Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2014 83 A nother Great American Trucking Show has come and gone, and by all accounts, this one was one of Randall-Reilly's (CCJ's publisher, by the way) most successful Dallas events yet, with 54,000 registered attendees and 512 exhibitors. If you weren't there, let's just say that you missed out and that you should make plans to be there in 2015. When there's so many announcements, sometimes all at once, it's easy for some things to get a little overlooked, so a few product rollouts and introductions are worth reviewing. Several notable products introduced at GATS STAFF REPORTS Great truck show, great new gadgets Trailer aero system SmartTruck's TopKit system consists of an Aero Rain Guard com- ponent that runs along the trailer's top-rear edge and features two side fairing components on the side-rear edges. The system is about one inch thick, weighs 72 pounds and is engineered to provide an EPA SmartWay-verified 5.5 percent highway fuel savings. The standalone system is designed for dry vans, refrigerated units and trailers equipped with either swing or roll-up doors and does not require driver involvement or have moving parts. The solution also helps eliminate increased heating of tires and brakes while reducing damage from dock or intermodal operations. SmartTruck, www.smarttruckaero.com Commercial tire line CMA launched its Duraturn brand of commercial tires. The TBR line comes in all applications with more than 85 SKUs available, including models for steer, drive, trailer and mixed service tires, with several EPA SmartWay-verified for low-roll - ing-resistance applications. Duraturn Tires, www.duraturntires.com CB system RoadKing's C4 is a CB system that combines the company's 5640 CB Radio and RK-56 Noise Cancelling Microphone with Wilson's T-2000 Series CB Antenna and Coaxial Cable to maximize signal strength, ease of use and crystal-clear sound quality with enhanced impedance match and 50-ohm resistive impedance at the center of the CB band. The radio features a blue backlit display with dimmer control, a front-panel 2.1-amp USB port, SWR calibration, quick setup and user-friendly tuning. RF gain is designed to reduce sensitivity to distant noise and signals that are too weak to reach. DAS, www.dasinc.com