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Two single-temperature trailer refrigeration units has been introduced by 
Carrier Transicold.
The 2500 APX and 2100 APX join the firm’ line of X2 refrigeration units, a company news release states.
Carrier Transicold’s new APX technology features modular electronics for enhanced reliability, serviceability and expandability; an easy-to-use driver interface with bright graphic display; and USB connectivity for fast, convenient data transfers.
The APX system displays five times the information of comparable units, with fewer strokes.
Carrier Transicold, based in Athens, GA, notes the 2500 and 2100 are the first of the company’s units to offer the IntelliSet control application as a standard feature.
By Bully Dog
Let the engine of your rig breath easy with Bully Dog’s premium exhaust manifolds! Stock manifolds are often leaky, which can 
keep your engine from exhaling efficiently and choke your truck’s performance. Bully Dog exhaust manifolds are carefully designed to fit the stock mounting points, which reduces install headaches and the amount of hardware needed.
Heavy Duty trucks are the workhorses of the open road. Bully Dog gets that, and we’ve built our manifolds to withstand the high temps and long hours they’re sure to endure. While stock manifolds are generally made from cast iron, we have chosen to use a premium alloy that expands and contracts at a more consistent rate than cast iron. This will reduce leaks around the joints and prevent cracking. We’ve also coated every manifold with temperature-resistant ceramic, which contains engine heat within the manifold where it belongs and reduces the temperatures radiating from the manifold by up to 300 degrees.
With a Bully Dog manifold, your truck can also flow more air safely, with no clamps. Stock manifolds with multiple parts are put together loosely, and loose connections equal leaks. Every Bully Dog manifold is pressure fit together. What does this mean for you? Less leaks and more performance!
We have adjusted all the angles of the manifold, making them more gradual and producing up to 20% better airflow. In English? Better airflow means exhaust escapes quicker, your turbo flows better and you get faster-acting performance!
Instead of letting your truck puff along with a restrictive exhaust, give it the tools it needs to exhale smoothly. And just because you’re special, we’ve hand ported and polished every manifold, reducing back pressure and giving your engine every opportunity to breath easy.
Find out more online or contact your local Bully Dog dealer today.
Ventura, CA- based Cargo Data Corp. has introduced its Quality USB temperature recorder.
The small, digital device is designed to monitor perishable shipments, according to a news release.
Quality USB features a LCD screen that shows temperature data without the need to connect to a computer.
Featuring Cargo Data’s free KoldLink software, the new recorder permits allows users to view, print, archive and e-mail data directly from the program, as well as upload to the Cargo Data website. This removes the need for paper strip chart recorders, according to the release.
Users with the recorder ID number can view, download and print temperature charts from the secure website.
“Quality USB is small enough to place inside a carton and is provided in a food safe moisture-protective pouch to keep it clean and dry. This makes Quality USB the perfect recorder for iced, wet, and corrosive shipments,” Roger Niebolt, sales manager, said in the release.
By Bill Martin
Whether it’s hauling produce, or sound equipment for country music stars, Robert Lawson loves the challenge.
Which is more challenging for Robert Lawson, hauling fresh produce or hauling sound gear for country music stars George Jones and John Anderson?
This Meansville, GA boy from the Deep South was attired in his finest New York outfit being a Giants fan and all psyched for Eli Manning and teammates to kick some New England Patriots butt in the Super Bowl only three days away (NY won 21-17). But we got Robert to shift his attention from the big game to tell why he likes to haul produce — and eventually share some interesting tidbits about Jones and Anderson.
Robert has been driving a truck since the late 1980s and currently works for Kennesaw Transportation Inc. of Atlanta. Over the years he’s hauled almost everything one can think of, but really enjoys the challenges associated with hauling fresh fruits and vegetables. In fact, he had just delivered a load of Washington state apples to the Atlanta Farmers Market.
In no particular order, Robert cited several frustrations and challenges if you haul produce, although some are faced by most types of truckers.
*Language barriers. “There used to be signs on the walls that were printed in English and Spanish. Now those signs are in Spanish followed by English.”
