The doors are open at 40th annual Mid-America Trucking Show

The weather in Louisville this week has been dreary, but it is starting to improve. That is good news for the 70,000 expected attendees who are beginning to arrive at the Kentucky Expo Center for the 40th annual Mid-America Trucking Show, which opened …

Extended service interval grease

Chevron Products Co. introduced an extended service interval grease called Delo Grease ESI March 31 in Louisville, Ky.
Jim Gambill, manager of direct marketing, said, “Many fleets have gone to extended drain intervals. This is a new product designed to support that.” Although not a synthetic grease, Gambill described it as “a 30,000-35,000-mile grease.”
Chevron recommends following […]

Ultra-capacitor for truck starts

Maxwell Technologies will market a device later this year called an ultra-capacitor that will replace one or two truck batteries and help start a truck, the company announced Thursday, March 31, in Louisville.
The unit is dry, maintenance-free, saves weight and provides a line of protection against no-starts, said Dennis Flynn, director marketing research and brand […]

Daimler Raises North America Truck Sales Estimate

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Daimler Trucks raised its estimate for 2011 industrywide sales of Class 6-8 trucks in North America to a gain of 30% to 35% over last year, to 286,000 trucks, company executives said.