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Aftermarketby StaffOctober 29, 2012

HDA Truck Pride Automates Purchase Orders

HDA Truck Pride has signed a multi-year joint agreement with HDX Services and GCommerce to automate the Purchase Order to Invoice process between its members, HDA Truck Pride headquarters, and its vendor and end-user partners

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Productsby StaffOctober 29, 2012

Kenworth Adds Next Generation of Paccar Engines for 2013

Kenworth is enhancing its engine line-up for 2013 with the addition of the next generation of Paccar proprietary engines. Kenworth customers can now specify the new Paccar MX-13, Paccar PX-9 and Paccar PX-7 engines on new Kenworth truck order

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Productsby StaffOctober 29, 2012

Tyre Lyna Introduces Nitrogen-Infused Tire Sealant

Tire Lyna manufacturer Lyna Manufacturing recently introduced Nitrogen Infused Tire Lyna Sahara at the U.S.-Canada border crossing

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Equipmentby Guest Commentary Richard A. Nay, CEO, Van Nay Corp.October 28, 2012

Corrosion: Why Put up With It?

Take a look as you drive the highway. Look at the trucks and trailers representing major corporations. See the corrosion?

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Fleet Managementby Francis Hare, ContributorOctober 27, 2012

4 Ways Oakley Maximizes Driver Recruiting AND Retention

Little Rock-based Oakley Trucking maintains a turnover rate less than 1/3 the current industry average for fleets the American Trucking Associations categorize as "large" (above $30 million in revenue). How

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Productsby StaffOctober 26, 2012

Blue Tree Offers New Temperature Probe

Blue Tree Systems Inc., a provider of trailer tracking, reefer monitoring and in-cab fleet management solutions, now offers a temperature probe to continuously deliver accurate cargo temperatures

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Fuel Smartsby StaffOctober 24, 2012

Talon Logistics and CNG

Last year, food and fuel retailer Giant Eagle unveiled its first two compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations in the Pittsburgh area at its Beechnut Drive retail support and distribution center. The demonstration included a fuel-up of one of its brand-new natural gas-powered VNM daycabs

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Productsby StaffOctober 24, 2012

East Built-in Tarp Storage for Drop Deck Trailers

East introduced a new option for its drop deck trailers - an all-aluminum tarp storage box built into the floor of the upper or lower deck.

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Aftermarketby StaffOctober 24, 2012

Investcorp Sells Fleetpride

Investcorp is selling heavy-duty truck and trailer parts retailer FleetPride Inc. to global investment firm TPG. FleetPride, based in The Woodlands, Texas, was established in 1999 as a result of the merger of Quality Distribution Service Partners and HDA Parts System Inc. It was bought by Bahrain-based Investcorp in 2006.

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Aftermarketby StaffOctober 24, 2012

Medium-Duty Engine Problems Decrease, Downtime Increases

As medium-duty truck engine technology advances, more complicated repairs lead to more unscheduled downtime, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Medium-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Study

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