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Momentum’s roof-mount CNG system
Momentum’s roof-mount configuration for its compressed natural gas fuel system is designed for Class 6-8 refuse trucks. The lightweight system is available in both four-tank 70 diesel-gallon-equivalent and five-tank 87 DGE configurations. It is fabricated
June 6, 2016
Gear
Parker Hannifin’s CNG regulation module
Parker Hannifin’s FM80 Fuel Regulation Module is a fully integrated compressed natural gas flow control and regulation system for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles with 5- to 12-liter engines. The system is designed to withstand variations in temperature, f
June 1, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA gets two extra weeks to issue response to ELD court challenge
FMCSA must now issue its response by June 15. The plaintiffs in the case, which includes the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and truckers Mark Elrod and Richard Pingel, under the new schedule now have until June 29 to file a court response to the agency’s brief.
June 1, 2016
Business
Fuel prices continue increase, hit highest mark since November
Fuel prices across the United States continued to rise during the week ending May 30 with a 2.5-cent increase nationwide.
May 31, 2016
Business
Ahead of nationwide June inspection blitz, Bendix and Goodyear offer tire prep tips
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual International Roadcheck inspection blitz, which will focus this year on tire safety, will be held June 7-9. In advance of Roadcheck, Goodyear and Bendix have released some tips on tire safety to help owner-operators prepare for the inspection spree.
May 27, 2016
Business
Peterbilt vocational Model 520 expands refuse lineup
The truck features a dual-seated/dual-drive configuration that allows customers to operate the vehicle from both sides of the cab, including dual controls for the parking brakes, HVAC system and stereo.
May 27, 2016
Gear
AxleTech’s air disc brake pad line
AxleTech’s air disc brake pads are designed for added performance at higher axle ratings and more aggressive duty cycles seen in the on-highway, vocational, transit and coach markets. The pads are compatible with air disc brake models from Knorr-Bremse, M
May 26, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs and privacy: Will requirement to track truckers derail DOT mandate?
The legal challenge against the DOT’s electronic logging device mandate centers on the rule’s requirement to track truckers within a one-mile radius while on duty, which opponents say violates truckers’ Constitutional rights. Will the court agree?
May 25, 2016
Business
Width-adjustable heavy-haul trailer
With its new DualMax line of heavy/oversize-haul equipment, the European Faymonville manufacturer was recently able to offer a modular trailer that can be widened — even under a load — to the U.S. market.
May 25, 2016
Business
Fuel prices rise to highest mark of 2016
Diesel prices saw a 6-cent jump during the week ending May 23, according to data from the Department of Energy’s weekly fuel report.
May 23, 2016
Business
Former staffers from tech giants Google, Apple, Tesla partner on autonomous Class 8 development
A handful of former Google employees who worked on the company’s self-driving car project have turned their attention to a new start-up aimed at developing an autonomous retrofit system for Class 8 trucks.
May 20, 2016
Business
Kenworth opens new Phoenix dealership
Inland Kenworth has opened a new $23 million dealership in Tolleson, Ariz., that features a 47-bay service shop and a 21,500 square-foot parts department.
May 20, 2016
Gear
BorgWarner’s remanufactured turbos
BorgWarner’s expanded Reman turbocharger line for trucking fleets and operators of agricultural and construction equipment is engineered to combine the quality of an OEM turbocharger with the competitiveness of a remanufactured system. The turbochargers a
May 19, 2016
Business
New diesel oils usher in new API donut symbols
The new donut features a shaded section to differentiate API FA-4 diesel oils from CK-4 oils. The API CK-4 Service Symbol Donut will look the same as the current CJ-4 Donut.
May 18, 2016
Business
Used truck prices continue decline, sales inch forward
Sleeper tractors between 3 and 5 years old lost an average of 2.5 percent of their retail value from February to March according to data released Monday by American Truck Dealers.
May 17, 2016
Business
Fuel prices up another 2.6 cents this week
The price of a gallon of on-highway diesel now stands at $2.297, a 2.6-cent jump from last week’s prices.
May 16, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA declines to file response to motion asking Supreme Court to hear ELD lawsuit
The latest on the renegade effort (of sorts) by trucker William Trescott to intervene in the OOIDA-brought lawsuit seeking to strike down the DOT’s electronic logging device mandate. Trescott this month asked the Supreme Court to take up the matter.
May 16, 2016
Equipment
New food hauling regulations up the need for clean equipment, lawyer says
Pertaining to new regulations handed down last month by the FDA for food haulers, shippers will now be in charge of setting cleanliness guidelines for truckers and their equipment and could turn trucks away without loads if they fail to meet previously agreed to requirements, says one transportation focused lawyer.
May 13, 2016
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