Trucks
McNeilus dispatches first commercial compressed natural gas-powered mixer
Minnesota-based McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Corp. company, recently announced immediate commercial availability of the first compressed...
MAC Trailer mills pneumatic hauler
Alliance, Ohio-based MAC Trailer Manufacturing created plenty of buzz at the 2009 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) with the latest addition to its product...
Trucks & Components
Caterpillar, Navistar target 2010 heavy duty, Cat nameplate model A definitive agreement between Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar Inc. calls for development...
Freightliner AMD Western Star Name Executives Upon Sterling Sunset
Freightliner Trucks has announced two executive appointments timed with assembly of the final Sterling Trucks unit in mid-March. Richard Saward, formerly...
Drivers' Use of Cell Phones in an Age of Entitlement
A National Transportation Safety Board hearing early this month was to examine how an operator's cell phone usage contributed to a September 2008 passenger...
Truck Update
Mack early out of the gate in 2010 diesel engine derby World of Concrete 2009 in early February offered mixer, dump, and other heavy-duty truck model...
2008 Drivers of the Year
Now in its 13th year, the Driver of the Year program salutes Winfred Brooks of Titan Virginia Ready Mix LLC as 2008 Driver of the Year. Also recognized...
Freightliner And Western Star Plates In, Sterling Out
Daimler Trucks North America will discontinue production of its Sterling brand medium and heavy-duty models and cease St. Thomas, Ontario, assembly operations in March 2009, focusing instead on Freightliner and Western Star vehicles from a South Carolina and two Mexico plants...
Environmental Specialist Locks Up Shute Shutter Production
Through a newly penned licensing agreement, Alamo, Calif.-based Forfam Inc. has transferred production and marketing of its Shute Shutter and ShuteValve mixer truck safety device and dispensing equipment to Green Vision Partners LLC...
2008 National mixer driver championship
Bill Emerson, a 30-year veteran with the Irving Materials Inc. Greenfield, Ind., flagship, took first place and a $5,000 cash prize in the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association's Third Annual National Mixer Driver Championship...
Caterpillar-Navistar alliance nets Cat-branded heavy duty truck, engine design synergy
A recently penned Memorandum of Understanding will see Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corp. pursue global on-highway truck business opportunities, including development of a North American severe-service construction model, and cooperate on a variety of engine platforms...
Elkin Hi-Tech Celebrates Silver Anniversary
Founded in 1983 by Luther Elkin in Indiana, Pa., Elkin Hi-Tech celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2008...
Speed Fab-Crete ropes cleaner power through Texas-sized rebate
This may not be news to everyone, but apparently there is money for the taking in Texas. Specifically, funding is set aside by the Lone Star State's Texas...
New gangway line racks up points for safety, durability
In development for 18 months, the patent-pending SafeRack G4 gangway uses metal-stamping technology to create a stronger platform that is also lighter...
Trucks & Components
ROADRANGER/EATON CORP. Combining key clutch and transmission components into one package makes ordering replacement kits for Fuller clutches simpler and...
2007 Drivers of the Year
A panel of judges assembled by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association's Operations, Environmental, and Safety Committee named the 2007 Driver of...
Careless Cell Phone Usage: The Bane of Driver Safety
To the editor: Bob Eckhardt makes some very good points in Driver Safety Regs Remain on a Roll (November 2007). It's in everyone's best interest to be...
IRS validates $278/mixer truck PTO fuel tax credit
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Government Affairs staff noted last month delivery of a much-anticipated Internal Revenue Service (IRS) report...
Champions, of Course
Delivery professionals from Concrete Company of Springfield (Mo.), Irving Materials and Lafarge North America took top honors in the second National Mixer...
HOUSBY DEDICATES FREESTANDING TRUCK LUBE FACILITY
Housby Mack Inc. reports that it has opened the first OEM-backed freestanding truck service facility for Class 5 to Class 8 vehicles. Located just off...
Biodiesel crops up in construction fleets
Not just at mealtime, the smell of french fries pervades the Destiny USA construction site in Syracuse, N.Y. A retail and entertainment complex billed...
Mixer rollover prevention revolves around drum control
With a goal of curtailing load conditions conducive to vehicle rollover, Ozinga Bros., Inc., is piloting mixer drum speed control technology on a new...
Dollars and sense of full-service truck leasing
Located about 30 miles southeast of San Jose (from where it moved two years ago), Mission Concrete operates a modestly sized, advanced facility in Gilroy,...
Veri-Tek delivers 50-ton boom truck
Having successfully completed field trials and customer acceptance tests this spring, Veri-Tek International, Corp. announced last month the first shipments...
Graniterock jury delivers Teamsters crushing breach of contract verdict
After a seven-day trial and testimony from more than 30 witnesses, a federal jury last month found that Teamsters Local 287 in San Jose, Calif., violated...
