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News•by Evan Lockridge•May 6, 2013

Mack and Volvo Trucks Recalled Over Parking Brakes

Problems with a parking brake have led to a recall of Volvo and Mack trucks. Volvo Trucks North America is recalling 701 model year 2011-2013 VHD and VNL trucks manufactured Dec. 13, 2010, through July 17, 2012, while Mack Trucks is recalling 331 model year 2011-2013 CXU trucks manufactured Nov. 23, 2010, through March 19, 2012.

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Products•May 6, 2013

Snap-on Diagnostic WorkStations

The new Snap-on Diagnostic WorkStations bring all key diagnostic equipment into one convenient location, available in 55-inch and 36-inch sizes.

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Articles•by Jim Park•May 3, 2013

The High Cost of Tires

Ten years ago, you could buy a decent steer tire for $300. Not anymore. But, then again, you're not buying the same tire anymore either. Long-term pricing trends show that the cost of raw materials used in tire manufacturing has gone up over the past decade, along with the shelf prices for tires, but consumers haven't seen the price swings for tires that manufacturers have seen for materials over the same period of time.

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Products•May 1, 2013

Carrier Transicold Offers Dealer Network App

The Dealer Locator app lets fleet operators and drivers easily find and connect to any of more than 200 service operations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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Products•May 1, 2013

Mitchell 1 Truck Labor Time Estimating Solution Now Available

Mitchell 1 announces that TruckLabor, the first comprehensive labor time estimating product for medium and heavy trucks, is now available for purchase.

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News•April 30, 2013

Phillips Offers Corrosion-Fighting Instructional Materials

Phillips Industries is offering a set of instructional materials to help fleets fight the harmful effects of moisture contamination

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Products•April 30, 2013

Data-Dis adds New Maintenance Modules, Reporting Options

The latest version of MIR-RT, version 7.10, adds functionality and reporting options.

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Products•April 26, 2013

Volvo Trucks Introduces Specially Formulated Transmission Fluid for I-Shift

Volvo Trucks will now offer Volvo I-Shift transmission fluid, a fully synthetic SAE 75W-80 transmission lubricant, engineered specifically for the Volvo I-Shift automated manual transmission.

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Products•April 23, 2013

Goodyear Enhances Three Tire Lines

Goodyear's G399A LHS Fuel Max, the G572A LHD Fuel Max, and the G392A SSD with DuraSeal + Fuel Max wide-base tire have been improved to help deliver reduced rolling resistance for better fuel efficiency, as well as long miles to removal.

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Products•April 22, 2013

Mack Launches Bulldog mDrive Transmission Fluid

Mack Trucks introduced the Bulldog mDrive Transmission Fluid SAE 75W-80, a new transmission fluid for its mDrive automated manual transmission.

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