Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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4 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2014 ccjdigital.com DEPARTMENTS 31 The return of the low-tech truck 32 Eaton launches new dual- clutch transmission 32 Truck platooning system unveiled 34 InBrief 34 Volvo targets fuel savings enhancements for 2016 36 Mack revs up new powertrain options 36 Carrier Transicold premieres remote panel for fl eets 38 InFocus: Fuel systems 40 Test drive: Western Star's new 5700XE unites its past, future technology 45 McLeod Software charts the course to a 'connected enterprise' 46 InBrief 48 Omnitracs, McLeod Software deepen integration 50 PeopleNet showcases 'connected fl eet' platform 52 Omnitracs buying XRS for $178M 52 Motorola adds Bluetooth barcode scanner 54 InFocus: Mobile computing facebook.com/CCJMagazine @CCJnow linkedin.com/ccjmagazine Editorial Editor: Jeff Crissey Executive Editor, Trucking: Jack Roberts Senior Editor: Aaron Huff Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood Trucking News Editor: James Jaillet Contributing Editors: Carolyn Magner Mason editorial@ccjdigital.com Design & Production Art Director: David Watson Graphic Designer: Kenneth Stubbs Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Anne Marie Horton production@ccjdigital.com Trucking Media Vice President of Sales, Trucking Media: Brad Holthaus sales@truckingmedia.com Corporate Chairman/CEO: Mike Reilly President: Brent Reilly Chief Process Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Administration Officer: David Wright Senior Vice President, Sales: Scott Miller Senior Vice President, Editorial and Research: Linda Longton Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Business Development: Robert Lake Vice President, Events: Stacy McCants Vice President, Audience Development: Prescott Shibles Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Vice President, Marketing: Julie Arsenault 3200 Rice Mine Road N.E. Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 randallreilly.com Commercial Carrier Journal (ISSN 1533-7502) is published monthly by Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC, 3200 Rice Mine Road N.E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. Single copy price U.S., $6; Canada/ Mexico, $9; Foreign, $12. Subscription rates, payable in U.S. dollars, $48 per year (in Canada $78 U.S. currency). For subscription information/inquiries, please email commercialcarrierjournal@ halldata.com. Periodicals Postage-Paid at Tuscaloosa, AL, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTERS: Send all UAA to CFS. (See DMM 507.1.5.2); NON-POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES: send address corrections to Commercial Carrier Journal, PO Box 2186, Skokie, IL 60076-9919. Unsolicited letters, manuscripts, stories, materials or photographs cannot be returned except where the sender provides a postage-paid, addressed, stamped envelope. Address all mail to Commercial Carrier Journal Editorial Dept., P.O. Box 3187, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403. All advertisers for Commercial Carrier Journal are accepted and published by Randall- Reilly Publishing Co. LLC on the representation that the advertiser and/or advertising agency are authorized to publish the entire contents and subject matter thereof. The advertiser and/or advertising agency will defend, indemnify and hold Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC harmless from and against any loss, expenses or other liability resulting from any claims or suits for libel violations of right of privacy or publicity, plagiarisms, copyright or trademark, infringement and any other claims or suits that may arise out of publication of such advertise- ment. Copyright © 2014, Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Commercial Carrier Journal. is a registered trademark of Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC. Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC neither endorses nor makes any representation or guarantee regarding the quality of goods and services advertised herein. A L S O I N T H I S I S S U E 6 Upfront Meet the truck of the future 108 Preventable or Not? John Doe was driving in the center lane of a three- lane one-way highway when his straight truck was struck by a four- wheeler merging from the left lane. Was this a preventable accident? 107 Ad Index 93 Products Brake drum, oil, fender, liftgate kit, more