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Q. On the new ELD system is there a limit on the number of miles per year to be exempt from ELD logs or is it just the 150 Mile radius?

A. There are exemptions to the ELD rule, however the total miles per year is not one of them. Please refer to the FMCSA website or your local DOT department for more details.

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Commentary: Truck Parts Suppliers Step Up Online Presence

Denise Rondini

More than ever, fleets are focusing on maximizing vehicle uptime. Having the right parts on hand for a repair is one key component to achieving this goal. Recognizing this need, truck and component manufacturers are stepping up and making changes to their online parts catalogs.

Cummins recently launched www.parts.cummins.com, which it calls “an innovative approach to its online parts catalog.” Users can search the site for parts information using any serial or part number available on their Cummins engine or components, including Holset turbos, Onan generators, aftertreatment solutions and Fleetguard filtration solutions. Cummins says customers no longer have to go to multiple sites to research Cummins-associated parts.

“Parts.cummins.com was built to empower our customers' success by finding the right part the first time, every time,” says Mike Champlin, director of aftermarket information management for Cummins.

Katherine Stevens, Cummins' aftermarket information program manager, explains that the development and release of the site was motivated by functional, strategic and technical factors. “Functionally, 75% of all the traffic on our existing service website [QuickServe Online] visited the parts catalog. Seeing this as the largest content draw for our engine customers, we strategically tried to improve our overall parts catalog experience with our global customers.”

She adds, “With features like a part number search, individual part graphics and future part catalog language translations [coming in Q2-2018], users feel confident that the part they see on the website is the correct part to keep them up and running.”

Parts pages include part dimensions, alternative parts options, and applicable part-related kits “to ensure customers get all the parts they need the first time,” the company said in a recent press release.

Once the fleet finds the correct part, it can create a pick list on the website and then export, print or email that list to its local parts ...Read the rest of this story

The Future of Electrical Systems on Heavy Duty Trucks

Alternators like this one will probably disappear from the front of engines, replaced by a starter generator built into the transmission. Photo: Jim Park

Within a decade's time we will probably have very different electrical systems on trucks than those in use today. Electrical demands on today's highway trucks have pushed systems to their capacity. Current electrical demand on a typical on-highway truck is about 3-5 kW, but that is projected to increase to 40 kW by 2030. Development of advanced powertrain technology is stalled because of capacity constraints. There's much more we could be doing with electricity if the systems were up to it.

In short, we need to upgrade our electrical systems. But do we migrate up to 24 volts or 48?

“I don't think the industry has converged on 24 or 48 volts at this point,” says Craig Jacobs, Eaton's director of engineering and program management for Controls & Protection, Transportation, Military and Aerospace Division. “There are a couple of different camps on this. The 24-volt supporters point to Europe where 24-volt systems are used, so there's already some standardization and components are readily available. The 48-volt camp says if we're going to make a change, let's go all the way.”

Jacobs says 24 volts might take us out 10 or 15 years, but then we'd be at capacity again, with very limited potential for expansion. “Going right to 48 volts would last longer before having to upgrade again. It also gives OEMs a lot more flexibility in how they design vehicles.”

The Australian trucking industry uses both 12- and 24-volt electrical systems because they use both European and North American equipment. Mathew Jenkins, global engineering and sales director for lighting system supplier, Optronics International, is based in Australia, and has some first-hand experience using both systems.

“Australia leans to the ...Read the rest of this story