International to build new engines in Alabama
International Truck and Engine Corp., the principal operating subsidiary of Navistar International Corp. announced it will build new Class 8 “big-bore” diesel engines in Huntsville, Alabama.
Phillips offers LED dome light
Phillips Industries offers an LED version of its PERMALITE fluorescent dome lamp. PERMALITE LED, developed with the same quality standards as the original light, provides up to 100,000 hours of light in the most extreme temperature conditions (from -50 to +180), the company said.
Signal-Stat LED back-up lamps offered
Truck-Lite added two new Signal-Stat LED backup lamps to its line of safety lamps.
Freightliner Custom Chassis expands engine offering
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp.’s (FCCC) offering of the Mercedes-Benz MBE 926 continues to grow.
Kenworth adds steerable lift axle vocational models
Kenworth Truck Co. offers a new 13,200-pound steerable lift axle on selected Kenworth Class 8 vocational truck models for dump, mixer, heavy haul, logging and other vocational applications.
Carrier introduces Niagara trailer series
Carrier Transicold unveiled the Niagara trailer refrigeration series, the first major evolution of its X-Series.
Utility Trailer increasing thin-wall business
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., a manufacturer of dry freight vans, reefers, flatbeds and Tautliner curtainsided trailers, said its thin-wall 4000D-X dry van represents a growing percentage of its annual dry van production.
International debuts new 2007 engine
International Truck and Engine Corp. a maker of mid-range diesel engines, unveiled a new global brand for its 2007 on-highway automotive engines.
Think Of It As A System
Although the components of high-power electrical systems in today’s heavy-duty trucks – starters, batteries, alternators and cables – are very robust and designed to operate without problems for many thousands of miles,they are, unfortunately, not trouble free.
Dodge introduces 2007 Ram 350 Chassis cab
Dodge is redefining commercial truck standards with its introduction of the all-new 2007 Ram 3500 Chassis Cab.