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Double A Trailers joins Utility’s dealer network

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. has announced that Double A Utility Trailers, a dealership located in northwestern Ohio is now part of Utility’s dealer network. The Double A Utility Trailer dealership comprises 12,936 square feet of space for sales, support, and a 7-bay service department. In addition, the dealership offers customers a fully stocked 12,000 square

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The role trailers could play in electrification

Range is a constant conversation in our increasingly electrified trucking world. The juxtaposition of getting more range is adding more batteries, but that adds weight to trucks that have spent the past decade, really, lightweighting components. But what about the trailer? Sure, batteries could add weight, and trailers tend to sit a lot, which is

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Stoughton achieves ISO certification for its Wisconsin facility

Stoughton Trailers has announced it has achieved ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certification for the production of painted intermodal chassis in the Evansville, Wis. facility. ISO 9001:2015 is a Quality Management Standard (QMS) developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The standard is based on several quality management principles, including having a

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How suppliers work with telematics providers to get fleets the data they need

In the world of trailer telematics, integration lines are being drawn. Trailer OEMs and third-parties are both rapidly evolving trailer telematics solutions beyond location data. Suppliers are incorporating sensors into their tried-and-true trailer equipment and sending that info through the on-board trailer telematics system to deliver that information to fleets. But like many truck technology

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ZF launches new Commercial Vehicle Solutions division

ZF has launched its new Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division. The new division unites ZF’s former Commercial Vehicle Technology and Commercial Vehicle Control Systems divisions, the latter of which was formed from ZF’s May 2020 acquisition of WABCO. ZF’s CVS division is aimed at solutions for safe, sustainable and digitized transport, the company noted in

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The ROI of truck tire pressure telematics

Tire management is important and data is important, yet when the two come together it can be overwhelming. Tire costs often top the list of major expenses (if not take pole position) and so much data is coming at you from so many components that it can be difficult to weed through the details. That’s

Sensata Technologies releases new Smart-Tactor Contactors

Sensata Technologies announced the availability of the new GXC and MXC series of Smart-Tactor contactors with CAN bus communication, which the company says provide data for improved system performance, reliability and diagnostics in military, battery system, energy storage, commercial vehicle and industrial applications. Built on the GX and MX series from Sensata’s GIGAVAC product brand, this new series of

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FTR reports preliminary trailer orders retreated in January to 26,500 units

FTR reports preliminary trailer orders for December retreated to 26,500 units, down 18% m/m and -42% y/y.  Trailer orders for 2021 totaled 249,000 units. OEMs continue to manage backlogs carefully, as the supply chain disruptions persist. Order volume was very close to the average of the previous three months. Liquid tank trailer orders were sturdy.

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Stoughton announces expanded intermodal chassis production

Stoughton Trailers announced its plan for expanded intermodal chassis production. In 2022, Stoughton will begin manufacturing chassis products in Waco, Texas. As part of its future chassis production plan, Stoughton purchased a parcel of land in Waco and is building a new manufacturing facility to further expand chassis production capacity and tap into alternative labor

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M&K Truck Centers names new chief operating officer

M&K Truck Centers announced the appointment of Josh Wolf to the position of chief operating officer, effective immediately. Wolf joined M&K Truck Centers in July of 2015 and has been an effective leader with increasing levels of responsibility, most recently as vice president of operations. Wolf’s career history includes over 25 years in the trucking

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U.S. trailer orders about lower YTD compared to first 11 months of 2020

November net U.S. trailer orders of 32,103 units increased more than 84% from the previous month, but were nearly 20% lower compared to November of 2020. Before accounting for cancellations, new orders of 33.9k units were up more than 73% versus October, but 18% lower than the previous November, according to this month’s issue of

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Getting a sense of trailer location, cargo status solutions

There’s a cautionary tale told in whispers at fleet industry events of a fleet manager who was plagued by the problem of lost trailers. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t seem to keep track of his cargo carriers. Where were they? Were they loaded? Unloaded? Maintained? These are the questions he mumbled to

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