Equipment

Match Made adds 12-volt starters, alternators

JIT Truck Parts has unveiled a lineup of 12-volt starters and alternators under its Match Made private label. The models perform just as well as national competitors and match…

Battery-electric trucks charging ahead

If you ever doubted that an electric truck or two would soon be in your yard, better revise your thinking. Whether using batteries or a hydrogen fuel cell, they’re coming…

Peterbilt teases truck launch

Peterbilt is inviting people to sit in on its latest truck launch through an online event scheduled for Feb. 3. The product reveal will be hosted at 3 pm CST…

Only specific shops can update Ontario trucks to SPIF rules

Ontario truck shops that want to tap into the surging demand for SPIF-compliant equipment may have a tougher time than they think. Mechanics can’t simply attach the required steerable lift…

Natural gas truck sales down 9% in 2020

Natural gas truck sales in the U.S. and Canada were down 9% for the first 11 months of 2020, according to ACT Research. In its Alternative Fuels Quarterly report, ACT…

Tremcar acquires Bedard Tanks

Tremcar Group has acquired tank trailer manufacturer Bedard Tanks, which will now operate as a division of Tremcar. Bedard designs and manufactures tanker trailers, mainly for bulk materials, and has…

Covid-19 is bringing lasting change to the truck shop

The empty shelves admittedly left me with an uneasy feeling in the early days of Covid-19. Grocery store aisles were stripped bare of staples. Shoppers had hoarded toilet paper of…

Musk promises Tesla Semi in late 2021, cites temporary cell shortage for delay

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company’s Semi, a Class 8 battery-electric tractor, has finished its pre-production engineering work and is ready to go to market later this year. However,…

Rite-Hite picks up Scraper Systems

Rite-Hite has acquired Pennsylvania-based Scraper Systems, which makes FleetPlow automated slow removal systems for trucks and buses. The sale comes with the pending requirement of Howard Livingston, who acquired Scraper…

NTEA training gets down to electrical fundamentals

NTEA is ready to teach electrical fundamentals using Truck Equipment Electrical Basics – an online course developed in partnership with the e-learning Electude platform. The courses are designed to…

Utility offers 7-inch underride retrofits

Utility Trailer Manufacturing dry vans, refrigerated vans and flatbeds produced after 2002 can be retrofitted with the manufacturer’s standard seven-inch-deep horizontal ICC bumper. The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety…

Parts suppliers respond to Covid-19 pressures

There is no doubt that Covid-19 had a dramatic impact on businesses, and the trucking industry, while an essential industry, was not immune – not just fleets, but also the…

Goodyear, ConMet to collaborate on wheel end data

Goodyear and ConMet will be tapping into the power of data where the rubber literally meets the road. Goodyear Tire and Rubber has signed a deal with ConMet to combine…

Alliance Parts adds new locations, products

New West Truck Centers in Lethbridge, Alta., is the latest Canadian Alliance Parts store to open as the company adds locations and product offerings. The Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)…

Hankook pilots smart tire technology

Hankook Tire and Revvo Technologies are testing smart tire sensor technologies with Junk King. The pilot will include 30% of the trucks in Junk King’s California fleet, integrating Hankook’s SmartFlex…