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Fuel Smartsby StaffNovember 6, 2012

Natural Gas: What Fleets Need to Know - Fleets Using Natural Gas

A growing number of fleets are testing or making large-scale deployments of natural gas powered vehicles. Here's a sampling, including a slide show of some of these fleets and others

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MaintenanceCover Storyby Jim Park, Equipment Editor & Tom Berg, Senior EditorNovember 6, 2012

Maintaining Diesels

You don't have to go far to find a fleet having trouble with engines. Mostly they report emissions systems problems, not surprising given the short time the engine makers had to meet the Environmental Protection Agency's tight timelines. To be fair, owners of diesels meeting EPA 2010 standards are reporting fewer problems than they had with the first few generations of EPA 2007-compliant engines

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Fleet Managementby StaffNovember 5, 2012

Maverick Transportation Launches Video Production Department

Maverick Transportation has launched an in-house video production department as a part of its growing public relations and marketing efforts

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Productsby StaffNovember 5, 2012

Meritor Launches Fras-le Hydraulic Disc Brake Pad Program

Meritor's Aftermarket business has begun distribution of the Fras-le Work Truck and Fleet Disc Brake Pad Program to its customers

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Productsby StaffNovember 5, 2012

Freightliner 2013 Calendar Now Available

Freightliner Trucks announced that its 2013 calendar is now available to order.

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Productsby StaffNovember 5, 2012

Ford-Westport CNG-Gasoline Bi-Fuel System

Westport LD, part of Westport Innovations that makes heavy-duty engines larger trucks, is partnering with Ford in a bi-fuel system for SuperDuty F-250 and F-350 pickups.

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Productsby Kate HarlowNovember 5, 2012

EcoDual Achieves EPA Approval for the Cummins ISM 11L Engine

EcoDual LLC, a provider of dual fuel conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved authorization from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin installing its systems on all 29 engine families of the 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISM engines.

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Equipmentby Tom BergNovember 2, 2012

Trucking 'Fracking' Water

The Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah is among the places in the U.S. where natural gas is being recovered in the ongoing energy boom. As in other areas, great quantities of specially treated water are being used to liberate the ga

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Fleet Managementby Jim BeachNovember 2, 2012

5 things you should know about cloud computing

Cloud computing has been getting a lot of attention in the information technology space. Before you put your head in the cloud, though, there are some things you should understand about the concept of cloud computing

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Maintenanceby Jim ParkNovember 2, 2012

Keep Tires Running Straight and True

In tire and wheel mounting, the line between right and wrong is a thin one. A few thousandths of an inch on either side of correct can throw tires and wheels into a mean wobble or cause them to bounce up and down like pistons

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