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News•by Mike Antich•December 16, 2015

Jack Cooper Transport Hires Maintenance Manager

Lou Wall was named maintenance manager at Jack Cooper Transport, one of the nation's largest car-hauling fleets.

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News•by Jim Park•December 16, 2015

First-timer Travis Graham Cleans Up at Rush Tech Skills Rodeo

The 2015 Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo wraps up in San Antonio with the awards ceremony.

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News•by Tom Berg•December 16, 2015

Preventive Maintenance Can Improve Fuel Economy, Report Says

Research found fleets that saw MPG gains of 5% to 10% with rigorous PMs, Trucking Efficiency's confidence report says.

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Photo Galleries•by Staff•December 15, 2015

Rush Truck Centers 10th Annual Tech Skills Rodeo

Day 1 of the Rush Truck Centers' 10th Annual Technician Skills competition featured 160 technicians and parts specialists from across the company's dealer network trying to diagnose staged bugs on trucks before the clock ran out. Most of the staged problems are electronic in nature, which requires technicans to run the appropriate troubleshooting steps and processes. More often than not, the problem has several trick dead ends that can mislead all but the best of them. Only 25 techs advanced to the finals.

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News•December 11, 2015

Registration Open for 2016 Brake Training Sessions

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake will offer 17 in-person sessions in 14 states next year.

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Products•December 11, 2015

Phillips 66 Adds Two New Heavy-Duty Transmission Lubricants

Phillips 66 Lubricants has added two new heavy-duty synthetic transmission lubricants to its commercial product line – Triton Synthetic MTF and Kendall SHP Synthetic MTF.

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News•December 8, 2015

Memphis Tire Dealers Joins Marangoni Family of Retreaders

Quality Tire & Service of Munford, Tenn., has joined the Marangoni Tread North America family of independent retreaders, the company announced.

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Videos•by Staff•December 8, 2015

Why Fiat-Chrysler's Fleet is Moving to CNG [Video]

Fiat Chrysler America's private parts-hauling fleet is spending $40 million to convert 179 trucks to compressed natural gas. Marty DiFiore, head of FCA Transport and Auto Transport Services, and Leonard Tanner Jr., FCA Automotive Driver, talk about the move in this video from FCA's media team.

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News•December 3, 2015

Meritor Service Point Program Gains First Partner

Meritor has announced that Dickinson Fleet Services of Indianapolis is the first repair service partner approved for its Meritor Service Point Program.

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Articles•by Denise Rondini•December 1, 2015

OEMs Step up Efforts to Help Fleets Improve Total Cost of Ownership

It seems like truck makers are acknowledging they have fallen short in their efforts to help fleets improve uptime and lower their total cost of ownership.

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