Tag: Kenworth: Page 16

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KW of South Carolina joins network, wins dealer award
Worldwide Kenworth of South Carolina is now a part of the Kenworth dealer network across the U.S. and Canada. Worldwide Kenworth’s parent company, Worldwide Equipment, based in Prestonsburg, Ky., also celebrates its chairman and CEO, Terry Dotson, being named the 2012 Truck Dealer of the Year by the American Truck Dealers. Worldwide Equipment recently purchased […]
February 8, 2012
Business
Click for Parts
Expanding e-commerce options make ordering parts online efficient and convenient.
January 1, 2012
Most people are comfortable with e-commerce, says Steve Rowe, co-owner of autohaulersupply.com. Even so, he encourages truckers to order from an encrypted site: “The ‘s’ on ‘https’ is for secure.”
Channel 19
Big Idaho Potato Tour peels out behind T660 drives
More trucking news here emerging from the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl like a shoot from a half-pound baker left on the windowsill. You’ll recall my post about the fine salute Women in Trucking delivered to the females of our industry during the televised contest — and now, check out the giant re-creation of one of […]
December 28, 2011
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Michigan excavators use doubles rig to fight MS
For almost half a decade, the Champagne & Marx Excavating excavating company, of Saginaw, Mich., has been hauling Michigan Specials — double-dump trailers capable of transporting 50 tons of payload — with a fleet of Kenworth T800s for road prep, foundation digging and other commercial and industrial projects. But, the company has also long been […]
December 4, 2011
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Business
Cummins ISX11.9 with rear power take-off
Kenworth is now offering the Cummins ISX11.9 engine with rear engine power take-off in select vocational applications. The engine, available in Kenworth T800 and W900S models, produces 466 lb-ft of continuous torque and has a maximum rating of 520 lb-ft of torque when used for intermittent load applications. KENWORTH, kenworth.com
November 14, 2011
Business
Rear-air suspension
Kenworth is now offering the Neway ADZ rear-air suspension in their C500, T440, T470, T800 and W900 trucks. The ADZ suspension is used for heavy-duty and severe-duty applications and is available in 23,000- and 26,000-lb.-per-axle capacities. The ADZ series replaces the AD series suspension for over-the-road applications and offers weight savings of approximately 250 lbs. […]
November 8, 2011
Channel 19
How to get — and keep — the contract
Success in hauling with your own authority often requires negotiating contracts directly with shippers and keeping those contracts when bigger competitors come prowling. The father-son operation of John and Erick (pictured) Engbarth learned this by experience. Erick makes regular hauls from North Carolina to California loaded with plastics and usually carrying motorcycles back. When Engbarth […]
October 29, 2011
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Scenes of Chrome & Class
That’s David Holbrook’s 1986 Peterbilt 359, winner of both Working Bobtail and People’s Choice awards in the second annual Chrome & Class Truck Show, held at the Rush Truck Center location in Smyrna, Tenn., on I-24 just southeast of Nashville. It was a much expanded show this year, with near double the number of entered […]
October 26, 2011
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Overdrive Extra
Plenty of chrome at Dallas show
There were a record 71 entrants at the Great American Trucking Show Pride & Polish in late August. See video of three contestants.
September 7, 2011
Business
LogBook
New regulations will increase truck cost, owner-operator pay expected to rise, natural gas trucks catching on and other industry news items are featured.
September 1, 2011
New truck fuel efficiency rules will cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions beginning with 2014 models.
Business
Natural gas growing as trucking fuel option
More fleets are buying natural gas-powered trucks as the fueling infrastructure grows, Kenworth and Westport executives said.
August 12, 2011
Business
Kenworth opens dealership in Madison, Ala.
Kenworth of Alabama and Mississippi has opened a new dealership in Madison, Ala. that offers truck drivers access to a full-service dealership off of Interstate 65 in Huntsville. The new 25,000 square-foot dealership offers 10 service bays for Kenworth PremierCare ExpressLube customers, a fully stocked parts department, a display area for new and used trucks […]
July 1, 2011
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