Mountain River Trucking makes every mile count
From its single location in Mt. Airy, N.C., Mountain River Trucking hauls truckload (TL) to less-than-truckload (LTL) general freight and high-value loads, primarily food and pharmaceuticals, coast-to-coast to Oregon, Washington and California, hauling 250,000 miles annually. It’s the combination of these high-value loads and long, cross-nation drives that has Mountain River focusing on two things
Navistar details mission to maximize customer uptime
Navistar announced its new mission centered on maximizing customer uptime, illustrating the company’s shift toward the future and its renewed emphasis on keeping customers’ trucks on the road. “Uptime means more than designing and building trucks to stay on the road longer,” said Bill Kozek, Navistar president, truck and parts. “It’s our renewed commitment to
Fleet Engineers partners with Freightliner’s Team Run Smart Pro
Fleet Engineers Inc. has formally partnered with Freightliner’s Team Run Smart Pro‘s Henry Albert, owner of Albert Transportation Inc., based in Statesville, N.C. Albert has been a trucker since 1983 and is operating a Freightliner Cascadia Evolution 72-in. sleeper. He has been successfully utilizing Fleet Engineers’ SmartWay-verified Advanced Air Slipper side skirts and AeroFlap mud flaps
Kit Masters releases new two-speed fan clutch
Kit Masters announced an addition to the GoldTop family of fan clutches with the release of its new two-speed GoldTop. In standard, over-the-road applications, trucks receive a large amount of ram air through the radiator, which helps in lowering the coolant temperature, according to the company. In a vocational application, where the vehicle is often
Trailer orders up year-over-year
Nearly 44,000 net orders were posted in December, the second strongest month on record for the trailer industry, according to the research published by ACT Research Co. For total year 2014, net orders were 359,000, up nearly 55% over 2013. “The industry orderboard has reached a level not seen in almost 20 years,” said Frank
Navistar recognizes top suppliers
Navistar awarded 26 top-performing suppliers with its annual Diamond Supplier Award. Out of more than 1,200 suppliers, this group exceeded the performance expectations for quality, delivery, technology and cost, according to the truck OEM. “Among the hundreds of high-quality, high-performance suppliers we depend on to build our trucks, buses and engines, Diamond Suppliers are an
PPG announces show truck tour dates
PPG Automotive Refinish announced its 2015 show truck tour schedule. The show truck this year is a 75-ft. 2007 Coronado Freightliner tractor-trailer rig. The Freightliner sports a new paint scheme that highlights the colors, graphics and special effects that PPG’s advanced PPG refinish products allow, according to the company. Again this year, veteran PPG driver Chad
Class 8 used truck volumes down in 2014, pricing up
Total reported volumes of used Class 8 trucks improved to 2,078 units in December, rising by 8% month over month, according to the latest release of the State of the Industry, published by ACT Research. “For total 2014, used Class 8 truck volumes were down 5%, and average miles decreased by 2%,” said Steve Tam,
The latest transmission technology benefits shifting fleets
In many fleets, traditional manual transmissions are becoming a thing of the past. With more new drivers joining fleet ranks, easier to operate automated manual transmissions (AMTs), along with full automatics, are gaining in popularity. These transmissions also help all drivers—novice and veteran alike— improve fuel economy and safety. Full control Eaton’s newest automated transmission
ContiTech shows off air spring system design at HDAW 2015
ContiTech air spring systems is focusing its presence at the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) in Las Vegas on its service, quality and product designs for the air spring replacement market. “For us, the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week is one of the most important events worldwide and is the ideal meeting place for in-depth discussions with
December heavy-duty trailer orders at near record level
FTR reported that December U.S. trailer net orders were recorded at 45,500—the second highest month ever recorded. Trailer orders for 2014 totaled over 360,000, by far the best order year ever, according to the research firm. The company noted that dry van orders set an all-time record, as OEMs aggressively sought orders to book into
Optimizing your tire program
Tires continue to be one of the top expenditures for commercial trucking fleets. A successful, well thought through tire program can drop many thousands of dollars per year directly to a fleet company’s bottom line. A tire program, however, is not as simple as purchasing the lowest priced new tire and retread. Tire performance is
