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NewsJune 8, 2009

Colorado Adopts Green Truck Bill

A new Colorado law aims to give incentives for reducing emissions as well as boost Colorado's competitiveness in trucking, according to the Colorado Motor Carriers Association

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 8, 2009

Miles Ahead for Pennies a Day: Automatic Tire Inflation Systems

Meet your new handy-dandy tire filler-upper. We're not talking about a knuckle-dragger named Earl, here, with eyes that gaze off in two different directions and a plug of tobacco in his cheek big enough to choke a horse

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 8, 2009

Retreads: Play 'Em Again, Sam

Despite their manifest advantages, retreaded tires continue to struggle with an image problem. It's widely assumed - wrongly - that much of the tire debris seen lying at roadside are the remains of a retreaded tire

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NewsJune 8, 2009

General Motors Drops Midrange Trucks as Bankruptcy Throes Continue

General Motors, continuing to swing its financial ax since declaring bankruptcy a week ago, announced Monday that it will drop its medium-duty truck line by the end of July

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Articlesby Tom BergJune 8, 2009

Kenworth T170's just right if 19,500 pounds is enough

This Kenworth T170 is an example. Its chassis and powertrain are engineered for Class 5 hauling jobs, but its big-rig-style cab makes you feel like you got more than you expected

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Articlesby Tom BergJune 8, 2009

Cargo Van Roundup

Shockingly high fuel prices, along with the mortgage crisis and deflation of the housing-price bubble, have sapped Americans' ability to buy, buy, buy, and the adjustment has affected all the industries that purchase and use trucks, especially construction

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Articlesby Tom BergJune 8, 2009

Class 6 & 7 Roundup

It's a transition time for Class 6 and 7 trucks as American and imported commercial vehicles move into model-year 2009-10 with only minor changes from the previous two years

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Articlesby Tom BergJune 8, 2009

Intermodal Issues

'Revolutionary" is an apt description for freight containers, those now ubiquitous steel boxes that carry the cargoes of commerce around the world

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Articlesby Tom BergJune 8, 2009

Fuel-Saving Reefers

Diesel fuel is getting almost too dear in price to burn, so users are looking at ways to conserve it and to avoid consuming it altogether

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 8, 2009

What's New In Tires

Round and black. That's about the extent of the similarities between today's marvels of engineering and yesteryear's truck tires. I think I'm safe saying we probably take our tires for granted. When they're doing well

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