Highway Products' new Strongback flatbed for pickup trucks gets a new Leopard design bed made with rugged marine-grade aluminum that's 50% lighter than steel. The flatbed allows greater payloads and increases fuel economy.
Clipper Creek pairs its rugged HCS-60 48-amp power station with a durable rubber-molded vehicle cable and connector. This 240-volt, Level 2 electric vehicle charging station is rated for both indoor and outdoor use.
The ConExpo-Con/Agg convention, held every three years, was in Las Vegas on March 4-8, 2014. The event brought out more than 2,000 vendors this year and more than 120,000 resgisterations in total. This was the second-highest attendance in the event's history. ConExpo-Con/Agg focuses on the latest equipment, technology and products for construction, utility, mining, and other related industries. Photos by Chris Wolski
Here is some advice from Driver Solutions and American Trucking Associations on how to share the road with big trucks.
Freightliner will be the first to offer Allison Transmission's new FuelSense fuel-efficiency features that deliver up to 15 percent savings for certain truck applications and 20% for city buses compared to its current base-line fully automatic, "constant power" products.