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36 | Overdrive | February 2018 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT BY DEAN SMALLWOOD Amsoil Ethylene Glycol Amsoil's Ethylene Glycol Antifreeze & Engine Coolant now is available in two formulations for heavy-duty and light truck appli- cations, joining the company's reformulated biode- gradable Propylene Glycol Antifreeze & Coolant, to deliver extended service life in both diesel and gasoline vehicles of up to 600,000 miles or 12,000 operation hours in heavy-duty and off-road appli- cations, or 150,000 miles or five years in light trucks. The ethylene glycol coolants are designed with a polyorganic acid formulation to virtually eliminate scaling problems while providing added protection against metallic corrosion and erosion pitting via a 50/50 premix. Amsoil, Amsoil.com Chevron Delo XLC Chevron's Delo XLC is a non- nitrited extended life antifreeze/ coolant formula- tion for heavy- and light-duty vehicles and equipment. It is available as a concentrate and a premix 50/50 and is designed to pro- vide an optimal service life of 600,000 miles/12,000 hours/six years without an extender. The antifreeze/coolant is formulated to protect against pitting, corrosion and erosion – even on hard- to-protect metals such as aluminum – with minimal maintenance and related costs. It requires no regular testing and eliminates the need for supplemental coolant additives. Chevron Lubricants, ChevronLubricants.com Alliance Precharged, Extended Life Alliance's Precharged Coolant is for- mulated for heavy-duty applications with advanced scale-preventing addi- tives and nitrite to provide long-term wet sleeve liner cavitation protection and reduce corrosion throughout the entire cooling system. A phosphate-free formulation helps reduce the risk of scale trapping in heat and suffocating the engine. The company's Extended Life Coolants feature nitrited organic additive technology and nitrite-free organic additive technology formulas that are designed to improve both water pump seal life and heat transfer. They are available in full strength and 50/50. Alliance Truck Parts, AllianceTruckParts.com Coolants Fleetguard ES Compleat OAT EG Fleetguard's ES Compleat Organic Acid Technology Ethylene Glycol antifreeze/cool- ant is a 1 million-mile life-of-the-engine fully formulated extended-life organic additive that is compatible with all other antifreeze/coolants and is available in concen- trate, 50/50 & 60/40 premix. ES Compleat OAT EG uses a patented organic acid technology formulated to protect the diesel engine, alumi- num and solder against freezing, overboiling, cavitation, liner pitting, erosion, corrosion, elastomer gasket degradation and scaling while opti- mizing cooling system performance. Cummins Filtration, CumminsFiltration.com Royal Purple Duralec Royal Purple's Duralec coolants are developed for the over-the- road trucking, construc- tion, mining, agriculture and other heavy-duty fleet markets to optimize equipment performance. The lineup includes heavy-duty cool- ant additives, tractor fluids, hydraulic fluids and diesel additives, each formulated with the company's pre- mium additive packages. Royal Purple, RoyalPurple.com Duralec

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• ELD shutdowns: Protests and practicality.
• Pulse: Tax reform yields owner-operator tax cut.
• Wendy Parker wants some things to go away in 2018.
• TRUCKING LEADER’S LEGACY | Readers pay tribute to Jim Johnston, left, OOIDA’s president, CEO and founding member, who died last month at 78.
• “Wes Memphis” gets past paper logs’ phantom limb.
• Two drivers persist in PSP report challenge.
• Swift IT worker pleads guilty to theft.
• “Highway Justice” pair tackles human trafficking.
• Fleet to pay driver $54,000 to settle lawsuit.
• Business: Expanded bonus depreciation Under the tax overhaul enacted in late December, owner-operators will be able to claim bonus depreciation on purchases of used trucks and trailers. Prior tax law allowed bonus depreciation only for new equipment purc
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• $25,000 awaits top owner-operator Philip Keith, Kevin Kocmich and Bryan Smith are finalists for the 2017 Owner-Operator of the Year award, produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive.
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