CONTENTS
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Volume 86, Number 3
 
 FEATURES
 
46  TRUCK FLEET INNOVATORS 2006
Eight of the nation's top trucking executives are recognized in Heavy Duty Trucking's first-ever Truck Fleet Innovators awards.
 
16  SURVIVING AN AUDIT
Tips that make compliance reviews 'positive and peaceful' events.
 
72 EQUIPMENT FOCUS
Trailer aero improvers are as important as those found on tractors.
 
82 DRIVING IN THE MIDRANGE
Mercedes-Benz intros its next-generation Sprinter with more configurations and enhancements.
 
90 DRIVE TEST
Bendix anti-rollover system keeps Mack mixer upright.
 
96 NEW PRODUCTS
Cummins and Volvo unveil new engines for 2007.
 
124  EMISSIONS AUTHORITY
IdleAire promising 13,000 new truckstop parking spaces.
 NEWS & ISSUES
4 DIESEL PRICE WATCH
6 OPINION: DOUG CONDRA
Will you be ready for seven-dollar diesel?
8 OPINION: DEBORAH WHISTLER
Idle conversation.
10 WASHINGTON REPORT
FedEx CEO calls for industry leadership on taxes, onboard recorders.
18 HOTLINE
Economic and manufacturer news and analysis.
 
 EQUIPMENT
86 TIRE TALK
Tracking tire costs per mile.
106 IT SOLUTIONS
Tapping technology to manage fuel.
112 IT SOLUTIONS
Outsourcing driver documentation.
116 MAINTENANCE
Good technicians are going to be hard to find.
128 EQUIPMENT
Volvos for '07
148 COLUMN: JIM WINSOR
A look at 2007 diesel emissions.

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