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Maintenanceby Jim ParkNovember 2, 2010

Wheel-Ends: Torque Your Nuts

Attaching wheels to a truck hub is serious business. Yet it's not uncommon to see some big bruiser of a mechanic, one foot against the bottom of the tire, whaling away with a 1-inch-drive impact gun driving the wheel nuts home. That's not the right way to do it.

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Maintenanceby Jim ParkNovember 2, 2010

Tire Report: Wheel-End Problems -- Beyond the Obvious

We focus on tires here, mostly, but wheels and hubs, and the other gear that attaches tires to trucks, deserve attention too. Wheel-ends function as a system:

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Equipmentby Tom BergNovember 2, 2010

Test Drive: Driving GM's 2011 HD Pickups

Sometimes a marketing department's claim of "all-new" approaches the truth. That's the case with General Motors' Heavy Duty pickups and cab-chassis trucks, which were extensively upgraded and refined for the 2011 model year, even if GM doesn't call them all-new

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Equipmentby Tom BergNovember 2, 2010

Test Drive: Mack's mDrive Programmed for Bulldog Shifting

Knowing that Mack and Volvo are sister companies, it would be easy to dismiss Mack's new mDrive as an I-Shift with a dog's name.

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Productsby StaffNovember 2, 2010

SkyBitz/McLeod Integration Now in Beta Testing

McLeod Software customers are now able to install the newly integrated SkyBitz asset tracking and management module in beta

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Productsby StaffNovember 1, 2010

Cooper Tire Expands Roadmaster Commercial Tire Lineup

Cooper Tire has expanded its Roadmaster RM230 line

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Fleet Managementby Glen Sokolis, Sokolis GroupNovember 1, 2010

Bad Fleet Fuel Auditing

Your company has worked hard to get the right fleet fuel program in place. You have picked the right fleet fuel card provider, and you may have negotiated and set up some fueling discounts with your fuel card provider

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Productsby StaffOctober 29, 2010

PeopleNet/CAMS Integration Automates Tracking of Actual Route Delivery Information

PeopleNet's Automated Workflow is now integrated with CAMS route optimization software to automate tracking of actual route delivery information

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Fuel Smartsby Jim ParkOctober 28, 2010

Going Green: Canadian Fleet Investing in Natural Gas

What prompts a very successful and highly visible carrier to wade deeply into uncharted territory and invest millions in yet-to-be proven technology? "It's the right thing to do and the right time to do it," says Claude Robert, president of privately held Groupe Robert in Boucherville, Quebec

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Productsby StaffOctober 26, 2010

Navistar Defense Adds Tractor, Ambulance Kit to MaxxPro Series

Navistar Defense says it has developed a tractor version of its MaxxPro armored truck and added an ambulance kit for existing units

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