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Navistar using data to customize truck PM intervals
ATLANTA, Ga. – Navistar is looking to tap into connected vehicle data to generate customized preventive maintenance intervals for individual vehicles. The OEM’s new Advanced Preventive Maintenance program falls under the International 360 platform that…
Navistar Parts adds filters, expands retail and online presence
ATLANTA, Ga. – Navistar has unveiled an expanded product selection and other changes to its parts business, ranging from a new line of filters, to an expanded retail footprint, and online ordering. The OEM’s Fleetrite product line will add air,…
Jacobs proves cylinder deactivation slashes NOx, saves fuel
ATLANTA, Ga. — Jacobs Vehicle Systems has completed testing to quantify the fuel savings and emissions benefits of Jacobs’ Cylinder Deactivation (CDA) technology. Test results showed that CDA reduced fuel consumption by 5% over the baseline in th…
Kenworth Quebec opens new parts and service location
SAINT-AUGUSTIN-DE-DESMAURES, Que. — Kenworth Quebec has opened a new 30,000 sq.-ft. parts and service facility in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures to better serve local fleets and truck operators traveling through the Quebec City area. Situated on nea…
100 places you’ll want to try to avoid when driving
The American Transportation Research Institute recently released its annual list of the 100 worst highway bottlenecks for trucks on American highways, and for the second year in a row, the intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey tops the …
Check out what’s in those energy drinks you buy
Truckers who have been around a while most likely will recall the arrival in 1985 of an alternative to coffee to help keep them awake and alert on the road. Jolt Cola arrived with the none-too-subtle slogan: “All the sugar and twice the caffeine,…
New Pilot opens in Pyote, Texas
Pilot Company earlier this week opened its 93rd location, a new Pilot Travel Center located in Pyote, Texas, about 50 miles southwest of Odessa. Located off Interstate 20 at 164 FM 1927, the new travel center features full amenities for pro drivers, in…
She creates an app for truck drivers
Debbie Desiderato is the owner-operator who’s behind a new smartphone application that helps truckers make notes about locations visited along their routes, chiefly nontraditional parking places. The new “Trucker Notes” app is free and it’s based…
Sewing kit helps stitch up highway rips and tears
Emergencies happen on the road, and not all of them happen to your truck. Sometimes they can be as simple as a ripped shirt or torn seam in a pair of jeans. That’s why it makes sense to have a sewing kit in your truck, one like this one available…