‘Best solutions’
Best Cartage and its sister operations are using the right fleet management tools to provide effective solutions for customers.
Save oil, money by extending oil drain intervals
Safely extending oil drain intervals has many benefits
Trucking fleet achieves solid savings
Equipment and maintenance programs are ensuring that Abilene Motor Express is cutting costs and remaining highly productive and efficient.
2010 Sachs Class 8 clutch catalog released to the aftermarket
ZF Services released the 2010 Sachs heavy-duty clutch product line and catalog to the heavy-duty aftermarket. The product line includes premium-quality materials, original-equipment fit, maximum durability and reliability, the company said. The line offers 99% product coverage for Class 8 trucks manufactured after 1990.
Servicing vehicles after floods
Due to the recent flooding in the Midwest, ArvinMeritor’s technical publications department is providing service bulletins to repair commercial vehicle components damaged by flood water. A special webpage, www.arvinmeritor.com/products/truckandtrailer/submerged_systems.asp, links visitors to two related bulletins, some key points of which are shown here (see website for details): Axles: Rear Drive/Front Drive Steer 1. Remove and
For fuel efficiency: Automatic/automated transmissions
For an increasing number of on-highway fleet operations, automatic and automated manual transmissions are becoming standard specifications.
Lesson from Europe
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Germany to get first-hand experience with truck component technology that is headed our way.
Order books open for new MaxxForce 11/13 Class 8 diesel engine
Order books have opened for the advanced Class 8 integrated diesel powertrain at International dealerships across North America. The maker said the new MaxxForce 11 and MaxxForce 13 big-bore engines now offer heavy commercial truck buyers a fuel-efficient, powerful, durable and startlingly quiet powerplant in an integrated truck-engine package backed by the largest channel of commercial truck service locations in the United States and Canada.
Driver retention: Transmissions
There’s simply no question about it — some of the latest heavy-duty truck transmission technologies, including automated designs, can help fleets attract and retain drivers.
Shifting demands
What’s not to like about automated mechanical transmissions (AMT)? Many drivers like them because they’re easier to drive than conventional mechanical designs.