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Equipment•by Tom Berg•January 17, 2012

How Much Will the Engine of the Future Resemble Today's Powerplants?

The engine of the future is probably similar to the one in your current truck. It's an internal combustion engine with pistons, valves, crankshaft and other familiar parts, an inline 4 or 6, or a V-6 or V-8

Maintenance•by Jim Park•January 17, 2012

Dispense With the Grief of Managing Tires: Let a Service Partner Do It for You

The service truck arrives at 8:30 Sunday morning, as usual. The two tire techs unload 16 freshly mounted and balanced, retreaded drive tires, eight new steer tires on reconditioned wheels, and a take-off drive tir

Equipment•by Tom Berg•January 17, 2012

Test Drive: Ram Tradesman is Quiet, Comfortable, Fast -- But Built for Work

I recently sold my '87 Dodge W150 pickup, and I don't miss it at all. Oh, I liked it when I bought it a year earlier, because it was a funky Power Ram 4x4, built just a few years afte

Aftermarket•by Tom Berg, Senior Editor, Jim Park & Rolf Lockwood, Contributing Editors•January 17, 2012

Engines Tomorrow: What Types of Engines Will You Be Selling Parts for in the Future?

The next step in engine emissions is targeting greenhouse gas emissions in heavy trucks. Because burning less fossil fuel means lower GHG emissions, truck makers soon must meet North America's first fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty truck

Aftermarket•Cover Story•by Tom Berg, Senior Editor & Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief•January 17, 2012

Engines Today: How Are the EPA-Spec Engines From the Past Decade Performing?

A lot of truck owners aren't particularly happy with some of their EPA-emissions-spec engines from the past decade, and that could spell aftermarket opportunities as those engines come out of warranty.

Fuel Smarts•by Rolf Lockwood, Editor at Large•January 17, 2012

What Alternatives Are There to Diesel?

Once you start, the questions don't stop. Every answer begets another query. Sooner or later even some of the experts will pause, scratch their heads, and might even say something like, "Beats me.

Products•by Staff•January 16, 2012

Dorman launches HD Solutions Brand of Aftermarket Parts

Dorman announced its new HD Solutions brand of heavy-duty aftermarket parts

Products•by Staff•January 16, 2012

Truckers' Health Audio Book Available

After a publishing arm of DevelopMED LLC announced a publishing deal with Audible.com for health & medical information in audio format, Truckers' Road to Health has become the first such audiobook posted to Audible.com, Amazon.com and

Products•by Staff•January 16, 2012

Meritor Extends Driveline Aftermarket Warranty to Two Years

Meritor has extended the aftermarket warranty on Meritor Permalube (RPL) and Meritor XTended Lube (MXL) drivelines to two years for purchases made on or after Feb. 1, 2012

Products•by Staff•January 16, 2012

Dorsey Makes Meritor Tire Inflation System Standard Option

Dorsey Trailer chose Meritor's tire inflation system by PSI as its standard automatic tire inflation option. Dorsey has offered MTIS on its trailers for more than a decade

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