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Trailer TalkApril 25, 2012

Hardwood forests are healthy and growing in Appalachia, trade group says

"Save a tree," environmentalists preach. That's not an option when you're building anything with wood, like a hardwood-composite floor for a van trailer.

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All That's TruckingMarch 27, 2012

Trends from Mid-America: Natural gas

Nearly every press conference and presentation at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., last week seemed to mention natural gas

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All That's TruckingMarch 27, 2012

Trends from Mid-America: 6x2s

A drive axle configuration that is common in Europe is getting more attention on this side of the pond: the 6x2

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All That's TruckingMarch 26, 2012

Trends from Mid-America: Vertical integration

At the Mid-America Trucking Show, it looked like vertical integration may be the wave of the future as truck makers look for ways to improve fuel economy as well as be more competitive globally.

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All That's TruckingJanuary 23, 2012

Tracking trends with HDT's Top 20

Each year, Heavy Duty Trucking's editors pore through the pages of the last 12 months of product announcements we've run in the magazine and click through the pages of Truckinginfo.com, in search of the most innovative, significant and useful equipment and other items to honor as our Top 20

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On the RoadJanuary 10, 2012

Trucking down the glass highway

Glass highway? Does that have something to do with electronic dashboards, as in the Glass Cockpit concept in modern aircraft? Nope, we're talking about roadways made of glass. But you're not far off on the electronic angle

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All That's TruckingNovember 28, 2011

Visions of the Future

I grew up reading a lot of sci-fi, so I"m intrigued by portrayals of futuristic trucks and transportation

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On the RoadNovember 14, 2011

Automotive assembly with nothing to hide

An automotive assembly plant with oak hardwood floors transparent glass walls? There's such a place, and it's where Volkswagon builds its luxury Phaeton model. It's located in the heart of Dresden, Germany, and it fits in like a luxury hotel

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Trailer TalkSeptember 20, 2011

Aging trailers, healthy freight business push fleets into buying new equipment

That commercial vehicles have been getting old has become an adage in the last few years, and here are more numbers to support it

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Trailer TalkMay 2, 2011

Sometimes people keep lightweight equipment from paying off

Many truckers seek lightweight equipment so they can carry more payload, and manufacturers strive to cut poundage from their vehicles. But in the real world, how much cargo goes aboard often depends on the guy doing the loading

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