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Changing Gear: Updates from Navistar, Mobile Awareness, Hogebuilt, Hadley, Mahle
If you’ve ever dreamed of having a new truck built just for you with all the bells and whistles you’ve ever dreamed about, here’s your chance.
January 13, 2014
Business
Goodyear Expands Retread Network
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has expanded its Goodyear Authorized Retread network with the addition of Colonial Tire Distributors, a Richmond, Va.-based firm that serves trucking fleets with new Goodyear commercial truck tires, Goodyear retreads and other products and services. Colonial Tire Distributors, a subsidiary of Colonial Truck Company, sells new Goodyear commercial truck […]
January 10, 2014
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CARB diesel regs’ human toll: Family uprooted, split by move’s necessity
Checking in Martin and Alice Jez — formerly of Galt, Calif. The pair have moved to Michigan anticipating CARB’s regs relative to their 2000 Freightliner, splitting them from a six-year-old son.
January 9, 2014
Channel 19
CARB extension a no-go for California independents
Checking in with California-based independents Tom and Karen Moore at the end of their long stare-down with CARB’s Truck and Bus Rule.
January 8, 2014
Business
Dept. of Energy still predicting diesel to fall roughly 10 cents a year in 2014, 2015
As supply growth is expected to exceed growth in demand, the Department of Energy predicts the average price of diesel in 2014 to fall 11 cents to $3.81 and to fall in 2015 another 9 cents to $3.72.
January 7, 2014
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Changing Gear: Updates from Truck-Lite, Kenworth, Donaldson, SAF-Holland
Assorted product updates to assorted highway gear, including new options for the Kenworth T680’s 52-inch mid-roof sleeper, among others…
January 7, 2014
Business
Diesel price eases upward, closes year over year gap
The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel rose again this week, though only slightly, ticking up seven-tenths of a cent to $3.910, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration.
January 6, 2014
Business
Continental introduces new tire products
Continental introduced new tire products in December, including the HTL1 wide single truck tire as a ContiTread retread. In 400 millimeter tread width, the HTL1 can be retreaded for fleets who operate wide single drive or trailer tires in sizes 445/50R22.5 and 455/55R22.5. Wide single truck tires like the Continental HTL1 (Heavy Trailer Long Haul) […]
January 6, 2014
Business
Diesel price rises 3 cents to end year where it began
The national average price of a gallon of on-highway diesel jumped three cents in the week ended Dec. 30 to $3.903 — within a penny of where the price averaged at the beginning of 2013 — according to the EIA.
January 2, 2014
Business
Hours of service, trucker strike, Lisa Kelly and more: Top 15 most read stories of 2013
Join us a countdown to the most-popular stories of the year, measured by total number of pageviews throughout the year.
December 31, 2013
Gear
Wide-single retread
Continental’s HTL1 wide-single truck tire now is available as a ContiTread retread. In 400-millimeter tread width, the HTL1 can be retreaded for fleets that operate wide-single drive or trailer tires in sizes 445/50R22.5 and 455/55R22.5. The HTL1 ContiTre
December 30, 2013
Business
Damper questions answered: How they fail, why you should replace them
Pitt Power’s Bruce Mallinson gives pointers as to when and why you should change your engine’s damper.
December 27, 2013
Equipment
‘Tis the season: Trucks decked with Christmas lights, decoration
Are you ready for Christmas? These photos should help, if not.
December 24, 2013
Business
Diesel price rises fraction of a penny, mostly stagnant in December
The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel rose two-tenths of a penny in the week ended Dec. 23 to $3.873, the DOE reported. The price of diesel has now hardly changed in the last three weeks.
December 23, 2013
Business
Navistar loses $154M in fourth quarter, mostly due to 2010 engine warranty claims
Navistar announced Dec. 20 it had slashed its quarterly losses in the fourth quarter but still reported a net loss of $154 million, down from 2012’s Q4 $2.8 billion loss.
December 20, 2013
Business
International ProStars recalled over fuel tank issue
Navistar says it is recalling nearly 3,000 model year 2013-2014 International ProStar sleeper cab trucks manufactured Dec. 12, 2012, through Aug. 8, of this year, due to an issue that could rube holes in the fuel tank.
December 20, 2013
Business
Diesel group: Clean diesel tech has lowered truck emissions to near-zero levels
According to a study released this month, emissions from diesel engines have been nearly eliminated by 2010 engine technolgoy — Selective Catalytic Reduction exhaust aftertreatment systems.
December 18, 2013
Business
Jason Swann named Rush Truck Center Top Tech
Jason Swann, Rush Truck Center – Dallas technician, was named Overall Grand Champion at the 2013 Rush Tech Rodeo Tuesday night.
December 17, 2013
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Red, white and 'Little Blue': The story of owner-operator Raiko Graveran
RGT Transport owner Graveran came to the United States in '08 on a raft from Cuba, ultimately able to gain legal permanent resident status with the immigration policy of the time. Today, he's the proud owner of a multi-award-winning custom '95 FLD flattop that cuts a unique picture on the show circuit.
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