Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image 2010 ARRIVES VERY EARLY by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image A MAGIC RETREAD by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, HYBRIDS by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image PASS THE INFO by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image October 12, 2005 Vol.1, No. 3 by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image COUNTERFEITING: A REAL ENEMY by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image HIGH-TECH CHALLENGES by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image HYBRID POWER, EUROPEAN STYLE by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image THE SHRINKING ATLANTIC by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Product Watch Newsletter, Sept. 28, Vol. 1, No. 2 by Rolf Lockwood 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.
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image A BIG PLANT GETS BIGGER by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image NO REASON TO IDLE, RIGHT? by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image YOUR NEXT FRONT END? by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image EATON DOES HYBRIDS, PLUS A DANA SURPRISE by Rolf Lockwood 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…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image RADICAL NEW TREAD TECHNOLOGY COMING FROM MICHELIN by Rolf Lockwood 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…
