International adds options, upgrades
International Truck and Engine Corp. announced a range of new options and upgrades to its vocational product line at the annual ConExpo-Con/Agg show in Las Vegas to better meet the needs of the construction market, said Bill Sixsmith, director of severe service marketing. ...
Sterling, Western Star update vocational offerings
Freightliner LLC subsidiaries Sterling Truck and Western Star updated their vocational product offerings at the ConExpo-Con/Agg show in Las Vegas to address the diverse needs within the construction truck market. ...
ArvinMeritor rolls out new brake technologies
ArvinMeritor, Inc. and Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems have announced the availability of a premium medium-duty brake package that pairs Meritor Wabco's Hydraulic Power Brake (HPB) hydraulic actuation and anti-lock braking system (ABS) with the Meritor Quadraulic hydraulic disc brake. ...
Peterbilt Model 320 gets beefed-up engine option
Peterbilt's Class 8 low-cab forward Model 320 is now available with the Cummins ISM engine. The 11-liter engine option is available with hp ratings from 280 @ 1,150 ft.-lb. torque to 350 @ 1350 ft.-lb., marking the largest engine available for this model....
Diesel up 2.6 cents to $2.194
The national average price for a gallon of diesel fuel ticked up 2.6 cents to average $2.194 last week, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This marks a significant cost stabilization over the 5- and 9.8-cent jumps posted for the prior two weeks, and is consistent with EIA’s forecast....
Great Dane Trailers, Hyundai Translead begin factory installs of VeriWise
GE's Trailer Fleet Services business has signed agreements with both Great Dane Trailers and Hyundai Translead to begin performing factory installations of VeriWise Asset Intelligence systems. The units will be installed on current model year trailers GE has ordered at the request of its lease customers....
Engineered Support to refurbish military trailers returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom
Engineered Support Systems, Inc. received an additional $7.4 million order under its firm-fixed price contract with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) at Warren, Michigan to remanufacture M1000 Heavy Equipment Transport (HET) trailers....
Driver shortage continues to shrink
Strong demands for competing labor continue to put pressure on the Driver Labor Index (truck share of employment) calculated by FTR Associates. However, FTR’s forecast for slowing freight growth in 2005 is allowing fleets to work off some of the record driver shortages accumulated during the last 18 months....
Oshkosh Truck acquires Canadian concrete mixer manufacturer
Oshkosh Truck Corporation, a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, announced today that it has acquired London Machinery Inc., a leading, privately owned manufacturer of concrete mixers based in London, Ontario....
Navistar lands big military contract
The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) has awarded Navistar International Corp.’s operating company International Truck & Engine Corp. a contract with the potential value of $467 million to provide vehicles for the Afghanistan National Army. ...
Autocar trucks available in Heil Ready Truck program
Refuse truck body manufacturer Heil Environmental has added a “large” order of Autocar Xpeditor trucks to its Ready Truck program. Ready Truck has been an active program for 10 years, which aims to maintain a fleet of ready-to-work trucks for immediate purchase through a Heil distributor or sales representative....
Diesel price increases not as severe
More gradual diesel-price hikes are expected after weeks of drastic increases, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA)....
International honing strategy
International Truck & Engine Corp. is planning to adjust its marketing strategy in the face of trucking’s concerns about EPA ‘07-compliant engines and driver and technician shortages as well as the OEM’s own introduction of a proprietary heavy-duty diesel engine....
Yellow hints at $150-$200 million stock buyback
Yellow Roadway yesterday told investors it may seek to buy back $150 to $200 million worth of its common stock, most likely after it completes its acquisition of USF Corp. this summer. ...
Meritor Tire Inflation System breaks sales records in 2004
Pressure Systems International, Inc. (PSI), manufacturer of the Meritor Tire Inflation System by PSI, reported that fiscal year 2004 sales of its premier tire inflation system for the heavy-duty trucking industry broke all previous sales records, according to Frank Sonzala, executive vice president for PSI, and Jim Sharkey, business unit director, Trailer Systems, ArvinMeritor. ...
Ryder buys Brooklyn leasing operation
Ryder System has acquired 4 G’s Truck Renting Co., a Brooklyn-based local truck leasing and rental company. Ryder attained the company’s fleet of approximately 400 vehicles and 100 customers. ...
Six locations added to Sterling Truck dealer network
Sterling Truck Corporation announced that it has recently added six locations to its expanding dealer network, bringing its total number of sales, parts, and service locations in North America to more than 350....
LDV van plant opened
LDV has opened a new van plant in Birmingham, England. LDV boss Allan Amey said that most of the workforce are shareholders and both they and LDV's partners share the vision of a European and world-wide success for the firm and its new Maxus van range. ...
Record van, truck registrations in UK
Figures late last week from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show record van and truck registrations in the UK. ...
Wabash announces big plans for its manufacturing
Wabash National Corp. announced its board of directors approved of two major investments intended to maintain its position as a leading trailer manufacturer. ...
Self-supporting truck shelving
INDIANAPOLIS -- Taylor-Ready System (TRS) shelving for parcel delivery and dry-freight trucks was introduced here at the National Truck Equipment Assn.'s Work Truck Show. ...
Workhorse W42 boosts walk-in trucks
INDIANAPOLIS—Workhorse Custom Chassis unveiled the new W42 platform at The Work Truck Show, featuring a new International VT275 V-6 diesel engine that brings 200 horsepower and 440 lbs-ft of torque into the service of walk-in applications....
Chevy Express, GMC Savana to offer Duramax 6600 turbodiesel
INDIANAPOLIS—General Motors announced the availability of the Duramax 6600 turbodiesel engine in the 2006 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana G2500 and G3500 series, as well as H2500 series commercial models....
International mobile power option
International Truck and Engine Corp. today introduced the International Diamond Logic PowerPack 3 auxiliary power unit to provide customers with a reliable power source built into its trucks. The 3,000-watt AC power system is a factory-installed option on its medium-duty and severe-service vehicles. ...
Aero Industries opens manufacturing center
INDIANAPOLIS -- Aero Industries Inc. announced at The Work Truck Show here that it has moved facilities and begun producing its tarping systems and trailer accessories from a newly constructed Indianapolis operations center. The building, at over 130,000 square feet, will serve as corporate headquarters for a company with operations in three states, Canada and the UK....