*As a produce trucker, Robert said it is frustrating to arrive at a dock to pick up berries and other items and the pallets have already been sealed in modified atmosphere bags. The process is designed to perserve quality and extend the life of the product. The veteran driver prefers not only to be able to do a carton or tray count of the product being loaded, but also to check its quality.
“I can’t see the (bagged) produce when it is being loaded and it (the sealed bag) is not broke open until it arrives at destination,” he surmises.
But overall, Robert wouldn’t trade hauling produce for anything else. “When I haul produce it isn’t like hauling steel. You deliver it (produce) in good shape and you feel like you have done something.”
A primary concern is making sure the produce is stacked correctly on pallets and secured properly to the trailer. Otherwise shifting of the load may occur, resulting in damage to the product, and a possible claim at destination.
One of the biggest problems he faces is making sure you are not “shorted” on a load. “If I arrive at a produce house and I am supposed to pick up 880 cases of lettuce, then I find this guy (warehouseman) and I ask him how much product he’s loading, and I’m told 660 cases. I have got to get that amount changed on the bill of lading. Once you sign a bill of lading, you have got to deliver it from point A to Point B. I’ve actually seen a couple of guys arrested for delivering produce to somewhere besides what is stated on the bill.”
Robert, who drives a 2011 International conventional with a 10-speed tranny and 283-inch wheelbase, pulls a 53-foot long Utility trailer chilled by an Ingersoll Rand reefer unit.
Besides making sure there is a correct count for the load, Robert stresses the importance of maintaining proper temperature in the trailer. Particularily in the south where it is warmer, he says if you leave the rig unattended for a while, make sure the reefer unit doesn’t run out of fuel.
“It’s all on the driver; the proper count; the quality of the produce being loaded; the way it is secured and the way it is delivered,” he says. “You have to pay attention to all of these things.”
Now this is for those curious about his dealings with George Jones and John Anderson. Robert hauled sound equipment for both, but also acted as a body guard for Jones.
Robert described working for Jones as “an experience. I did it because it was challenging. I am not star struck.”
He recalls one time Jones had three concerts at Daytona Beach, FL occurring at the same time as a planned shuttle launch at nearby Cape Canaveral. Two of the shows were for dignitaries attending the launch, and the other performance was for fans. During the intermission of one of the shows, attendees went outside to watch the shuttle launch.
When Robert worked for John Anderson, he said the country star swas very personable. “John would say, ‘when I’m on that stage, I’m a star. But when I walk off that stage, I’m just one of the guys. I’m your friend. If you want to go fishing, we’ll go fishing.'”
Robert comes off as the consummate professional driver in a similar manner of his description of Anderson. “When I go to a produce house, I get to know the people there. It helps to avoid problems,” he concludes.
By Rand McNally
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By Bully Dog
The newest product line Bully Dog is proud to introduce is the Heavy Duty Gauge Tuner (HDGT). In today’s Webinar we will go over the product details including digital gauges, a driving coach and many others as well downloadable upgraded Heavy Duty tuning options. The HDGT also includes the exclusive first relase of Bully Dog’s upgrade tuning for 2011 and 2012 Cummins applications.. The HDGT is taking big rig performance to the next level and beyond.
Register for a session now by clicking a date below:
Thu, Jan 19, 2012 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST (TODAY)
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
Once registered you will receive an email confirming your registration with information you need to join the Webinar.
By Bully Dog
In 2011, after establishing a reputation for producing industry-leading tuning products for a myriad of heavy duty applications, Bully Dog introduced the Heavy Duty WatchDog. This product was a revolutionary leap forward from the previous generation: a multifunctional digital gauge pack designed to help truck drivers improve fuel economy, reduce vehicle wear and tear, and improve on road safety. But along with the WatchDog came the promise of more: A device combining the capabilities of the WatchDog with the time-tested tuning platform that Bully Dog has spent years perfecting.
