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Products•by Staff•March 23, 2012

Bridgestone Rolls Out Total Tire Fuel Savings Solution

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Five new steer, drive, and trailer tires in the Bridgestone Ecopia line, and four new tread designs in the Bandag FuelTech line provide drivers and fleets a fuel-efficient and eco-friendly option from new tire through retread

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Products•by Staff•March 23, 2012

Michelin Introduces Super-Regional Drive Tire, X One XDN2 Retread

LOUISVILLE, KY -- In response to changing traffic patterns, and the emergence of regional operations as major segment of the trucking industry, Michelin Americas Truck Tires has launched a drive tire with on-highway fuel efficiency and protection from the bumps and scrapes of urban service

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Products•by TruckingInfo Staff•March 23, 2012

Dana Tandem Saves Weight, Offers Wide-Base Tire Flexibility

LOUISVILLE, KY - Dana is introducing its Spicer SelecTTrac housing option on its Pro-40 tandem axle, which offers customers the flexibility to convert between wide-base single tires with low off-set wheels and standard dual wheels with a single housing.

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Products•by Staff•March 23, 2012

Volvo Trucks Adds Natural Gas Power

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Volvo Trucks has added a natural-gas fueled truck to its VNL lineup. The truck was on display at the Volvo booth at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville

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Equipment•by Tom Berg•March 22, 2012

Refurbishing Works for This Fleet

A few years ago, Steph Sabo looked at the latest truck diesels and didn't like what he saw

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Products•by Tom Berg•March 22, 2012

Detroit's Automated Gearbox Set for Sale Next Year, DTNA Says

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Daimler Trucks North America said its Detroit Transmission, a previously disclosed 12-speed automated mechanical unit based on a Mercedes-Benz design, initially will be available next year in Freightliner Cascadia tractors with Detroit diesels

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Equipment•by Tom Berg•March 22, 2012

Remote Temp Monitoring

When you're delivering temperature-sensitive cargoes, things can get nasty if the produce, meat, ice cream or whatever's in the trailer shows up too cold or too warm

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Fleet Management•by Tom Berg•March 22, 2012

Remote Temp Monitoring

Automatically watching the perishable load as it goes down the road or the rails saves money and brings peace of mind. When you're delivering temperature-sensitive cargoes, things can get nasty if the produce, meat, ice cream or whatever's in the trailer shows up too cold or too warm

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Fleet Management•by Jim Beach•March 22, 2012

It's All About the Miles: Routing and Dispatch Systems

Years ago, fleets would spend the overnight hours manually figuring out which route a driver would take the next day. Today, routing and dispatch software can do it faster and more accurately. Some even predict we'll be able to dispense with the human element altogether

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Maintenance•by Rolf Lockwood, Contributing Editor•March 22, 2012

Managing Maintenance With Software, Part Two

Many fleet operations are too small to benefit from a sophisticated maintenance-management software system. They may be right, but probably not because there isn't a software product that would suit them

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