Parker Chelsea provides 892 Series PTO
Parker Chelsea has made PTO (power take-off) and pump installation simpler and more reliable on oil field exploration and maintenance trucks. Because...
Utility revamps website, adds capabilities
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company, the City of Industry CA-based manufacturer of refrigerated trailers, dry freight vans, flatbeds, and Tautliner...
Sentry Torch Guard offers compatibility
Arndt Enterprise introduces the Torch Guard automatic welding nozzle cleaning system for robotic MIG welding cells. The system takes only seconds to remove...
Truck-Lite Co provides its 2011 catalog
Truck-Lite Co Inc is offering its 2011 full-line product catalog. It contains a full range of quality LEDs, sealed or replaceable lighting products, harnesses,...
Thermo King recognizes top dealers for 2010 at annual meeting
Earlier in 2011, Thermo King announced the top-performing individuals and dealerships for 2010 at its annual dealer meeting. The company recognized these...
Volvo Rolls Out 500,000th Truck
The 500,000th truck built by Volvo Trucks North American (VTNA) is going home with the same company that bought the very first unit to roll off Volvo’s New River Valley production line in Dublin, Virginia: Wilson Trucking...
Hutchens Unveils 9700 TWS Series
Hutchens’ 9700 Tandem Wide Spread (TWS) Series suspensions are designed to meet the needs of those who require a longer wheelbase to better distribute trailer weight, and to keep the gross trailer weight or the weight of each individual axle within lawful limits, and can be adapted or customized to virtually any type of frame...
Lightweight Bodies Fully Integrated With Chassis
The need to develop lighter-weight, more fuel-efficient delivery vehicles is spurring the use of more composite materials in truck body construction. In addition, such new lightweight body designs are being more fully integrated with chassis than ever...
Trailer Order Backlog Grows Despite Order Falloff
Commercial trailer backlogs surpassed the 100,000 level in April, closing out the month at 101,244 units. While backlog grew during the month, net orders posted a 30% decline from the previous month...
Economy Runs Into ‘Temporary Soft Patch’
The U.S. economy has hit a “temporary soft patch” and The PNC Financial Services Group is dialing back its projections for industrial production, according to Robert A. Dye, a senior economist for the Group...
Meritor WABCO Backing Commercial Vehicle Safety Technology Bill
Meritor WABCO supports the Commercial Motor Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act of 2011, introduced by Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) on May 4 as H.R. 1706. The bill would provide an income tax credit for proven advanced safety technologies to owners of commercial trucks, buses and commercial motor vehicle fleets...
Godwin Acquires Plow, Spreader Manufacturer
The Godwin Group and its affiliated company Godwin Manufacturing have acquired the assets of Good Roads Inc. of Williamsport, Indiana—which was founded in 1878 and manufactures a line of snow plows and salt spreaders...
ATA Truck Tonnage Drops 0.7% in April
The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.7 percent in April after gaining a revised 1.9 percent in March 2011. March’s increase was slightly better than the 1.7 percent ATA reported on April 26, 2011. The latest drop put the SA index at 114.9 (2000=100) in April, down from the March level of 115.6...
Douglas Dynamics Honored by Milwaukee Journal
Douglas Dynamics, Inc.(NYSE:PLOW), designer and manufacturer of snow and ice control equipment for light trucks, was recently ranked No. 3 on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Top 100 Workplaces List in the Top Mid-Size Workplace category...
Dow Orders PHEVs from Quantum
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW) has received a contract to deliver 100-plus plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) pickup truck fleet vehicles powered by Dow Kokam lithium ion battery technology to The Dow Chemical Company ...
Freightliner Offers Automated-Manual Transmission for Business Class M2
Freightliner Trucks has introduced its AMT3 automated-manual transmission for Business Class M2 vehicles—technology that combines the design principles of a manual transmission with intelligent electronics to form an automated two-pedal shift system that equalizes driver performance and improves fuel economy...
Trucking Gains Expected Through 2022: ATA Report
U.S. freight economy, particularly for trucking, is projected to grow significantly in the years ahead, according to American Trucking Associations’ U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2022...
New FUSO Canter FE/FG Series Work Trucks Arrive
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) says that new FUSO 2012 model Canter FE Series medium-duty commercial trucks began arriving from Japan at ports in Baltimore, Jacksonville, San Diego and Tacoma in April...
China To Lose Edge Over U.S. By 2016, Economist Says
A leading manufacturing sector economist says the Chinese will stand to lose significant market share in the years to come, and will have not a cost advantage over U.S. manufacturing by the year 2016...
Standard Released for Load Binders Used With Chain Tie Downs
The Web Sling & Tie Down Association (WSTDA) has released its newly developed Recommended Standard Specification for Load Binders Used With Chain Tie Downs (WSTDA-T-6). The standard applies to load binders designed to accommodate chain tie downs for the purpose of securing cargo...
Webinar to provide tips on mounting equipment on new Freightliner chassis
Freightliner and Trailer/Body Builders will present a free webinar on installing truck bodies and equipment on Freightliner’s new 114SD vocational work trucks...
State of Freight Webinar June 9
FTR Associates will hold its State of Freight Webinar June 9 from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT....
Two Canada Companies Join Seagrave’s Sales and Distribution Network
Seagrave Fire Apparatus has announced that two companies will represent Seagrave for sales and service throughout Ontario and Quebec: Ontario Fire Truck and Eastway Emergency Vehicles....
PALFINGER Opens Two Training Facilities
PALFINGER North America's educational institution, Palfinger University, has opened new locations in Trenton, New Jersey, and Cerritos, California, joining the Tiffin, Ohio, location. ...
SAF-HOLLAND Adds Aftermarket Distribution Center in Cincinnati
SAF-HOLLAND has opened a new 85,000-square-foot Aftermarket Parts Distribution Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, which will supply replacement parts to SAF-HOLLAND distribution centers and customers throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada...
