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
Dana’s Spicer AdvanTEK 40 tandem axel now available on Peterbilt, Kenworth trucks
At the Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting 2014, Dana Holding Corp. announced that Peterbilt and Kenworth are the first production trucks in the industry to offer Spicer AdvanTEK 40 tandem axles. This new 40,000-lb. tandem axle for a variety of Class 8 applications is currently offered in initial production quantities with a select number
Accuride introduces new 14-in. Accu-Lite Duplex aluminum wheels
Accuride Corp. introduced and is commercializing two newly qualified 22.5- x 14-in. Accu-Lite Duplex aluminum wheels that are up to 4 lbs. lighter than the earlier models they replace. Accuride expects to have its customer base transitioned to the new wheel versions early in the second quarter of this year. Accuride executives announced the new
Meritor WABCO addresses safety technology at Heavy Duty Dialogue 2014’s “X Factors in the Industry” panel
Heavy Duty Dialogue 2014 is a business conference developed by the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association for fleet and supplier executives globally in the commercial vehicle industry. The event was held in conjunction with the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition in Nashville. The “X Factors in the
Eaton, Cummins announce SmartAdvantage portfolio expansion
Power management company Eaton, along with Cummins Inc., announced that their popular SmartAdvantage Powertrain package is being expanded to include applications for the ISX12 diesel engine and ISX15 SmartAdvantage applications up to 110,000 lb. gross vehicle weight (GVW). Speaking to media at the American Trucking Associations’ annual Technology & Maintenance Council meeting, executives from both
Meritor introduces universal knuckle for non-drive front steer axles
Meritor Inc. introduced a universal knuckle for use with its non-drive front steer axles, giving global customers a new solution to outfit drum or air disc brakes. “We are seeing a significant increase in acceptance of air disc brakes in North America, and the redesign of our existing front steer axle with the universal knuckle
Prelim heavy- and medium-duty net orders up
February NA Classes 5-7 net orders are expected at 19,600 units (±5%) and Class 8 net orders are expected at 29,200 units (±5%), when actual data are released mid-month. “February’s Class 8 orders were the fifth best since Q2 2006,” said Kenny Vieth, ACT’s president and senior analyst. “Despite falling 16% from January, February’s net