Watch: Peterbilt NACV announcements

Jason Morgan is the content director of Fleet Equipment. He has covered the trucking industry for more than 10 years, has a CDL and geeks out far too much over the latest truck equipment and technology.

Published: Oct 29, 2019

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At NACV, Peterbilt’s General Manager and PACCAR Vice President Jason Skoog took to the stage to talk about the overall truck market, Peterbilt’s market share, it’s electric truck lineup and strategy, make several product announcements and talk service, support and uptime.

To start, Skoog provided a end-of-the-year 2019 market overview, a 2020 market outlook and an update on Peterbilt’s current heavy- and medium-duty market share:

Then he detailed Peterbilt’s current electric truck lineup and made several current product announcements, including over-the-air engine updates on PACCAR engines.

Finally, Skoog detailed Peterbilt’s after sales service and support network and announced a new dealer certification program.

Click here for all of our NACV coverage.

XL Specialized Trailers launches Knight MFG trailer

The Knight, a 48-ft.-long detachable gooseneck lowboy with an overall capacity of 80,000 lbs., is now available form XL dealers.

By Kevin Linger

Managing Editor/Producer of Fleet Equipment Magazine

Published: Apr 20, 2024

XL Specialized Trailers recently launched a new trailer model, the XL Knight 80 MFG. XL says the Knight, a 48-foot-long detachable gooseneck lowboy, has an overall capacity of 80,000 lbs. and a concentrated capacity of 70,000 lbs. in 16 ft. The company adds that the trailer offers 29 ft. of main deck loading space and a loaded deck height of 18 in.