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Cummins latest to join ELD market

Cummins, the engine maker, Friday, June 23, announced the launch of ZED Connect, a software company whose first offering is a smartphone-based electronic logging device compliant with the U.S. DOT’s ELD mandate. The ZED smartphone ELD app is aimed at the small fleets and owner-operators. Dubbed a “plug and play” device, the ELD includes visual […]

LED headlamp frees your hands for work

There’s a basic problem with even the best flashlight: You need to hold it in one hand, and often there is work to be done requiring both hands. The InnoGear headlamp solves that problem. It does that with: Super bright LED with a maximum output of 5000 lumen Two rechargeable (4400mAh) batteries Four modes: high/middle/low/flashing USB […]

Fathers and sons continue trucking business

There are no statistics to bear this out, but anyone who knows trucking knows it to be true: there is a strong father-son connection to trucking. Trucker dads have trucker sons and daughters. And those trucker children sometimes go on to have their own next generation of truckers. In honor of Father’s Day, RoadPro Family […]

Grand General delivers rear light bar

Grand General’s stainless steel rear center light bar features four 4-inch LED lights, five 1-inch lights, a license plate frame, as well as underglow lights. The underglow lights on the bar are DOT approved. Grand General also makes the same bar without the license plate holder.

Add this to your truck’s bucket list

A bucket can often be an essential tool for the over the road trucker. Many are the things that may need carrying from water for an impromptu wash-up to supplies from a truck stop convenience store. But, a typical bucket can take up a lot of the limited space in a trucks’s cab. That’s why a […]

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One device holds 13 different tools

Gerber’s Center-Drive multi-tool has multiple personalities, and you as its user benefit from that. The complete list of functions include: Needlenose pliers Regular pliers Fine-edge knife blade Rotatable carbide wire cutters Magnetic 1/4″ hex bit driver Serrated blade Awl Wire Strippers Cats paw pry bar Ruler (stamped into tool handles) File Phillips screwdriver bit Flathead […]

Get the Worst Case just in case

If there is one truism about trucking in 2017, it’s this: Expect the unexpected. If you do that, then you’ll be prepared in case of an emergency. The survival kit cleverly named the Worst Case has a lot of what you’ll need to survive if something does go wrong. While it might not save you […]

Tough Tested debuts new power banks

Tough Tested rolls out three new waterproof, solar-powered battery packs Friday, all with strong recharging power and illumination options. The first are solar power banks with flashlights; one with 8,000 mAh and the other with 16,000 mAh. Both can provide up to six or more full charges for the average smartphone. Dual USB ports allow […]

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How technology has come to affect trucking

Mobile technology has revolutionized truck driving, making drivers more connected than ever before and changing how they work, relax and interact. The five ways it’s happened include: Connection – Though trucking still comes down to a driver and a truck, the job is a lot less lonely than it used to be, thanks to the […]

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Uniden radar detector features easy to read display

Uniden’s newest radar detector is the long-range DFR1, which features an easy-to-read icon display. It has a number of features that make it helpful for drivers. They include: easy to read display signal strength meter bars highway and city settings laser alarm The DFR1 includes a DC charging cable and section cup for mounting. Uniden […]

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