Gordon Trucking is leading the way to lower fuel costs by being an early adopter of Freight Wing trailer side skirts. The Seattle-based company began using Freight Wing side skirts in 2004. Learn how, with more than 4,200 of its trailers outfitted, the company has seen a fuel economy improvement of close to .3 miles per gallon.
When diesel prices are $3.25 a gallon, truck operators can save $4,000 per year over idling the truck’s engine – a significant sum in an industry where margins are thin and efficiency is critical to being competitive. Learn how plug-in pedestals, which allow truck operators to run heaters in the winter and plug-in APUs in the summer using electricity from the power grid, are increasingly becoming an alternative for truck operators to idling the truck engine.
Narrow streets, crowded intersections and heavy traffic make the streets of Toronto a difficult navigational challenge for JFC International drivers. Learn how the company recently became the first PacLease customers to lease the Kenworth K370 cabovers to make their drivers jobs easier.
White’s Travel Center in Raphine, Va., is the latest truckstop to join a growing network of locations offering truckstop electrification. Learn more about the growing trend in truckstop electrification and how Shorepower locations, including the one in Raphine, are offering free power to truckers through the end of January.
Editors should take a closer look at a University of California-Berkeley study released Oct. 22. The study estimates diesel exhaust is responsible for 65-90 percent of a region’s vehicular-derived secondary organic aerosol (SOA), a major component of smog, depending upon the relative amounts of gasoline and diesel used in the area.
Fleets and owner-operators running trailers in California should be prepared for a fast-approaching change in regulations administered by the California Air Resources Board. After Jan. 1, 2013, they will be required to have SmartWay-verified aerodynamic devices installed on certain 53-foot van and certain age reefer trailers.
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