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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 ParkMay 26, 2009

Tire Evaluation: Are you getting all the information you need before spec'ing your tires?

Perhaps only computers remain a more confusing purchasing decision than tires. The thought of comparing RAMS and ROMS and Gigs and HDs and DVDs and processors strikes fear into the hearts of all but the hardened geek

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Articlesby Jim ParkMay 18, 2009

Severe Service Tires: Give 'Em Your Best Shot

It's a long way between a downtown back alley and an oil field, but as a tire sees the world, there are more similarities than differences. On-highway tires live the life of Riley compared to the severe-service tires

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Articlesby Jim ParkMay 18, 2009

Cab Maintenance Concerns

Normal service for a big truck virtually guarantees that it will feel and show the effects of age long before you're ready to deal it. That means even the cab of the truck is going to require a little maintenanc

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ArticlesCover Storyby 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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ArticlesCover Storyby 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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