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Coats’ tire changer
Coats’ ProGuard Plus Leverless tire changer is designed to reduce the risk of tire damage in oversized, run-flat and low-profile applications. Built-in features that help reduce user strain such as lifting, prepping, bead loosening, mounting and demountin
October 6, 2014
Gear
Trillium CNG’s fast-fill compressor
Trillium CNG’s 7-inch Hydraulic Intensifier Compressor is designed to reduce compressed natural gas vehicle refueling time by half. The fast-fill technology mirrors Trillium’s existing 5-inch HY-C that is engineered to achieve fueling rates of 10 gasoline
October 6, 2014
Trillium CNG 7-inch Hydraulic Intensifier Compressor
Business
Transtex touts latest trailer skirt
Transtex Composite this week touted its news ezEdge three-panel modular trailer skirt was developed for aftermarket installation without requiring special tools. The skirt is engineered to save users up to 7.3 percent in fuel costs. For more information, go to www.edgeskirts.com.
October 3, 2014
Transtex trailer skirt
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Dana Spicer’s AdvanTek 40 available on Peterbilt heavy-duty models
Peterbilt Motors Co. announced that Dana Spicer’s AdvanTek 40 tandem drive axle now is available for all of its heavy-duty truck models, including Models 587, 579, 567, 389, 384, 382, 367, 365, 348 and 320. Peterbilt said the AdvanTek’s efficient axle design and gearing, combined with an optimized integration with the truck maker’s chassis, can […]
October 3, 2014
Peterbilt AdvanTek
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Envirolution provides fuel system cleaner update
Envirolution recently took a few moments to update Overdrive on the company’s Diesel Fuel System Cleaning Equipment designed for light- to heavy-duty diesel fuel systems for enhanced fuel efficiency. The double-filtration system is engineered to interrupt diesel fuel flow for cleaning and to loop back automatically to diesel fuel flow when service is complete; it […]
October 3, 2014
Business
FMCSA to begin field testing wireless roadside inspection tech next year, looking for participants
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s testing of wireless roadside inspection technology will enter its third and final phase in December 2015, when it will over the course of a year perform roadside inspections of logbooks, licenses and more as trucks continue to move at highway speeds.
October 3, 2014
Business
Volvo halts natural gas due to market demands
Volvo announced this week it is placing on hold its plans to launch a compression-ignited liquefied natural gas engine in North America, saying it is adapting its plans to the pace of the alt fuel market in the U.S. and Canada.
October 1, 2014
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Gear
Goodyear touts fuel-efficient long-haul drive tire
Goodyear’s fuel-efficient Fuel Max LHD G505D long-haul drive tire features the company’s proprietary Fuel Max Technology that incorporates fuel-efficient compounds, tire constructions and tread designs to help lower rolling resistance. The tire also featu
October 1, 2014
Equipment
Mack introduces updated telematics, diagnostics package
Mack announced a major expansion package to its GuardDog Connect fleet telematics system. The company’s new Mack Fleet Management Services is a suite of software and technology offerings made possible by an initial partnership with Telogis.
September 30, 2014
Business
Diesel price continues plummet, at multi-year low
The country’s average diesel price is at its lowest point since June 2012, thanks to 11 straight weeks of price drops.
September 30, 2014
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Owner-operators, what’s your current fuel mileage?
What kind of mileage are you getting currently? This poll probes the variation in fuel economy around the industry among Overdrive readers.
September 29, 2014
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Changing Gear: Wabco’s innovations from across the pond
Since they happened overseas while most of us were asleep, you might have missed last week’s announcements by Wabco, which chose last week’s IAA Commercial Vehicles 2014 event in Hanover, Germany, to roll out a wide array of safety and fuel efficiency technologies to help fleets and drivers with both their compliance efforts and their […]
September 27, 2014
Trailerguard
Business
Webasto, USTDTS team for fuel efficiency curriculum in driving schools
Webasto Thermo & Comfort North America announced a partnership with United States Truck Driving Training Schools to develop and deliver a curriculum to educate truck driving students about how to save money on fuel and better the environment with idle reduction technology. Webasto said that with the new partnership, the company will be a primary […]
September 26, 2014
Webasto fuel
Equipment
High, wide and heavy: Crane haul brokered by Next Exit its biggest to date
DeSoto, Texas-based broker Next Exit Logistics earlier this year arranged a move that ranks as the biggest in its history — a 100-ton Manitowoc crane, hauled from Texas to Virginia.
September 25, 2014
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Navistar makes Tremec 10-speed transmission available for International ProStar
Navistar announced this week it will offer the Tremec 10-speed manual transmission in its International ProStar models equipped with the company’s 13-liter engine.
September 24, 2014
ProStar
Business
Peterbilt equipping 579, 567 models with anti-theft system
Peterbilt announced Sept. 23 it is offering a new anti-theft system for its Models 579 and 567 equipped with the Paccar MX-13.
September 24, 2014
Peterbilt 579
Equipment
Checking out, test driving Western Star’s new 5700 XE
Overdrive Equipment Editor Jack Roberts was on hand in Las Vegas earlier this month when Western Star unveiled its new 5700 XE tractor, designed for aerodynamic fuel savings and driver comfort. In this video, Roberts takes the truck for a test spin and talks to Western Star reps about its features.
September 23, 2014
Western Star 5700XE
Business
Is this the truck of the future?
Daimler pulled the curtain back Sept. 23 on what it’s dubbed the Future Truck 2025: A revolutionary cabover that blends technology, aerodynamics and design in a way unlike any truck has done before.
September 23, 2014
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