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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 ParkDecember 1, 2008

Truckstops In Crisis

Cost-driven closures are taking away driver amenities - and parking spaces.

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Articlesby Jim ParkSeptember 1, 2008

Cool It!

Ask not what your cooling system can do for you, but what you must do for your cooling system.

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Articlesby Jim ParkAugust 1, 2008

Running Lean

Lightweight specs are no longer just for extra payload.

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 1, 2008

Driving To Survive

With diesel cost-per-mile now well over 60 cents, anything you can do to save fuel offers significant savings.

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 1, 2008

Clean Power

Pull in, plug in, pay up, and enjoy. It's that simple, it's that cheap, and it's for real.

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 1, 2008

Grace Under Pressure

Under-inflated tires and improper tread patterns conspire to rob you of fuel economy.

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 1, 2008

The Driver Connection

Fleets seeking to modify driver behavior have many more tools at their disposal today than ever before.

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Articlesby Jim ParkJuly 1, 2007

Freightliner's Cascadia

Freightliner's Cascadia meets customer demands and gives a little more in the bargain.

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Articlesby Jim ParkFebruary 1, 2007

Midrange: Expediter Extraordinaire

Sterling builds a fine expediter- add a great big bunk and you've got quite the truck under you.

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