Journalist since 1965, truck writer and editor since 1978. CDL-qualified; conducts road tests on new heavy-, medium- and light-duty tractors and trucks. Specializes in vocational trucks and trailers of all types. Former editor, RoadKing and American Trucker.
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Western Star says the 4700, its most popular truck model, has been updated to make it lighter, safer, more productive, and faster to upfit.
New York City’s Department of Sanitation has been testing an engine stop-start system with impressive fuel savings.
Navistar has declared that it wants to build trucks that drivers want to drive. That includes the new HX vocational series, unveiled early this year at an extravaganza in Las Vegas. Tom Berg takes it for a drive.
If you found Ford’s previous F-650 and F-750 useful, comfortable and easy to drive, you’ll feel the same way about the new generation.
This ‘Baby 8’ Kenworth T370 has serious carrying capacity, with a midrange-size powertrain that performs well but saves money and weight.
‘We’re selling everything we can build,’ manufacturers say as they boost production, and they see no letup.
Ford’s big V-10 is strong and fairly quiet as it revs to make horses that feed on natural gas.
Senior Editor Tom Berg explains how he and the other judges picked Kenworth's T880 vocational truck as the ATD's 2015 Commercial Truck of the Year.
Most customers won't need a full-size van with this kind of off road capability, but for those who do, the Sprinter proves it can handle rough terrain.
Major components for the new Ram ProMaster City compact vans will cross the seas twice as part of assembly plans involving Europe, Eurasia and North America, Ram Commercial Truck executives said.