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NewsApril 20, 2015

Class 8 Truck Orders Down, Medium-Duty Up

Class 8 truck orders were weak in March, with just over 24,600 units ordered due to a seven-month backlog of unbuilt orders from last year. Medium-duty orders were up thanks to strong truck and bus segments.

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ProductsApril 20, 2015

Michelin Shows Uniroyal-Branded Truck Tires in Canada

Michelin is reinvigorating the Uniroyal brand for a line of lower-cost intermediate market truck tires to meet the growing demand for low-cost tires now served by budget-priced imports.

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Newsby Jim ParkApril 20, 2015

Navistar Takes ProStar ES to 110,000 GVW

Downspeeding isn't a good approach to fuel savings in high GVW applications, so Navistar is offering Canadians a ProStar ES spec designed for 110,000 GVW. It features Eaton's 16-speed UltraShift and engines from Cummins and Navistar optimized for higher weights.

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NewsApril 17, 2015

Carrier Transicold Marks 75 Years of Road Transport Refrigeration

Carrier's reefer activities date to 1940, and Transicold brand was formed in 1970, when the company acquired Transicold Co., based in California.

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Articlesby Tom BergApril 17, 2015

Test Drive: CNG F-650 Dump Truck

Ford’s big V-10 is strong and fairly quiet as it revs to make horses that feed on natural gas.

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ArticlesApril 16, 2015

Commentary: Self-Driving Trucks Sooner Than You Think

Dutch transport officials have a plan that would see self-driving trucks hauling freight from Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, to other cities in the next five years.

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Videosby StaffApril 14, 2015

Focus On: TRW ReAX Electric Steering [VIDEO]

The TRW ReAX merges the company's hydraulic power steering with an electrically-powered steering drive to improve driver control at low vehicle speed. In this video, HDT's Equipment Editor Jim Park tests out ReAX in a variety of maneuvers to see how the system works.

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NewsApril 14, 2015

Ingersoll Axles Offers Load Monitoring and Lube System

Ingersoll Axles has two new offerings, the Load Monitoring system by Kimax and the Ingersoll Lube System.

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ProductsApril 14, 2015

Fuel Max Retread Designed for Regional Fleets

The Goodyear G682 RSD Fuel Max is a PreCure retread option designed for drive applications in regional fleets that require fuel efficiency, traction and long miles.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2015

Alliance Debuts Propane Autogas System for F-650/750

Alliance AutoGas showcased its new "plug and play" Bi-Fuel AutoGas System conversion on a Ford F-650/F-750.

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