THE TOP 10 OF 2012, PART 1 March 3, 2014 Courage is required to choose 10 excellent products from the array of introductions this past year, and there’s no big jury to hide within. People will…
SHORT STOPS AND SLIPPERY TRUCKS March 3, 2014 November 22, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 24 In a period that you might think would be rather slow in terms of significant product-oriented news, the reverse is actually true. In…
TIRE TECHNOLOGY LEAPS AHEAD March 3, 2014 November 8, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 23 There’s a lot of engine news to relate this time out, but I’m going to focus mostly on tires here. That’s because a…
ANOTHER MID-AMERICA FUNFEST March 3, 2014 March 29 Vol. 2, No. 7 The biggest show of the year has come and gone, and if you weren’t among the 75,000 souls who braved the cold weather…
The Lockwood Report March 3, 2014 First off, let me apologize for our gaffe a little while ago — this newsletter was sent out without its… well, without its newsletter. I say ‘our’ gaffe but it…
THE LOCKWOOD REPORT March 3, 2014 AWARDS AND MILESTONES This time out I’m just going to do a round-up of the latest news. I’ll focus on things you might not have heard about but let’s start…
TRUCKING JOURNALISTS NEED TUNE-UPS, TOO March 3, 2014 If you’re ever in the market for a long-lasting, hard-working journalist, get yourself a Lockwood; they’ll last a lifetime and are practically maintenance free. We first got our Lockwood 25…
The Lockwood Report March 3, 2014 NAVISTAR’S PLAN COMES TO FRUITION [Red-faced editor Lockwood must apologize for the glitch that sent this issue out earlier today without text attached. Sorry,…
The Lockwood Report March 3, 2014 BULLDOGS, GEARBOXES & WATERLESS COOLANTS OK, so let’s start with something old and rather nicely worn, even though this newsletter is really about new technologies and what they can do…
The Lockwood Report March 3, 2014 THE LOCKWOOD REPORT A NAVISTAR UPDATE August 29, 2012 Vol. 8, No. 18 The arbitrary timing of this newsletter doesn’t always fit events, and as the…
THE LOCKWOOD REPORT March 3, 2014 DIGITAL THIS & DIGITAL THAT August 15 2012 Vol. 8, No. 17 Let me start with some just plain old happy analog stuff, namely the fact this is Freightliner’s…
BIOMETHANE BORN IN QUEBEC March 3, 2014 BIOMETHANE BORN IN QUEBEC August 1, 2012 Vol. 8, No. 16 Let’s start with very interesting news out of Quebec, where Gaz Métro announced yesterday the first public…
THE LOCKWOOD REPORT March 3, 2014 ENGINES FUN AND OTHERWISE June 20, 2012 Vol. 8, No. 13 Let’s start with a little fun news, but it’s actually more than simple amusement. Much more. Even though –…
THE LOCKWOOD REPORT March 3, 2014 FREIGHTLINER’S EVOLUTION SIPS FUEL June 6, 2012 Vol. 8, No. 12 Well, I spoke too soon in last week’s Product Watch newsletter. No sooner had I written that things were…
THE LOCKWOOD REPORT March 3, 2014 May 23, 2012 Vol. 8, No. 11 Some big news from this week and last though I’m not going to dive as deeply into them as I might ordinarily do.