ONE20, the first free membership built exclusively for professional truck drivers, announces the ONE20 Tablet is now available for purchase at TA and Petro Stopping Centers nationwide. The free mobile app has also been updated with new features.
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...Read the rest of this storyWabash National Corporation released details about its trailer that was part of Navistar's SuperTruck combination vehicle.
Wabash National's trailer includes aerodynamic trailer devices, three of which were based on the company's commercially available Ventix DRS skirt, AeroFin XL tail device and nose fairing. The aerodynamic improvements reduced the trailer's drag coefficient by more than 30 percent, according to Navistar, the company said.
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has added two new sizes to its Roadmaster RM272 commercial tire line, designed to withstand the demands of drop-deck trailers.
The RM272 is now available in sizes 11R22.5 and 295/75R22.5. Designed to defend against irregular wear and damage due to curbing, the RM272 features a four-belt steel casing and has a slightly rounded tread footprint, along with a reinforced shoulder to help withstand extreme side forces.
The RM272's tread compound was formulated to be balanced between resistance to side forces and protection against wear.
“Tires in this application are arguably the most abused of any in the trucking industry, and we designed the RM272 to withstand this harsh punishment,” said Gary Schroeder, director of Cooper's truck and bus tire business. “We looked at a variety of tread profiles that could minimize the load on the shoulder rib, and worked toward a design that distributed the load more evenly across the entire footprint so that the shoulder takes on less of the lateral forces.”
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">East Manufacturing will be offering the Hendrickson MAXX22T Trailer Air Disc Brake with Dura-Light Hub as the preferred air disc brake package option for all of its trailers, the company has announced.
While the MAXX22T will be the preferred air disc brake option, additional brands will also be available.
The MAXX22T with Dura-Light Hub is an average 20 pounds per axle lighter than MAXX22T with ductile iron hub, according to East. Its compact, lightweight monoblock caliper uses the Wabco single piston with a sealed and protected guide system for higher reliability.
The Dura-Light hub on the MAXX22T features an e-coat designed to enhance corrosion resistance. The hub-to-rotor connection reduces the time and effort required for stud changes in the field.
The MAXX22T trailer air disc brake option was upgraded to include the HXL5 Hendrickson Extended-Life wheel-end system with a 5-year warranty.
The lightweight cast rotor is designed to be more corrosion resistant. The bolt-on dust shield is designed to be easier to install and maintain with built-in clearance to allow for simplified rotor inspection. They are also designed to easier change outs.
The MAXX22T trailer air disc brakes are compatible when tractors are equipped with drum brakes or other disc brake brands. East will continue to offer additional name-brand air disc brake options with Hendrickson's HXL5 5-year warranty, including Bendix and Wabco PAN22.
Related: East Manufacturing Names Dump Trailer Product Manager
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...Read the rest of this storySunteck Transport Group and TTS Holdings recently merged to create what they say will be one of the largest multimodal, agent-based freight management service providers in the U.S.
We talked to Ken Forster, CEO of Sunteck, who will serve as the president and CEO of the new company, and Andy Cole, president and CEO of TTS, who will be chairman of the board, about the merger and how technology is changing the industry.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
HDT: Could each of you tell me a little bit about your company, its strengths, and what made it unique prior to the merger?
Cole: We started TTS in the fall of 2005. A number of us had been through several iterations of companies that were based on the same premise as TTS: they were agent based. They did have some employee components which traditionally had created some conflicts, when you've got an agent base on one side and an employee base on the other. They're both out here pursuing revenue. At the last company that a number of us who started TTS were with, it just became very evident that there was an opportunity to create a pure agent-based model that were very few in the industry, especially in the 3PL non asset business.
We moved our first shipment in January of 2006 and did all the traditional non-asset modes, full truckload, dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, we did some high and wide stuff, and the reason for that is we had people who knew how to do those. We did intermodal, we did LTL, so we got off to a very fast start and our assumptions were correct. We did $126 million in our first year. The second year we did about $176 million, and it's just kind of grown from ...Read the rest of this story
