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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.

Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 4, 2011

Tire Storage & Inventory Management

Even when your tires aren't out on the road getting used and abused, they're still costing you money. Stacked in a warehouse or in a storage trailer on the back forty, they're taking up valuable floor spac

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Articlesby Jim ParkOctober 26, 2011

Extended Trade Cycles: Examining the Value of a Savvy Parts and Service Provider

Nobody likes surprises. Nevertheless, in the depths of the recent recession, fleets believing they could save a few dollars by holding onto equipment for another year or so got their share of surprises

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Articlesby Jim ParkOctober 11, 2011

Tire Report: Automatic Tire Inflation Systems Guard Against Premature Failure

Next to the click-click-click sound of your starter on a cold winter morning, a trucker's most dreaded sound has to be the hiss of a slowly deflating tire

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Articlesby Jim ParkOctober 11, 2011

QuickSpin: A First Look at Hino's New COEs

The dynamics of the U.S. transportation market are changing, opening the door to smaller, more efficient trucks

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Articlesby Jim ParkOctober 11, 2011

Test Drive: Kenworth's T660 Regional Hauler

The emergence of the regional transportation market is causing many fleets to rethink their equipment demands

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Articlesby Jim ParkOctober 10, 2011

Advances in Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems Make it Easier than Ever to Get the Most Out of Your Tires

Pneumatic or "balloon" tires go back to 1845, when Robert W. Thomson filled a leather-covered rubber tube with air and wrapped it around a wheel

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On the Roadby Jim ParkSeptember 22, 2011

A Revolutionary Development in Powertrain Technology

Humped torque curves were the norm in North American heavy-duty on-road diesel engine power maps for decades. Today's torque curves are much flatter, but the height and width of the torque curve remain limited. Volvo Trucks has broken that mold in dramatic fashion with its new XE13 powertrain option

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Articlesby Jim ParkSeptember 21, 2011

New Volvo Powertrain Package Promises 3% Better Fuel Economy

Volvo Trucks is taking the concept of "Gear Fast: Run Slow" to new heights with a new powertrain package called XE13 -- Exceptional Efficiency.

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Articlesby Jim ParkAugust 15, 2011

Utility Bodies: Any Way You Like It

There's no such thing as a cookie-cutter utility body anymore.

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Articlesby Jim ParkAugust 15, 2011

Extend Tire Life: Learn How to Tell When Your Trucks are Killing Your Tires

Thousands of tires are cast prematurely onto scrap piles every month. That's hundreds of thousands of miles of operation fleets give up because their tires die untimely, unnatural and often unnecessary deaths. And the tires themselves are rarely to blame

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