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Jim Park

Former HDT Equipment Editor

Jim Park served as Heavy Duty Trucking's equipment editor from 2006-2024. Specializing in technical and equipment content, Park is an award-winning journalist who has been covering the trucking industry since 1998.

Before joining HDT, Park was a truck driver and owner-operator for 20 years and served as an editor for HighwayStar magazine, which ceased production in 2011. He maintained his commercial driver’s license to bring a real-world perspective to Test Drives, as well as to features, videos and podcasts about equipment spec’ing and trends, emissions regulations and developments, maintenance and drivers.

He is the recipient of 16 Jesse H. Neal honors (both finalist and Neal awards), including “Best Range of Work by a Single Author” in 2020.

On the Roadby Jim ParkJanuary 7, 2022

Do Your Truck Drivers Know How to Descend a Mountain Grade?

Where do drivers learn mountain-driving techniques? It's sure not from the typical state CDL manual. Jim Park shares what he learned following a deadly 2019 Colorado crash.

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Articlesby Jim ParkDecember 22, 2021

What to Know About Steering System Maintenance

There’s not a lot to go wrong with steering systems. Keeping air out of the system and using the correct replacement parts will help steer clear of trouble.

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Articlesby Jim ParkDecember 17, 2021

Retread Tire Myths Debunked

If you don’t use retreads in your trucking fleet because your Great-Uncle Harry had a bad experience with retreaded tires back in 1983, you’re not giving the retread industry or the tires they produce a fair shake.

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 24, 2021

Will Electric Trucks Need New Suspensions?

Electric trucks will redefine how we move freight, but will the addition of a few tons of batteries demand a redesign of the vehicle itself? Find out.

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 22, 2021

Prevent Truck Cab Corrosion: Keep De-Icing Compounds at Bay

Truck cab corrosion of the penetrating kind is almost a thing of the past, but de-icing chemicals can lodge in obscure places and cause structural damage year-round.

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Newsby Jim ParkNovember 9, 2021

Podcast: Is There a Better Way to Measure Fuel Economy?

How can fleets make informed decisions when buying fuel-saving devices and technologies if they are relying on unreliable data? Find out how one fleet has saved an estimated $28 million on fuel.

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Articlesby Jim ParkOctober 15, 2021

6 Steps to Longer Steer Tire Mileage

Extending the life of your heavy duty truck's valuable and expensive steer tires needn’t be labor-intensive or time-consuming.

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Articlesby Jim ParkSeptember 28, 2021

Where to Now for Diesels?

Despite all the attention being given to electric drivetrains, diesel engines still have a long future ahead of them. Engineering, design and innovation centers have never been busier.

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Articlesby Jim ParkSeptember 28, 2021

Deep Dive: Western Star 47X

Western Star’s newest vocational chassis, the 47X – introduced last week by Daimler Trucks North America – is more than a scaled down version of the 49X.

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Articlesby Jim ParkSeptember 27, 2021

Battery-Electric Trucks: Maintenance 101

Dropping diesel powertrains for battery-electric means there will be fewer parts to worry about, but procedures will change and new maintenance intervals will be needed.

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