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Productsby StaffApril 25, 2012

Phillips Plug/Socket Designed to Eliminate Cable Corrosion

Phillips Industries has introduced the Sta-Dry QCMS2 plug/socket, designed to eliminate corrosion damage from road contaminants entering the electrical system of a heavy-duty vehicle

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Fuel Smartsby StaffApril 24, 2012

Walmart Tests New Truck Prototypes to Increase Efficiency

To improve the efficiency of its Class 8 heavy-duty trucks, Walmart U.S. Logistics, in partnership with truck and component manufacturers, built the following prototype tractors, according to its 2011 Global Responsibility Report

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Productsby StaffApril 24, 2012

Ox Bodies Introduces Next Gen Ox SuperDump

Truck Bodies and Equipment International unveiled its next generation Ox SuperDump at the 2012 World of Asphalt Show in Charlotte, N.C

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Productsby StaffApril 24, 2012

Teletrac Releases Latest Version of Fleet Director

Teletrac, a GPS fleet tracking and telematics provider, released the latest version of its core software platform, Fleet Director

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Productsby StaffApril 24, 2012

TeleType Offers Server-Based Routing App for Android

TeleType has released SmartTruckRoute, an Android application allowing commercial truckers to use the built-in GPS in a phone or tablet to create truck-friendly routes with live map updates and live traffic

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Fuel Smartsby Glen Sokolis, ContributorApril 23, 2012

DEF Tips and Tricks

Fleet companies are facing all kinds of new decisions with diesel exhaust fluid

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Equipmentby Tom BergApril 23, 2012

Test Drive: Allison's TC10 is a Future Tense Tranny

Last fall, Allison Transmission invited a few trade press reporters to Indianapolis to fill us in on a future product: the TC10, an automated mechanical transmission the company will release in late 2012.

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Productsby StaffApril 23, 2012

Maxxforce Engines for Sutphen Emergency Response Vehicles

Sutphen Corp. is now offering Navistar's MaxxForce brand diesel engines in its Sutphen mid-mount aerial platforms and Monarch custom pumpers.

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Productsby StaffApril 23, 2012

Jacobs Presenting New Shock Technology to SAE

Jacobs Vehicle Systems this week will present to a major engineering gathering a system that could recover waste energy from shock absorbers/suspension dampers

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Fleet Managementby Genevieve Conti, Assistant EditorApril 20, 2012

9 Ways to Make Your Numbers Count

When Randy Seals, customer advocate for McLeod Software, managed operations for a trucking company years ago, his boss would come in month after month asking the same question: "How are we doing?" Seals would respond, "Looks like we're doing great." He wasn't lying. They were moving a ton of freight

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