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Freightliner launches new 122SD sleeper option for car haulers
Freightliner Trucks, in partnership with Fontaine Modification Company, cut 18 inches from the height of the original 122SD to give car haulers a sleeper option for the severe duty truck.
July 27, 2017
Equipment
Tex-Mix Concrete in expansion mode in and around Austin, Texas
The company’s 88 mixer trucks are a common site along I-35 and Texas 130, delivering TxDOT- and city-approved mixes for construction projects from seven plants. The company has two new concrete plants under construction to keep up with demand.
January 29, 2015
Custom Rigs
Views on Melvin Davis Jr.’s Hillbilly Hilton
All the comforts of home in the custom-fabbed 163-inch sleeper on this unit, a 2000 Freightliner Classic taken to the next level.
January 19, 2015
Business
George Parker, Gremlin Slayer
The gremlins in our midst are primarily concerned with making our lives that much more annoying by taking the cruise control away…
May 7, 2014
Life
Transport America invests in OEM-built exercise system
The Minnesota-based fleet outfitted 200 of its tractors with Freightliner’s in-cab exercise system, the FIT System.
October 14, 2013
Business
Meet the 2013 Ride of Pride memorial truck driver
Chuck Ceccaci tells part of his story thus far piloting the 2013 Freightliner Ride of Pride veterans memorial truck.
August 23, 2013
Custom Rigs
Showing strong: Kling Towing & Recovery’s 2013 FL 122SD
The truck represents the first such 112SD built out as a heavy-haul wrecker, and Kling put no small measure of pride and sweat into the customizations.
August 3, 2013
Channel 19
Driver shortage: An economist and a recruiter ’round the bar
Owner-operator Jeff Clark, blogging as part of Freightliner’s new Team Run Smart initiative, breaks down the driver shortage issue in a crafty way: “An economist and a driver recruiter walk into a bar” and…
March 2, 2013
Equipment
Power, versatility in refuse truck line
Freightliner’s severe-duty waste-haul line offers a solution for most any refuse job.
September 8, 2012
Business
Trucking rebound outpaces economy, but outlook is fuzzy
Trucking has recovered from the recession much better than the economy at large, but the rebound slowed in recent months, economist Jim Meil said. Various domestic and global trends cast doubt on what’s next. Meil, vice president and chief economist for Eaton Corp., addressed the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas today. A former professor, […]
August 23, 2012
Business
LogBook
Court rejects EPA’s Navistar exemption, expanded Overdrive coming in August, EOBRs among hot topics for agency, OOIDA challenging Minn. out of service criteria and more industry news items are featured.
July 2, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Bug-removal tip: Scotch Brite ‘Dobie’ pads
This one comes by way of owner-operator Henry Albert’s blog, where he shares an anecdote about the Scotch Brite “Dobie” cleaning pads (pictured) he uses to clean bugs from his windshield — and how he somewhat inadvertently passed the trick off to Daimler engineers at the Uvalde, Texas, proving grounds. Give it a read here. […]
June 28, 2012
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