Costco First To Receive PACCAR MX Engine in 2011 Kenworth Production Truck
Costco Wholesale Corp. has become both the first Kenworth Truck Company and PacLease customer to receive a 2011 Kenworth production truck equipped with the new PACCAR MX engine...
Kenworth adds front drive axles
Kenworth T270 Class 6 and T370 Class 7 models can now be orders with factory-installed front drive axles, the truck manufacturer announced...
Fuel economy standard for work trucks edges closer
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration continues to consider setting fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks...
Wabash begins production on reefer order
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) has started production on 350 new ArcticLite refrigerated van trailers for Frozen Food Express Industries Inc (NASDAQ: FFEX)...
Class 8 Orders Up 84% in May
Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles increased 84 percent in May 2010 compared to the same month last year, according to ACT Research Co...
Detroit Diesel Investing $194 Million In Engine Plant
Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) will invest approximately $194 million to expand existing operations at its manufacturing plant in Redford Township, MI...
Rush Selling Construction Equipment Business To Doggett
Rush Enterprises, Inc. announced today it has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to sell its John Deere construction equipment business, including its Rush Equipment Centers in Houston and Beaumont, TX, to Doggett Heavy Machinery Services, LLC. The purchase price for the Rush Equipment Centers is estimated to be approximately $37 million for assets and goodwill, stated Rush. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter ...
Parts Manufacturers Laud Passage of Small Business Lending Fund Act
The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) praised the House passage of H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act, which establishes a Small Business Lending Fund that will assist banks to increase small business capital investment lending ...
FMCSA Withdraws Regulatory Guidance on Parts Rules
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) withdrew numerous items of regulatory guidance concerning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that are now obsolete as a result of rules published by the FMCSA and found in 49 CFR Part 393: Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation...
Standardization Needed in Carbon Accounting, Report Says
Industry involvement is needed in standardizing approaches for carbon accounting, according to an analysis of greenhouse-gas reporting tools and emissions models by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)...
Cummins Filtration To Provide CV System For Maxxforce 7 Engines
Cummins Filtration will supply the crankcase ventilation (CV) systems for Navistar’s International MaxxForce 7 V-8 engine platform. The CV systems are designed to help control particulate matter (PM) emissions in truck exhaust...
Volvo Deliveries Up 44% in May
Total deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in May amounted to 13,577 vehicles—an increase of 44% compared with the year-earlier period. Compared to April this year, the deliveries increased by 4%....
Amerimax Acquires Transportation, Manufacturing Equipment From Newcourt
Amerimax Building Products, Inc. (Plano, TX) has acquired key transportation and industrial manufacturing equipment from Newcourt Inc, and hired Mel Court as a Senior Sales Representative focused solely on the transportation market...
Carbon-Measuring Methodology Bears Careful Watching, Report Says
By Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner senior editor
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions through the use of “carbon accounting” methods continues to be an emerging issue for motor carriers – particularly as shippers seek to identify the greenhouse gas emissions generated by their supply chains...
First Mahindra-Navistar Trucks Roll Off Assembly Line In India
After unveiling its entire range of high-performance trucks at the Indian Auto Expo in Delhi earlier this year, Mahindra-Navistar Automotives Ltd. (MNAL) announced the start of production as its first truck offering, the 25-ton capacity MN25, rolled off the assembly line in Chakan, Pune, India...
Brenner Celebrates 110 Years In Fond Du Lac
Brenner Tank is celebrating 110 years in the Fond du Lac area. Beginning as a small tin shop in 1900, Brenner has grown to employ more than 200 people in the community...
Volvo to Invest in Production of New Medium-Duty Engine in India
The Volvo Group’s Indian joint venture company, VE Commercial Vehicles, VECV, is to invest a total of $61 million in the production of the Volvo Group’s new global medium-duty engine in India...
The Complexity of Measuring Fuel Economy
By Jim Mele, Fleet Owner editor-in-chief
A presidential mandate to improve truck fuel economy was accomplished with the stroke of a pen last month, but figuring out how to measure that improvement will be far more complicated. And if regulators aren’t careful, those measurement standards could actually end up producing trucks that consume more fuel in real-world operations than today’s vehicles, according to researchers and industry engineers...
Parts Manufacturers Testify on California Copper Brake Bill
Terry Heffelfinger, director of product engineering, R&D, and quality for Affinia Global Brake and Chassis, testified today before the California Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, offering comments on SB 346, a bill that would mandate a reduction in the use of copper in brake products...
ACT Increases Class 8 Projections by 4,500 Units
In the latest release of the ACT North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook, ACT Research Co. increased its 2010 forecast for heavy-duty (Class 8) vehicle production by 4,500 units, boosting year-over-year growth to 23 percent...
Talbert Manufacturing Names Top Dealers
Talbert Manufacturing, Inc., recognized its top dealers in the specialty-built trailer and transport system industry for superior achievements in sales and service throughout the past year...
Mack Names 2009 International Dealer of the Year
Mack Trucks, Inc. recently honored Mack Centro of Valencia, Venezuela, as its 2009 International Dealer of the Year...
Landoll Introduces New Trailer For Oversized Hauling
Landoll Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty transport trailers, has designed and built an all-new DOUBLE DROP traveling axle trailer to transport a wide variety of oversize, over-height equipment...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 30%
Medium and heavy truck sales were up 30% in May over the same period a year ago and up 9% over the previous month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Navistar’s Net Income $30 million in 2Q
Even though the industry is at a nearly 50-year low, net income attributable to Navistar International Corporation for the second quarter ended April 30 was $30 million, equal to $0.42 of diluted earnings per share. Net income for the second quarter a year ago was $12 million, including the impact of costs related to the Ford settlement...
