Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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48 | Overdrive | September 2015 Severe Service Anderson Trucking Service's state-of-the-art TK360 trailer, built by Trail King, is designed for loads ranging from 200,000 to 360,000 pounds. When fully expanded to more than 210 feet, it will span two lanes of a roadway and allow the St. Cloud, Minn.-based specialized hauling fleet to meet bridge and engineer- ing standards for a greatly increased permitted vehicle capacity. The TK360 trailer has multiple deck lengths and axles designed to expand from 14 feet wide out to 20. The trailer will be equipped with a perimeter deck designed to reduce loaded height and extend up to 72 feet long. Brent Anderson, ATS chief operating officer, said the unit was ordered in February after many months of fact-finding and engineering and "will take the ATS Heavy Haul capacity to the next level. Hauling loads up to 360,000 pounds means that we will be permitting this equipment for up to 700,000 pounds." All dual-lane loads will require upfront planning and engineering atypical of normal oversize/over- weight transport. Hauls are expected to require a team of at least six people, in- cluding a supervisor, escorts and two drivers, one pull truck in front and one push truck behind. Trail King Industries, TrailKing.com ATS gets custom oversize-haul trailer Rollie Anderson, ATS chief executive officer, said the introduction of the fleet's "new flagship," its Trail King TK360 trailer, coincided with his company's 60-year anniversary. EQUIPMENT NEWS IN BRIEF Representatives from body manufacturer Con-Tech were on hand at Peterbilt's plant in Denton, Texas, to take delivery of the plant's first vocational Model 567 in a set- forward front axle configura- tion. The truck is available in both 115- and 121-inch BBC lengths; the 115-inch BBC has a bumper-to-front axle distance of 29 inches, and the 121-inch BBC has a 31-inch bumper-to- front axle distance. The truck comes standard with the Pac- car MX-13 rated up to 500 hp and 1,850 lb.-ft. of torque. Con- Tech designs, manufactures and installs ready-mix bodies such as its High Performance Drum and specialized packages such as its BridgeKing model. CTMMixers.com Navistar will be first-to- market with the Eaton Proci- sion line of dual-clutch trans- missions for its International DuraStar medium-duty trucks. The 7-speed transmission is designed to deliver added fuel economy compared to a similarly equipped vehicle with a torque converter automatic transmission. The Procision features electronic shifting that uses grade, vehicle weight and throttle input to provide optimal fuel efficiency and smooth, continuous torque delivery. The dual-clutch technology is designed for more efficient acceleration from a stopped position and to optimize shift points to get to the highest gear efficiently. Navistar.com Eaton.com/Eaton/Procision Holcombe Energy Resource, a Pennsylvania-based oil and gas services provider, was founded six years ago by Matthew Austin with only $8,000. Established to pro- vide transportation services to the oil and gas industry around northeastern Penn- sylvania's Marcellus Shale formation, Holcombe has run Freightliners exclusively in part due to what Austin describes as a high level of customer service from Daimler Truck Financial, the financing arm of Freight- liner's parent company. They helped finance Hol- combe's 10 112SD tri-axle water trucks that often face harsh conditions – no prob- lem, since they are equipped with a 1,900-square-inch ra- diator to cool engines rated up to 600 hp and 2,050 lb.-ft. of torque for loads up to 160,000 pounds. Freightliner Trucks, FreightlinerTrucks.com Financing jumpstarts 10-truck oil field fleet Holcombe Energy Resource's Freightliner 112SD tri-axle water trucks are equipped with the Cummins ISX15 and feature a wheel cut up to 50 degrees that helps negotiate tight spaces. Steer axles are rated from 12,000 to 22,000 pounds and the drives from 23,000 to 70,000.