Continental, Michelin retreads verified under EPA’s SmartWay program

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has verified four different retread tires under its SmartWay Technology Program, a testing, verification, and designation program designed to help freight companies identify...

Becoming a Successful Owner/Operator: Choosing the Right Carrier

TORONTO, Ont. -- Comparing pay packages is a "Rubik's Cube" that requires a lot of reading between the lines, Ray Haight explains in Part 6 of Becoming a Successful Owner/Operator: Choosing the Right Carrier.

Can you meet their needs?

Sometimes the most pleasant of surprises come during the most dire of circumstances. When we wrote last year that human resource management in 2010 would not be for the faint of heart, we were in the midst of the worst recession of the post-War...

New Products (October 01, 2010)

Tires & Wheels

Michelin launches new wide single drive tire

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Michelin is celebrating its 10th year of X One wide single truck tires with the introduction of what it claims to be the industry's most fuel-efficient drive tire to date, the X One ...

Open Highway

Long-haul tire spec'ing is evolvingThe endless highway remains endless, but the cost of fuel, environmenta...

Volvo seeking safest fleets for $25,000 prize

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Volvo Trucks North America is once again looking for the safest fleets in North America wi...

Open Highway

The endless highway remains endless, but the cost of fuel, environmental laws, tire technology and the economy have changed. This new order has redefined long-haul tire spec'ing.

Michelin expands X-One tire promotion with on-highway vendors

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Michelin has announced a wider on-highway promotion of its X-One single truck tires beyond indi...

Michelin says green tires have saved billions in fuel

PARIS -- Energy efficient tires have saved more than 10 billion litres of fuel and more than 25 million metric tonn...

Michelin renews international contract with Volvo

PARIS -- Michelin has renewed a long-term global contract with the Volvo Group.

Cutting into tire traction

CALGARY, Alta. - The larger the surface area of a tire in contact with the ground surface, the better the traction of the vehicle.

Retreads

CALGARY, Alta. - One of the keys to a quality retread tire is the quality of the casing it's built on and tire manufacturers have spent an inordinate amount of time ensuring tire casings can be re-use...

Retreads

CALGARY, Alta. - One of the keys to a quality retread tire is the quality of the casing it's built on and tire manufacturers have spent an inordinate amount of time ensuring tire casings can be re-use...

Cutting into tire traction

CALGARY, Alta. - The larger the surface area of a tire in contact with the ground surface, the better the traction of the vehicle.