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$50 and a little install work could save your life: Trucker Scott Carlson’s close call
Carlson has been trucking with Regal Services 17 years and keeps a carbon monoxide detector in his truck. Find out why in this Overdrive Radio podcast.
January 31, 2020
Business
Volkswagen makes Navistar $2.9 billion acquisition offer
The global truck unit of Volkswagen has made an unsolicited cash offer to buy Navistar International Corporation for $2.9 billion. Navistar says its Board of Directors will consider the offer.
January 31, 2020
Gear
Hot Shot’s Secret’s 10W-30 synthetic diesel engine oil
Hot Shot’s Secret’s Green Diamond Fleet Full Synthetic Group III/Group IV Engine Oil now is available in a 10W-30 blend formulated for diesel engines that experience extreme temperatures, heavy loads, stop-and-go operations and high airborne particulates.
January 30, 2020
Business
Mack’s new line of Class 6 and 7 trucks to be built at new Virginia plant
The company cut the ribbon on the new facility Thursday and showed off prototypes of its new Mack MD6 and Mack MD7 truck — Class 6 and Class 7 rigs, respectively. The MD lineup targets trucking applications in dry van and refrigerated segments, and vocational applications in flatbed, dump and tank.
January 30, 2020
Gear
Denso’s aftermarket lineup
Denso’s latest heavy-duty aftermarket parts include:  Starters and alternators: First Time Fit starters and alternators provide wide coverage for Class 8 and medium-duty trucks, school buses, package-delivery vehicles and construction, agricultural and i
January 28, 2020
Business
News roundup, Jan. 27: Waymo testing autonomous trucks in Texas; Dual dashcam integrates with Transflo
Transflo has added the AI-12 Dual Facing Dashcam solution by Surfsight as part of its Mobile+ suite of digital and telematics products. Plus: Google sister company Waymo is taking steps to test autonomous big rigs in Texas.
January 27, 2020
Gear
Eaton’s expanded PTO portfolio
Eaton expanded its mobile power-takeoff (PTO) portfolio to include two additional Bezares PTO units: the Bezares 95X series four-bolt rear-mounted PTO for the Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies Endurant 12-speed automated transmission, and
January 27, 2020
Business
News roundup, Jan. 21: EPA asks for feedback on new truck emissions regs; military Exchange service drivers honored overseas
The EPA wants feedback from the public and trucking industry stakeholders on its proposed Cleaner Trucks Initiative to tighten heavy-duty truck emissions regulation. Two drivers honored for 35 years of service to the Army and Air Force Exchange Service — in Korea and on Okinawa.
January 21, 2020
Gear
SKF’s wheel-end monitor
SKF’s TraX Wheel End Monitor is built to be integrated with a heavy-duty vehicle’s existing telematics system or operated as a smart mobile device application. The sensor unit is installed on the wheels to monitor wheel-end vibration and temperature to de
January 21, 2020
Equipment
Power options chip away at big-diesel marketshare
Engines greater than 10 liters will account for more than 85% of Class 8 production between 2020 and 2024, predicts the “N.A. Commercial Vehicle On-Highway Engine Outlook,” published by ACT Research and Rhein Associates. At the same time, a trend toward smaller-displacement engines is expected to continue.
January 20, 2020
Business
News roundup, Jan. 17: Werner to deploy electric Peterbilt 579 in testing; Love’s looks to continue expanding in 2020
Werner took possession of a 2019 Peterbilt 579 EV Class 8 electric and plans to run the truck for a year on a dedicated route in Southern California. Love’s plans to open 40 new travel center locations in 2020.
January 17, 2020
Business
News roundup, Jan. 16: Senators call for more truck info on phone GPS apps; new standard coating from suspension maker; on-truck vid system integrates third-party telematics
Three senators from the Northeast called on tech companies to add more truck-specific info to GPS apps. Bendix adds Geotab as an integral telematics partner in on-highway “SafetyDirect” vid system. Reyco Granning’s phasing in new coating in suspension products to improve corrosion resistance, as well as resist chipping, scratching and gravel damage.
January 16, 2020
Business
Hauling no-freeze freight can mean more money in winter
Keeping produce and livestock safe while transporting in the heat is common enough, but there is also demand for protecting certain other freight when the mercury heads in the opposite direction. Liquids, certain chemicals and solids such as cosmetics are among cold-sensitive freight.
January 16, 2020
Voices
Custom alternative in-cab climate control system has heat, too
Latest in the “highway hacks” series: Owner-operator Mike Greenberg’s answer to auxiliary in-cab climate control — employment of a wall-mount split HVAC unit most often used in buildings.
January 14, 2020
Gear
Hankook’s truck and bus radial tires
Hankook’s latest truck and bus radial (TBR) tires, the regional-haul all-position all-season AH32 and long-haul drive-position wide-base e3 WiDE DL12, offer wider contact patches, enabling a higher tread volume. The AH32 features the company’s Innovation
January 13, 2020
Gear
Lucas Oil’s deposit control additive
Lucas Oil’s Diesel Deep Clean diesel fuel detergent and deposit control additive is designed to keep injectors clean, maintaining good flow and free of plugging, and to be effective against carbonaceous deposits and internal injector deposits.The propriet
January 13, 2020
Custom Rigs
California-reared HHG hauler keeps legacy of father, Don Morgan, alive with this T600
It’s a sharp truck, this 1992 Kenworth T600, Detroit 60 Series-powered and with a 149-inch ICT sleeper owner-operator Montgomery Morgan’s father, Don Morgan, had put on when the rig was new. Since Don passed in 2001, his son’s kept the rig working hard, despite his native California’s outlawing it some years back.
January 10, 2020
Channel 19
One independent’s clearinghouse registration difficulties — and new Pete powering the business
Joe Bielucki on his 2020 Pete 567 and the mistaken impression he and others were under that the January 6 implementation of the drug and alcohol clearinghouse requirements represented a kind of deadline for registering an account as a carrier. Meanwhile, issues continue with the clearinghouse website, particularly for carriers querying it for hiring purposes.
January 8, 2020
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'One thing led to another' for Lacoh Transport's custom 2024 Peterbilt 389 build
What started out as a modest build for a nice working truck turned into an all-out custom transformation by Geis Peterbilt's Cody McCandless. Along the way, "a lot of days that you don’t succeed," McCandless said, "but the challenge has been accepted, and we’re having fun with it.”
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