2010 ARRIVES VERY EARLY March 3, 2014 January 31, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 3 Boy, oh boy, here it is the tail end of January already and the new product introductions have started in earnest. At the…
A MAGIC RETREAD March 3, 2014 August 16, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 17 Not a busy couple of weeks – is everyone on holiday except me? — so there’s not a lot of dramatic product news…
EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, HYBRIDS March 3, 2014 January 17, 2007 Vol. 3, No. 2 The object of my attentions in this version of Product Watch — hybrid powertrains — is going to be an increasingly common one…
PASS THE INFO March 3, 2014 Whoops! Our apologies to everyone who somehow received an October 2005 edition of our Lockwood’s Product Watch e-newsletter this week. We’re red in the face. It seems a programming glitch…
October 12, 2005 Vol.1, No. 3 March 3, 2014 Hot off the presses for this third edition of Product Watch is Kenworth’s announcement about its expanded T800 wide-hood lineup. The new extended daycab and 38-inch AeroCab sleeper options make…
COUNTERFEITING: A REAL ENEMY March 3, 2014 October 25, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 22 Counterfeit or knock-off parts are a bigger problem than a lot of folks seem to realize, and the issue doesn’t get a lot…
HIGH-TECH CHALLENGES March 3, 2014 October 11, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 21 A couple of weeks back I waxed poetic about the huge IAA Commercial Vehicles Show recently held in Hannover, Germany, and specifically about…
HYBRID POWER, EUROPEAN STYLE March 3, 2014 September 27, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 20 Amidst the noisy hubbub of the largest truck show on earth, it can be hard to find a common theme. This year’s 61st…
THE SHRINKING ATLANTIC March 3, 2014 September 13, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 19 Medium-duty trucks have been top of mind lately, largely because we just prepared a roundup of 2007-model trucks for the October issue of…
Product Watch Newsletter, Sept. 28, Vol. 1, No. 2 March 3, 2014 In this second edition of the new Product Watch e-newsletter from Today’s Trucking, we’ve got an interesting new air-ride steer-axle suspension from Dana to talk about, among other things.
A BIG PLANT GETS BIGGER March 3, 2014 August 30, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 18 Recent travels took me to Chillicothe, Ohio, where I arrived very late in the evening with a few hours of work yet to…
NO REASON TO IDLE, RIGHT? March 3, 2014 August 2, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 16 After years and years of cajoling, the anti-idling message just never got through. Like many other observers of this game, I can’t figure…
YOUR NEXT FRONT END? March 3, 2014 July 19, 2006 Vol. 2, No. 15 So it was back to Europe for me since the last Product Watch e-newsletter, Germany in this case, just in time to join…
EATON DOES HYBRIDS, PLUS A DANA SURPRISE March 3, 2014 July 5 Vol. 2, No. 14 Last time out I promised news from Kalamazoo, Michigan where I attended a joint Eaton and Dana press gathering last week. And boy, there…
RADICAL NEW TREAD TECHNOLOGY COMING FROM MICHELIN March 3, 2014 June 21 Vol. 2, No. 13 Hate to say it, but I’ve just come back from a few days in Paris. As in France. Croissants, extremely good coffee, and…
