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Peterbilt introduces the Model 325 conventional for the Class 5 market
Peterbilt Motors Company recently announced the introduction of the new Model 325, its first vehicle dedicated to the specific needs of the Class 5 market. The Model 325 is ideal for the complete range of Class 5 applications including vehicle recovery and towing, lease/rental, pick-up and delivery and business services such as parcel delivery, landscaping and construction. The Model 325 begins production in mid-July.
Mack Unveils TerraPro Refuse Models
The life of a refuse truck is non-stop abuse, with harsh work cycles, constant demands for increased efficiency and no compromises on reliability and durability. The new TerraPro Series from Mack Trucks, Inc. delivers everything needed to handle that, plus a new driver environment to improve comfort and boost productivity.
Freightliner introduces Cascadia
Freightliner Trucks launched the Cascadia – a new Class 8 truck for on-highway applications. Built from an entirely new platform, the Cascadia delivers significant fuel savings and is designed based on the Run Smart philosophy to be the most productive, efficient and drivable truck on the market, the company said. With its new styling, a quieter and more comfortable cab and ergonomic controls, the Cascadia was constructed with driver comfort and improved operating ratios in mind.
Top shape
Applying three decades of experience,and with the help of suppliers, Mike Payette is keeping the Staples fleet running cost effectively and efficiently.
Application specific: P&D Bodies
Questions that often come up when fleets are spec’ing truck bodies are related to the materials used in roofs and sidewalls.
Kenworth unveils new lineup of medium-duty models
Kenworth unveiled a new lineup of medium- duty trucks at the Mid-America Trucking Show. It introduced the T370 Class 7, T270 Class 6 and T270 hybrid-electric conventional models and the K260 Class 6 cabover, which joins the K360 Class 7 cabover. The new lineup handles a broad range of diverse applications, including food and beverage distributors, propane and fuel fleets, towing and recovery operators, general construction and landscape firms, and dry, refrigerated and side-curtain van operations.
Grote introduces forward, interior LED lights
Grote Industries unveiled several new products at the Mid-America Trucking Show. Grote revealed how it will deliver an LED forward lamp in the coming months by showing off a 6,000-lumen lighting array that competed in the Baja 1000 race. The company explained how it engineered a solution for the destructive thermal barrier that has limited LED lighting’s output capacity, and outlined its development of a new line of LED military lighting. The company also demonstrated its new, advanced, warm “ergonomic” LED WhiteLight colors, engineered to reduce stress and provide optimum viewing comfort, and unveiled new LED electronic dome light controls, mounting pans and wiring systems.