Category: Trucks

From mechanical to smart devices: Trucking’s one-way street

Eaton-Cummins joint venture’s new Endurant automated transmission follows industry’s biggest trend

MARSHALL, MI. The all-new flagship heavy duty transmission that’s come from Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, the Endurant, is “like what you’re seeing across our industry — mechanical devices are all becoming smart devices.” And in more ways than one, that transition in trucking to smart, connected devices that once upon a time were mechanical things is a one-way, no-turning-back proposition.

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Six ways to prepare your fleet for winter

Frigid temperatures and harsh winter conditions are hard on any vehicle, especially fleet vehicles that are on the road for 10 to 12 hours a day. Performing routine maintenance will help fleet managers avoid emergency repairs and costly downtime during…

Six ways to prepare your fleet for winter

Frigid temperatures and harsh winter conditions are hard on any vehicle, especially fleet vehicles that are on the road for 10 to 12 hours a day. Performing routine maintenance will help fleet managers avoid emergency repairs and costly downtime during…

Trucks help Puerto Rico recover

Category 5 Hurricane Maria caused catastrophic damage in Puerto Rico, as well as being the tenth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record. Much of the island’s electrical grid was destroyed, leaving many of Puerto Rico’s cities and towns w…