The Kenworth T880 Vocational Truck with the PACCAR MX-13 engine has been named the 2015 Truck of the Year by the American Truck Dealers (ATD) at the annual ATD Convention and Expo in San Francisco, Calif. This year’s competition focused on the vocational and heavy haul/severe duty truck category. During the competition, a panel of […]
A Penske Used Trucks commercial truck dealership is now ready for business in the Toronto metro area in Mississauga, Ontario. The address is 1610 Enterprise Road, Unit B. It is open six days a week: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Used light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, trailers and related equipment […]
In an effort to simplify service needs for customers in the highly demanding concrete pumper application, Mack Trucks now offers specialized Uptime support. MackGuardDog Connect, its integrated telematics solution, will be standard on Mack TerraPro concrete pumper models ordered as of April, making it the first such proactive support service available in the trucking industry for […]
Continental Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket, a global supplier of systems and components to automobile and truck manufacturers, and a leader in Electronic Logging Device Technology, has released a free VDO RoadLog ELD software update to address the FMCSA’s decision to temporarily suspend the 34-hour restart rule revision instituted in July 2013. The update is available […]
Ontario is introducing bilingual, full-colour electronic highway signs that include images to help keep drivers safe and manage traffic conditions. The use of colour, along with internationally-recognized images and symbols, with less text on the new signs allows drivers to easily see important road safety information and react to traffic conditions or choose alternate routes. […]
Peterbilt’s low-cab forward Model 320 reached record production in 2014 with more than 1,600 trucks built, a 12 percent year-over-year increase, Peterbilt Motors Company recently announced. The specialty vehicle – used primarily in refuse operations and concrete pumper applications – was recently introduced with an entirely new interior. A right-hand, stand-up cab configuration was announced […]
TransCore Link Logistics, Canada’s well known name in software solutions for the trucking industry has launched its updated corporate website, whose home page now features monthly load volumes, as well as a demo of the freight matching load board showing current truck and load postings. “We are very excited to offer a refreshed site that […]
Volvo Trucks reached a company record share of 15.3 percent of the Canadian heavy-duty retail market in 2014, according to data compiled by the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association and IHS Automotive. Volvo also achieved a 12.4 percent market share for the combined U.S. and Canadian heavy-duty retail market, another all-time high for the company. […]
TransCore Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index closed 2014 with unprecedented record highs for annual load volumes, trouncing 2013 annual load volumes by 33 percent. The year saw historic volumes for 10 months, the most since TransCore Link Logistics started recording data. The two months that did not set records, August and November, barely missed reaching […]
Cobra Electronics Corporation, a designer and marketer of Citizens Band (CB) radios, GPS navigation systems and wireless hands-free driving solutions for professional drivers, has announced the limited edition 29 LX HD Harley-DavidsonLimited Edition CB Radio. The 29LXHDLE is an extension of the industry’s most advanced CB radio, and like its predecessor, the 29 LX CB, it […]