Trucks
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...
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...
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...
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...
KIMBLE BREAKS GROUND ON $10 MILLION COMPLEX
Kimble Manufacturing Co. hosted a formal groundbreaking last month for a mixer truck and chassis manufacturing complex, setting the stage for what company...
Prairie parades in pink
Though the largest audience to date viewed Prairie Material's pink Breast Cancer Awareness mixer truck during the Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade, the...
Trucks & components
BMG SELTEC The TrakitGPS vehicle tracking and reporting module now provides new map views and a vehicle stop report. Suitable for multiplant dispatchers,...
U.S. Concrete turns cameras on trucks, drivers with event recording system
When Rick Maidens, director of safety and risk management at Houston-based U.S. Concrete Inc., first heard of a behavior-based Risk Mitigation Solution...
Schwing-Stetter SMART DRUM
Schwing-Stetter SMART DRUM is the revolutionary method to save up to 50% in drum wear automatically. View video....
Brains & brawn
ROAD KING TECH. WATER DISPENSING This Montreal-based business is currently shipping RK3000 vehicle-tracking and management systems with its Ready Mix...
Terex Advance retools mixers for 2007 engines
World of Concrete (Jan. 23-26, Las Vegas Convention Center) stands to be the first major showing of heavy-duty mixer and dump trucks bearing engines and...
BMW dispatches mixers to promote SUV alternative
As part of an advertising campaign supporting the X3 Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) launch, BMW of North America assembled four Mack Granite-mounted mixers...
National mixer driver championship
Drivers from Maschmeyer Concrete Co. and Rinker Materials Corp. in Florida, and Concrete Company of Springfield (Mo.), took the inaugural National Mixer...
Truck tracking equipment
PARADYME TECHNOLOGIES A lightweight, web-based fleet tracking and management system, DigiFleet features animated pans, zooms, 3-D perspective and fly-over...
