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Fuel Smarts•by Deborah Lockridge•November 3, 2010

Going Green: Crescent Crown Tests Hybrids, Other Sustainable Technologies

Crescent Crown Distributing is one of the five largest beer distributors in the country, delivering more than 26 million cases a year in Arizona and Louisiana. As a leader in the industry, company officials believe it's their job to take the lead in sustainability initiatives as well

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Equipment•by Staff•November 3, 2010

Trailer Report: Lightweight Flatbeds Allow Heavy Payloads, Help Fleet Grow

Five years ago, H. Wade Carden Jr. started HWC Transportation when his Philadelphia-area lumber business couldn't make economical shipments aboard heavy equipment then operated by for-hire carriers in the Northeast

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Products•by Staff•November 3, 2010

Complete Innovations' Track & Dispatch Suite for Motorola ES400

Complete Innovations now offers its Fleet Complete tracking, dispatch and communications product on Motorola's ES400 handheld device

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Maintenance•by Jim Park•November 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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Maintenance•by Jim Park•November 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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Equipment•by Tom Berg•November 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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Equipment•by Tom Berg•November 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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Products•by Staff•November 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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Products•by Staff•November 1, 2010

Cooper Tire Expands Roadmaster Commercial Tire Lineup

Cooper Tire has expanded its Roadmaster RM230 line

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Fleet Management•by Glen Sokolis, Sokolis Group•November 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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