fuel efficiency, Trailers, Aerodynamics, Trailer Skirts
March 25 2013 - Products
Rand McNally
LOUISVILLE -- At last week's Mid-America Trucking Show, Rand McNally unveiled its new IntelliRoute TND 520 connected GPS device for professional drivers. The new 5-inch device includes Wi-Fi connectivity that enables a number of new real-time data services, most of which will be standard on the device without any subscription fee.
Tags: Rand McNally, MATS, Navigation
March 24 2013 - Products
Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks has released a new power option for the 13-liter MP8 engine, boosting it to 505 horsepower and 1,860 lb ft in certain applications. As well, Mack unveiled two new suspension designs including one that weighs about 400 pounds less than competitive models.
Tags: Mack, MP8, Pinnacle
March 24 2013 - Products
Michelin
Customer now have two more Michelin tire option to choose from; the X Line Energy T trailer tire, and the X Line Energy D Pre-Mold drive tire retread.
Tags: Michelin, EPA SmartWay, Retread, Low-rolling Resistance
March 24 2013 - Products
Firestone
Firestone has launched a line of SmartWay certified steer, drive and trailer tires aimed at fleets of all sizes, with a renewed focus on small business operators.
Tags: Firestone, Bridgestone, Tires
March 22 2013 - Products
Dana Holding Corp.
Dana Holding Corporation unveiled a new 40,000-lb tandem at the Mid-America Trucking Show aimed at a variety of Class 8 applications. The new design is said to increase fuel economy, improve reliability, reduce vehicle weight, and decrease total ownership costs.
Tags: Dana Holding Corp., Advantek40
March 21 2013 - Products
CAT Scale
CAT Scale announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show that it will roll out a smartphone app the first of June, allowing truckers to weigh their rigs without leaving the cab to get a weigh ticket.
Tags: Truckstops, Truck Weights, CAT Scale
March 21 2013 - Products
Chevron Products Co.
Chevron says its latest engine oil can save up to 3% in fuel economy in Class 6 trucks compared to SAE 15W-40 oils.
Tags: Chevron, Oil, MATS, Chevron Delo. Lubricants
March 12 2013 - Products
Decisiv Inc.
Decisiv Inc., a provider of service relationship management platforms, announced at the 2013 TMC Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition that Saia Inc. is now deploying QR Codes on 17,000 assets to automate and improve the efficiency of its inspection and maintenance processes.
Tags: Information Technology, TMC, QR codes, Decisiv
March 1 2013 - Products
Consolidated Metco
ConMet has branched out from making wheel hub assemblies and has developed its own line of premium bearings.
Tags: Wheels, Bearings, ConMet
March 6 2013 - Products
Masterack
Masterack, a division of Leggett & Platt Commercial Vehicle Products, revealed SmartSpace, an all-new cargo management system targeted to create a change in cargo storage.
Tags: cargo storage
March 6 2013 - Products
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company
The Utility Side Skirt 120A-4 is a new advanced aerodynamic side skirt design, is U.S. EPA SmartWay verified to achieve greater than 5% fuel savings.
Tags: Trailers, Utility Trailer, Aerodynamics, Side Skirts
March 4 2013 - Products
Betts HD
BettsHD has announced the availability of Total Installation Kits for its fenders. Each TIK is a single, easy to order part number for single axle, half and full tandem axle applications.
Tags: Betts HD
February 19 2013 - Products
CVSA
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced that the 2013 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria Handbook and Pictorial, which goes into effect on April 1 is now available.
February 7 2013 - Products
Volvo Trucks
Volvo Trucks is now offering a three-year, 350,000 mile warranty for Volvo D12 engine owners who want to increase the longevity of their current vehicles with the Volvo Guaranteed Overhaul (GO) program.
Tags: Volvo, Remanufacturing, Dealers, Engines, Overhaul, DD12
February 5 2013 - Products
Cummins Inc.
At the World of Concrete show in Las Vegas, Cummins is displaying its 2013 engine lineup, including the clean-diesel ISX12 and ISL9, as well as the new Cummins Westport ISX12 G natural gas engine.
Tags: Cummins, Vocational, Engines, World of Concrete