Precision and balance is important when it comes to your engine. We just ordered six cylinder packs from Caterpillar for a NXS Acert Cat engine and,…
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Michael Niss out of Wisconsin has been searching for 11 miles-per-gallon for the past three years, and we are committed to helping him get there. When…
The Louisville truck show is now over for another year, and it was wonderful to meet all of our owner operator friends. I must say, this…
Back in the 1980s, the Cummins Engine Company made a .013 thicker head gasket for engine blocks that were resurfaced. It was an ingenious idea, because…
This past fall I had the opportunity to tour the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In one of the buildings, a famous five-word naval phrase was…
Thank God for our smart, performance-minded, computer tech engineers! All I can say is that us older mechanical engine mechanics really need to listen to the…
The school of hard knocks – until you have gone to this tough school, you do not have the proper education to run a business or…
Snowmobile Conference. It’s that time of the year again – time to pay homage to the snow gods so we can have another amazing Owner Operator…
Let’s go back to the year 2003 – that was the year EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) was mandated on all diesel engines. Even then, we knew…
The Dallas truck show is now over and a great show it was. We stayed busy in our booth all three days, met with many old…
We finally did it! One of our clients had a trip averaging 10.1 miles per gallon. He had perfect weather conditions and only 30,000 lbs. in…
The ECM on your truck’s engine resides in one of the harshest environments for electronics to survive. Salt water from the winter roads, high pressure washers,…
One of the worst things to hear when your truck is in the shop with a problem is, “You need a new ECM.” They are expensive…
This month we are going to talk about an old favorite subject of mine and something I brought to the trucking industry some 38 years ago…
The Louisville truck show is over – and what a show it was! I want to thank all of you wonderful owner operators that spent some…