Parasitic Loads and Battery Life
Testing for parasitic loads: A multi-meter is connected to a battery and to the vehicle wiring. There is an inline fuse along the negative cable that is used to prevent… Read More »Parasitic Loads and Battery Life
Testing for parasitic loads: A multi-meter is connected to a battery and to the vehicle wiring. There is an inline fuse along the negative cable that is used to prevent… Read More »Parasitic Loads and Battery Life
3/5/2012 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Fleet software providers Xata Corp. and ALK Technologies on Monday announced the launch of CoPilot Truck 8… Read More »Xata, ALK Launch Navigation Software for XataNet
Navistar awarded Perdue Farms its Strategic Partnership Award for collaboration to create an ultra lightweight tractor specification and tractor-trailer electronics integration. Navistar and Barr International Trucks of Salisbury, Md., awarded… Read More »Navistar Honors Perdue Farms for Innovative Partnership
3/2/2012 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This U.S. auto sales rose in February to the fastest pace in four years, led by big gains… Read More »Auto Sales Hit Four-Year High
NAFA Fleet Management Association‘s new Beyond Fleet campaign seeks to gain executive level recognition for fleet managers, educate fleet managers on their value and worth to their employers and equip… Read More »NAFA Announces Beyond Fleet Campaign for Fleet Managers
3/2/2012 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Oil fell in early trading Friday after rising for the past two days and closing Thursday near… Read More »Oil Falls for First Time in Three Days
This load is traveling 105 miles through four counties and 22 cities. “All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief There’s something fascinating about the specialized super-loads hauled… Read More »Giant Boulder Move is Truly a ‘Rock Star’
3/2/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Celadon Group said this week it sold its 685,000 shares, or about 6.3% stake, of USA Truck… Read More »Celadon Sells Stake in USA Truck
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum) , is a flowering shrub native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Cooper Tire Rubber Company and Yulex Corp. have signed an agreement to jointly… Read More »Cooper Teams up with Company to Find New Polymers for Tires
3/1/2012 11:45:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This U.S. manufacturing activity slipped from a seven-month high in February but showed continued expansion, the Institute for… Read More »ISM Manufacturing Index Slips from 7-Month High
American Trucking Associations filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief on Feb. 24 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in support of the Federal Motor… Read More »ATA Files Brief in Support of FMCSA on EOBR Challenge
2/29/2012 3:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. economy expanded at a “modest to moderate paceâ€� in January and early February as factories… Read More »Economy Shows Moderate Growth, Fed Says