Timpte Selects Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS) For Preferred Status
The Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS) by Pressure Systems International (PSI) has been selected as Timpte Inc.’s preferred automatic tire-inflation system...
Class 8 Net Orders for December Stay Strong
December Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs were 25,247 units, according to FTR Associates’ preliminary data—only a 3% drop from the strong November activity...
NTEA Raises Requirements For MVP Program
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has made enhancements to its Member Verification Program (MVP), which includes recognized distributors, manufacturers and upfitters who have implemented quality business practices and have verified compliance with specific government safety regulations...
Work Truck Show Features New Products From 60 Companies
More than 60 companies have announced that they will launch new work truck chassis, bodies, power systems, components, accessories and service equipment at The Work Truck Show 2011 in Indianapolis March 8-10...
Former Great Dane President Hammond, 98, Dies
Chris C.F. Hammond Jr., former President and Chairman of the Board of Great Dane Trailers, Inc., passed away Monday in Savannah, Ga. Hammond was 98...
Preliminary Net Class 8 Orders Up 115% in December
December preliminary net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets were 25,500 units, according to ACT Research Co...
Environmental Solutions Group Acquires DuaLift Product Line
Environmental Solutions Group announced it has acquired the DuaLift product line manufactured by Refuse Parts Inc. (RPI) in Iberia, OH...
Rugby Releases Aluminum Dump Body With Fold-Down Sides
Rugby Manufacturing recently added a new aluminum dump body to its line of Class 3-5 truck bodies, featuring lightweight fold-down sides that provide versatile and easy access to the body...
Sagon Trucks Named Dealer for Rental Bucket Trucks
Utility Equipment Leasing Corporation (UELC) has named Sagon Trucks of Jonesboro, Georgia, a dealer for the rental of digger derricks and bucket trucks in ranges up to 105 feet...
Cole Hersee Acquired By Littelfuse Inc.
Cole Hersee Company has been acquired by Littelfuse Inc. of Chicago, Illinois, with the combined company positioned to better serve OEMs and aftermarket customers in the heavy-vehicle sector...
Hino Engines Tops In Customer Satisfaction Among Conventional Medium-Duty Owners
Hino Trucks engines rank highest in customer satisfaction among conventional medium-duty truck owners for an unprecedented third year in a row, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S. Medium Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Customer Satisfaction Study...
Southeastern Freight Lines Launches Subsidiary
Southeastern Freight Lines has launched a new subsidiary, Southeastern Logistics Solutions, that will provide expedited service and multi-modal transportation services across the nation through strategic capacity partnerships ...
Authorized Transmission Remanufacturing Relocates
Authorized Transmission Remanufacturing (ATR), a supplier of fleet transmissions, has moved into a new 100,000 sq. ft. facility in Mundelein, IL...
Where Is Economy Headed in 2011?
By Wendy Leavitt, Fleet Owner director of editorial development, and Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Fleets looking for positive economic news for 2011 are instead getting mixed signals from an economy that just doesn’t seem to know where it is heading just yet...
CARB Takes Another Bite Out of Emissions
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has passed two amendments to previous diesel engine emissions-control measures that will mandate particulate matter [PM] reductions from current levels by an additional 50% by 2014 and 70% by 2020...
Four Million Gallons Of Fuel Saved By Eaton’s Hybrids
Customers using Eaton Corporation’s hybrid power systems have logged more than 100 million miles of service with their vehicles, saved more than four million gallons of fuel and cut emissions by 40,000 metric tons, Eaton says...
Auto Truck Group Bought By ARI
Auto Truck Group, a leading upfitter in the work truck industry, has sold its assets to Automotive Resources International (ARI), and the company will now be known as Auto Truck Group LLC (ATG), a wholly owned subsidiary of ARI...
NHTSA Makes Corrections in GHG Document
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have made corrections in the proposed rules published in the Federal Register of November to establish a comprehensive national program that will increase fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for on-road heavy-duty vehicles...
FMCSA Proposes to Revise HOS
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to revise the regulations for hours of service for drivers of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)...
Navistar’s 4Q In Line With Expectations
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) reported profitable results for the fourth quarter ended Oct. 31, propelled by the improved performance of its core business and military sales...
FTA Awards National Parks $27 Million for Transportation Improvements
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) said that 47 projects in national parks, forests and wildlife refuges across the United States will share in $27 million from its Paul S. Sarbanes Transit In Parks program to improve public and alternative transportation within the grounds...
Commercial Trailer Net Orders Up 215% in November
Net orders of commercial trailers rose to 21,314 in November, a 23% increase over October’s performance that was the strongest month in over two years and a 215% increase over November 2009, according to ACT Research Co...
FTA Awards $25.7 Million to Help Communities Select Best Local Transit Options
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has given $25.7 million in competitively awarded grants through the Alternative Analysis program to help community officials in 15 states evaluate and select the best options to help place new or expanded transit systems in their communities...
China’s HD Sales Decline From Record Levels
Sales of heavy-duty commercial vehicles in China were 204,250 units in the third quarter of 2010, a 16 percent increase from the third quarter of 2009, but a 36 percent decline from the record sales of the second quarter of this year...
BAE Systems Unveils Parallel Propulsion System for Trucks
BAE Systems is developing a parallel hybrid propulsion system designed for medium- and heavy-duty truck applications that is the latest version of the HybriDrive green system...
