C O N T E N T S
September   2 0 0 2
Volume 81, Number 9

COVER STORY:
Page  56  CLASS 8 SPECS: A NEW BALL GAME Economics, emissions laws are causing fleets to reconsider options, including hanging on to equipment longer.
Page 104  UTILITY TRUCKS Like their name suggests, these vehicles keep society technically ticking.

 EQUIPMENT
Page  68  SHOP TALK Windshield damage: Repair or replace?
Page  86  SMART SPEC'ING Safety devices: Lots of stuff's available, but use your head.
Page  90  SMART SPEC'ING Fifth wheels: Put one on a truck and you have a tractor. But there's more to it than that.
Page  96  JIM WINSOR A mixed ABS rig can lead to disaster.
Page  97  PRODUCTS & SERVICES The latest offerings.

 NEWS & ISSUES
Page   4   DIESEL PRICE WATCH
Page   6   DOUG CONDRA J-I-T on the edge.
Page   8   DEB WHISTLER The sky isn't falling.
Page  13   NEWS BRIEFS
Page  14   FLEET BRIEFS
Page  16   NEWS Cirillo leaving FMCSA; driver licensing rules tightened; FTC probes fleet cards.
Page  26  HOTLINE Supplier news.
Page  52  POWER 2002 Emissions wars.
Page 112  LETTERS

 IT SOLUTIONS
Page  72  LTL SOFTWARE New England carrier embraces technology.
Page  76  TIRE TRACKING How far should monitoring go?
Page  83  TECH BRIEFS The latest IT news.



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