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New Dana Spicer EconoTrek 6x2 Axles Available on Kenworth Class 8 Trucks Kenworth now offers the new Dana Spicer® EconoTrek™ 6x2 tandem axle for order with new Kenworth Class 8 on-highway trucks. .H\ EHQH¿WV RI WKH GXUDEOH 6SLFHU EconoTrek lightweight drive and tag axle FRQ¿JXUDWLRQLQFOXGHHQKDQFHGIXHOHFRQRP\ ZHLJKWVDYLQJVLPSURYHGSHUIRUPDQFHDQG reduced maintenance. ³7KH[FRQ¿JXUDWLRQLVEHFRPLQJPRUH SRSXODUZLWKÀHHWVDQGWUXFNRSHUDWRUVLQWKHLU efforts to achieve fuel economy gains while DOVRVDYLQJZHLJKWDQGLQFUHDVLQJSD\ORDG´ VDLG.XUW6ZLKDUW.HQZRUWKPDUNHWLQJGLUHF- tor. "The addition of Spicer EconoTrek pro- vides Kenworth customers with yet another DYHQXHWRIXHOHI¿FLHQF\´ $FFRUGLQJWR'DQD6SLFHU(FRQR7UHNLVXS WRSHUFHQWPRUHIXHOHI¿FLHQWFRPSDUHGWR traditional 6x4 tandem axles. It also is more than 300 pounds lighter than Kenworth's stan- GDUGOEGULYHD[OHFRQ¿JXUDWLRQ7KH drive and tag axles can accommodate both dual and wide-base tires and gear ratios range from 2.53 to 7.83. ³(FRQR7UHNLVDOVRDJRRGIXHOHI¿FLHQF\ RSWLRQIRUWKH.HQZRUWK7$GYDQWDJH ZKLFKDOUHDG\LV.HQZRUWKPRVWIXHOHI¿FLHQW WUXFN´VDLG6ZLKDUW EconoTrek features a robust housing de- sign. It is optimized for use with electronic controlled load distribution air suspension V\VWHPVDQGPXVWEHVSHFL¿HGZLWKWKH.HQ- worth AG380 or AG400L suspensions. Op- erators also must spec a driver-controlled dif- ferential lock and the Bendix eTrac Traction (QKDQFHPHQWRSWLRQZKLFKWUDQVIHUVZHLJKW to the drive axle for better low-speed traction. Kenworth Truck Company is the manufac- turer of The World's Best® heavy and me- dium duty trucks. Kenworth's Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com. Kenworth is a PACCAR company. ESCORT Demos the All- Digital PASSPORT® Max™ High Definition Radar Detector (6&257,QF(6&257LQFFRPGHVLJQHU and manufacturer of the world's only all-digi- tal PASSPORT® Max™ radar & laser detec- WRUUHFHQWO\LQYLWHGWKHSXEOLFWRH[SHULHQFH 26 // OWNER OPERATOR // JANUARY 2015 News & Notes