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ConocoPhillips Lubricants launches liquid titanium heavy-duty engine oil.

Are hostile elements threatening your engines? Fight back with Guardol ECT with Liquid Titanium, a premium, industry-leading API CJ-4 heavy-duty engine oil - now enhanced with liquid-titanium-additive technology for proven antiwear protection and improved resistance to corrosion and oxidation. Exclusively from ConocoPhillips Lubricants. www.conocophillipslubricants.com/titanium

Top of the News
Truck weight issue dividing trucking
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Economics, safety, and the impact on highway infrastructure and the environment are the battlefields in an intensifying legislative struggle to determine whether commercial truck weight limits should be raised to 97,000 lbs. or not. And those issues are dividing key player within trucking itself.




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Number-one Bottled Water Company has Reduced Idle Time by 41 Percent Thanks to Cadec’s Advanced Fleet Management Software.

Read how this industry leader is using Cadec’s advanced fleet management software and On-Board Computers in its entire fleet of 40 trucks for idle tracking, GPS management and paperless logging capabilities. With the use of Cadec's solutions “Driver behavior started to change almost immediately.” Read the case study at www.cadec.com/polandspring


Today's Headlines
ADS fleet certified safe by Aon
ADS Logistics, which has a fleet of 350 flatbeds and specialized trailers for hauling heavy loads of specialized metals, has received SafeFleet certification from the insurance company Aon.




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TruckProtect’s Neck-It! doesn’t just protect your tank from high volume fuel theft.

Using an effective anti-siphon device also reduces regular skimming theft of five to ten gallons. This may not sound like a lot, but lose ten gallons enough times, and it shows on the balance sheet. Neck-It! protecting fuel, protecting Profits. Call 615-866-7984 or visit truckprotect.com.


Upcoming Events
Trailer industry group drops '09 convention
The board of directors of the National Trailer Dealers Assn. (NTDA), recognizing that the recession makes it difficult for trailer dealers and manufacturers to spare the expense, time and resources to be away from their businesses, has voted unanimously to postpone the 2009 NTDA Convention, which had been slated for Oct. 8-10 in Palm Springs.




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The Power of Platinum Conquers Rust-Jacking!

PlatinumShield™ coating extends the life of your brakes. Rust-jacking has been a significant industry problem. Now ArvinMeritor engineers offer you breakthrough technology on its Meritor remanufactured brake shoes with PlatinumShield coating - backed by our 3-Year/300,000-Mile warranty against rust-jacking. Visit MeritorPlatinumShield.com


Trailers
Performance Trailers selects Haldex roll stability
Trailer manufacturer Performance Trailers is making Haldex Commercial Vehicle System’s trailer roll stability (TRS) package a standard offering on its trailer models.




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National TruckPorts Offers Secure Trailer Parking & Affordable Shop Space.

If your company operates fleets in the Dallas, TX area, National TruckPorts offers a facility where you can securely park, service and maintain your fleet at a fraction of the cost of owning your own facility. NTP features flexible, cost-efficient shop space with office facilities and secured truck and trailer parking. Visit our website and take a virtual tour. www.nationaltruckports.com


People
Idealease's Thayer takes TRALA chair
Tom Thayer, president & CEO of Idealease is the new chairman of the Truck Renting and Leasing Assn. (TRALA) for the 2009-2010 term.

Business
Con-way Freight, TNT form international venture
A new multi-modal joint venture for expediting heavy intercontinental shipments between Europe and the U.S. is being rolled out by LTL carrier Con-way Freight and TNT.

Websites
AASHTO builds infrastructure update site
To provide an ongoing update about efforts to improve infrastructure, the American Assn. of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is launching a website titled "Are We There Yet?"

Editors' Blogs
Trucks at Work: The new media
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
No longer are there sharply defined lines between types of journalism-- we’re doing it all nowadays, from writing the stories, to taking the photographs to shooting and editing the video...

Trucking Straight Talk: CTA's Bradley gets it right
By Brian Straight, managing editor
While we tackle one border problem to our south, we can’t forget about another potential problem down the road. That’s right, Canada.

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