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Section: Equipment > Trucks & Transportation > Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Trucks & Transportation
[VIDEO] Freightliner Celebrates 75th Anniversary
For Freightliners 75th Anniversary, Allan Haggai discusses how far they've come and what the future holds for Freightliner
March 24, 2017
Trucks & Transportation
[VIDEO] How Western Star Beat the Industry with Green-House-Gas 2017-Compliant Engines
Western Star's Mike Guarino explains how the DD13 met green house gas '17 standards in 2016, making peak torque at 1,015 rpm, and other Detroits hit peak torque at 950 rpm
March 24, 2017
Trucks & Transportation
[VIDEO] Western Star Steps Up Its Anti-Corrosion Options
Western Star has upgraded its option list for components and finishes to improve corrosion resistance on work trucks
March 24, 2017
Trucks & Transportation
Mack Brings Uptime Solution to Legacy Products
Phillip Swaim gives an inside look at Mack's new GeoTab, which can retrofit 2011 and newer legacy trucks with telematics systems much like GuardDog Connect, integrated with Mack's monitoring system
March 23, 2017
Trucks & Transportation
Meritor Announces P600 Series Tridem Heavy-Haul Planetary Axle
Meritor Inc.
Meritor claims best-in-class gross axle weight rating of 126,000 lbs. and gross combination weight of 560,000 lbs. for the heavy-haul planetary tridem designed to work in extreme conditions
March 21, 2017
Equipment
Kenworth Offers T880 with All-Wheel Drive
Kenworth Truck Company
Kenworth’s T880, continues to broaden its application reach, and is now available in an all-wheel drive configuration.
March 21, 2017
Equipment
Volvo I-Shift Improves Truck Safety, Performance
Volvo Trucks North America
Transmission shifts to neutral automatically with parking-brake application for jobsite safety, and Paver Assist allows shifting smoothly from neutral to drive for uninterrupted asphalt mat flow
March 21, 2017
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Mack Truck Body-Builder Portal Makes Upfits Easier
Mack Trucks Inc.
A one-stop shop for all body builder needs, the new Mack Body Builder Portal gives customers, body builders and dealers the tools they need.
March 7, 2017
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
[VIDEO] Mack Showcases Innovative Integrated Solutions
Engines and transmission feature upgrade
March 6, 2017
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
Startup Firm Unveils Prototype Autonomous Truck
Embark
Embark combines radars, cameras and Lidar (light detection and ranging) depth sensors ‘to perceive the world around its truck’ and artificial intelligence to learn from the data it collects
February 27, 2017
Trucks & Transportation
Terex Advance FD4000 Front-Discharge Mixer Truck Cuts Weight, Increases Durability, Improves Flexibility
Terex Corporation
Terex Advance FD4000 mixer's Meritor rear tandem axle and SAF Holland suspension are lighter and accommodate super single or dual tires, drum and drive were redesigned stronger and lighter
February 9, 2017
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
CARB Proposes Plan Reducing Emissions to 40% Below 1990 Levels
Inducements to use clean technologies on freight corridors include zero-emissions freight lanes, supporting favorable pricing for clean vehicles and fuel distribution infrastructure
February 8, 2017
Construction Safety
US DOT Proposes Adding 4 Opioids to Drug Testing Panel
Notice of proposed rulemaking aims to align DOT’s regulated-industry drug testing with Department of Health and Human Services’ laboratory drug-testing requirements
February 2, 2017
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
How Construction Can Plan for the Truck Driver Shortage Crisis Ahead
An expanding transportation industry coupled with a decreasing driver base is creating the perfect storm for driver shortages in future.
January 31, 2017
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
[VIDEO] Freightliner: SD and M2 Vocational Trucks Walkaround
Mark Howerton from Freightliner tells how the company speeds the process of upfitting to make the truck a true work tool.
January 20, 2017
Equipment
[VIDEO] Western Star 6900XD Multi-Body Transformer MBT-40 Walkaround
John Tomlinson from Western Star XD demonstrates the Transformer’s versatility; allowing you to buy one chassis and have many uses for it. Changeover times can be as little as 8 minutes and it has a 30 ton lift capacity. The XD off-road line is a flexible
January 20, 2017
Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8
[VIDEO] Freightliner’s 114SD with a 38-meter Concrete Z Boom Walkaround
Phil McEwan from Freightliner shows us this uniquely-fitted 114SD powered by a Detroit DD13 with an Allison transmission. It has a 46,000 lb. rear axle with a pusher axle in front. Great exit and entrance/egress and excellent visibility.
January 19, 2017
Concrete Mixers
[VIDEO] Freightliner/Beck Rear Discharge Concrete Mixer Walkaround
Beck Industrial teams up with Freighliner engineering to determine the ideal platform for their mix truck. Freighliner has made sure that their product communicates with the Beck Industrial CAN-Bus intelligent mixer system to achieve the goals that contra
January 19, 2017
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