Mitsubishi Fuso announces its 2013 North America Dealer of the Year awards
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America Inc. has announced its 2013 North American Dealer of the Year awards. Each year, MFTA recognizes its most outstanding dealers in the U.S. and Canada for overall performance and for sales, parts sales and service performance. In addition, the company honors the dealer salesperson of the year. “The dealers we
March Fleet Equipment digital edition now available
The March digital edition of Fleet Equipment is now available. Read the issue online or download our app on your mobile device. In this edition, Oakley Transport is taking advantage of new technologies to grow its operation efficiently and cost effectively. Also in the March edition, Fleet Equipment provides tips for spec’ing sleepers using analytics, replacing
MIT Automobile opens North American headquarters
MIT Automobile LLC hosted a grand opening celebration for its newly built North American headquarters in Azusa, Calif. The modern 25,000-sq. ft. facility features technical support center, openly configured work spaces for management, sales, customer care and parts distribution center. “We were thrilled to share the opening of our new headquarters with our friends, staff,
Webb Wheel OEM launches quarterly technical advice newsletter
The OEM business unit of Webb Wheel has launched a quarterly newsletter containing information about wheel end specifying and maintenance practices. The one page newsletter will include technical advice for maintenance management, technicians, drivers and others who interface with wheel end components on their trucks and trailers. The inaugural issue published in February gave guidelines
Spicer EconoTrek 6×2 tandem axle now offered by Peterbilt, Kenworth
Dana Holding Corp. announced that the Spicer EconoTrek 6×2 tandem axle is now available for 2014 Peterbilt and Kenworth commercial vehicles. The Spicer EconoTrek 6×2 tandem axle reduces vehicle weight by up to 400 lbs. when compared with a traditional 40,000-lb. 6×4 tandem axle arrangement, and it offers numerous innovations for reducing maintenance and increasing
ATDynamics offers combination aerodynamic equipment packages
ATDynamics announced that in response to President Obama’s recent orders for tighter fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks, it will offer trucking fleets aerodynamic equipment combination packages that have been tested at the Auto Research Center (ARC) wind tunnel in Indianapolis, Ind. to deliver 9.6, 10.6 and 11.2% fuel savings. “The technologies exist today to
XTRA Lease adds new corrosion-fighting trailers
XTRA Lease has ordered approximately 5,000 new trailers for 2014, most of which will be built with corrosion-fighting galvanized steel components. The company is adding a mix of dry vans, liftgated vans and reefers equipped with new fuel-saving Thermo King Precedent reefer units. For the first time, XTRA Lease will offer dry vans built with galvanized rear
Aero Clad bumper released for the Mack Granite truck model
Hendrickson Bumper and Trim announces the release of the new Aero Clad bumper for the Mack Granite which, according to the company, offers weight savings and requires less maintenance compared to the standard metal bumper. Hendrickson offers Aero Clad bumpers for both set forward and set back axle Mack Granite truck models. Aero Clad bumper
Volvo Trucks delivers 25,000th truck equipped with remote diagnostics uptime support
Volvo Trucks’ Remote Diagnostics connected vehicle platform is now providing proactive diagnostic and repair planning assistance to 25,000 trucks throughout the U.S. and Canada. Averitt Express of Cookesville, Tenn. recently took delivery of and put into service the 25,000th truck, a Volvo VNL 670. The Cookeville, Tenn.-based transportation and supply chain management provider now operates
Meritor renames braking systems and announces product enhancements
Meritor is renaming and enhancing two braking products to help customers identify these products and improve their total cost of ownership. As part of a new naming structure, Meritor drum brakes that had been branded QPlus are now Q+; and air disc brakes are renamed from EX225 to EX+. The company also outlined new enhancements
Luber-finer featured newest heavy-duty filter line at TMC 2014
Luber-finer featured its Time Release Technology oil filter line and ExtremeClean HD premium cabin air filters with Arm & Hammer baking soda odor absorption at the Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting 2014. Luber-finer’s award-winning Time Release Technology oil filter line has been specifically engineered to help reduce escalating fleet-maintenance costs by extending oil-change intervals
ATDynamics projects 200,000 TrailerTails deployed by 2017
ATDynamics projects that based on current industry adoption rates, trucking fleet customers are expected to deploy over 200,000 ATDynamics TrailerTails by 2017. North American fleets are on track to order 50,000 TrailerTails by the end of 2014 as projected by ATDynamics in 2011. More than 350 U.S. trucking fleets have deployed ATDynamics patented TrailerTail technology in