The new Heavy Duty Gauge Tuner (HDGT) is the culmination of those efforts: Bully Dog’s premiere Heavy Duty product. It incorporates Bully Dog’s time-tested and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) approved economy tuning with the complete gauge package, diagnostics and proven Driving Coach software of the Heavy Duty WatchDog. The HDGT was engineered to safely improve the operation of heavy duty trucks by providing a more efficient fuel burn, enhanced real-time feedback and heightened driver awareness. This translates to money in the pockets of fleets and owner-operators in the form of fuel and time savings. The multitude of available features and top-shelf tuning the HDGT offers have been carefully assembled to offer the maximum value to drivers and companies, and is compounded by the fact that Bully Dog offers unique custom tuning for every truck at no additional cost.
Users who previously purchased the Heavy Duty WatchDog also have the option to upgrade their devices with GT Tuning capabilities by visiting the Bully Dog website. Initially being offered for ‘03.5 – ’11 Cummins applications, the Heavy Duty GT will add support for Caterpillar and Detroit applications in the near future. Visit bigrig.bullydog.com for more details.
Growing up as the eldest among 15 kids in a Mennonite family in Ephrata, PA, Lance Zimmerman has probably grown up faster than a lot of children, although he was, and still is considered to a certain extent, a
bit of a renegade amongst his conservative family.
. In the fall of 1982 he started trucking. He drove a dump bucket for a couple of years, followed by a “bull wagon,” dry vans and reefers. Lance, 50, became an owner operator in 1995 and since then has mostly been hauling oversized loads. Last May he bought a 2004 Freightliner XL Classic with a 12.7 Detroit Diesel with 600 h.p. It has a nine speed transmission, but an 18-speed tranny 
is on order. The previous owner had a glider kit installed and had it certified. When Lance picked up the seven-year-old truck last spring the only mileage on it was the 68 miles the owner had driven to and from the inspection shop.
HaulProduce.com caught up with Lance recently when he was delivering a model 730 Cat off road dump truck to a Tulsa, OK dealership. He had picked up the 49,000-pound Cat at Port Dundalk in Baltimore. He loaded the dump truck himself onto his 7007 Fontaine Renegade, 48-foot double drop RGN.
“I like what I’m hauling now (oversized loads) better than anything I’ve ever done,” Lance says. “I don’t have to run as hard to maintain my lifestyle and I get to sleep every night.” This is because oversized loads are only allowed to be moved during daylight hours. 70 percent of his loads are for the U.S. military.
“When the military has a platoon training, that equipment goes with them. On a major move by a platoon it can take up to 80 trucks to move that equipment”, he says. The military wants delivery on a certain day, but the allow time for you to run legally. The loads also include a good freight rate.
“If it pays well enough, I’ll haul it,” notes Lance, who is leased to J.R. Martin Transport LLC of Mill Hall, PA. Noting there is no forced dispatch with J.R. Martin, he has been working with the company long enough that his dispatcher knows pretty much what Lance will and will not haul. He averages being on the road two to two and one-half weeks at a time.
“If I get a $3 to $4 (per mile) paying load I’ll go anywhere, even if it is someplace like Montana where you can’t get another load without deadheading 300 to 400 miles. It is still worth it,” he notes.
Lance says his westbound loads normally pay better than eastbound trips, which is pretty much the opposite of what truckers pulling refrigerated loads experience. Much of it comes down to availability of trucks for certain types of equipment going in a particular direction.
If Lance has one piece of advice for successfully making it as an owner operator, he states, “Find a decent company to lease to. Also, today with the internet you can get loads from about anywhere in the country. You have got to go where higher paying loads go. If you want to be home every week then your loads will be for less money. Sometimes those good paying loads don’t go where you want to be.”
Lance has reached the point in his trucking career where he averages about 100,000 miles a year, which still allows time off for one of his two favorite pastimes, elk hunting in Colorado, and bike riding. He owns a 2009 Road Glider Harley Davidson. Every year or two Lance and one or two of his friends will hit the road on their hogs. During his last “vacation” the guys logged 9,500 miles in 21 days. In past years they have traveled to Nova Scotia, Florida, the western United States and many points in between from their Lancaster County, PA base.
“My wife Lori says if I’m not moving I’m not happy,” Lance concludes.