Bendix EverSure spring brake features No Touch technology
The company said its next-generation, double-diaphragm spring brake for drum brakes offers the lightest weight in the industry while delivering best-in-class durability and performance. The new spring brake is more than two pounds lighter than competitive spring brakes, helping to offset the extra weight added to commercial vehicles by engine systems designed to meet recent emissions regulations.
Beware of scams when improving fleet fuel economy
It’s gratifying to see regulators finally shift their focus from reducing NOx emissions to reducing global warming, because global warming can be reduced by improving efficiency. Improved fleet fuel economy can significantly reduce a fleet’s carbon footprint. But beware. When fuel economy becomes an issue, charlatans come out of the woodwork. During commercial fuel economy
CSA 2010 and its impact on tires
The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) has officially rolled out its new Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) program. Commercial trucking fleets need to fully understand all of the rules and regulations of CSA that will affect your fleet’s tire program. Commercial fleets cannot afford to be penalized for the results of a poor tire maintenance
Customer-focused fleet management
The right parts. Talented technicians. Can-do attitude. Delivering what customers want and need. That’s the formula for a unique network of trailer service centers operated by Polar Service Centers, a growing network of 29 locations across the U.S. It’s operated by a team of individual site managers and directed by the group’s president, Craig Fisher,
Optimize fleet maintenance, sustainability with new reefer technology
Refrigerated haulers grapple with high fuel costs, increased regulations and other challenges, but there is a new reefer technology that offers help.
Stability control: rules, technology and benefits
The potential for regulation for commercial vehicle stability control moves into the Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in mid-2011.
Detroit Diesel sintered metal filter achieves CARB Level 3+ certification
Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls’ LongMile diesel particulate filter containing Detroit Diesel’s sintered metal filter technology has been verified by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as Level 3+. The filter has successfully demonstrated diesel particulate matter emission reductions of more than 85% while meeting the NOx emission standards.
Hino engines rank highest among medium-duty truck owners
The J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S. Medium-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Customer Satisfaction Study reports Hino Trucks engines rank highest in customer satisfaction among conventional medium-duty truck owners for the third year in a row.
Labelmaster offers full line of dangerous goods products
Labelmaster said it is the only FedEx-recognized software vendor that offers customers a full line of dangerous goods products, in addition to its Masterform Express form-filling software. FedEx will require all Shipper’s Declarations for Dangerous Goods to be prepared using a FedEx-recognized vendor software, preapproved shipper-proprietary software, or FedEx Express automated shipping solutions that have dangerous goods edit checks, beginning Jan. 10, 2011.
Government to regulate truck fuel consumption
It was thirty-some years ago that the National Highway Transportation Administration (NHTSA) began regulating fuel consumption of automobiles. It was the birth of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. There was a serious move at that time to include heavy, commercial trucks in those regulations. However, because of the wide range of applications for trucks