Equipment: In Brief
20 Commercial Carrier Journal November 2008 Pilot to sell DEF at the pump Travel center chain to support 2010 SCR trucks P ilot Travel Centers, with more than 325 owned or licensed retail travel center locations in 40 states, announced plans to supply diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) at fueling islands. The company's initial roll-out plans call for the fluid to be economi-cally available in bulk at more than 100 Pilot Travel Center loca-tions nationwide beginning in mid-to-late 2009. Pilot says it decision to offer DEF at the pump will maximize affordability and convenience for truckers and is one of the final infrastructure elements to be put into place for truck fleets and owner-operator customers planning to use selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions control technology to meet 2010 emissions standards. In addition, all Pilot Travel Centers will carry pre-pack-aged top-off quantities of the fluid. By working with Detroit Diesel Corporation and Daimler Trucks North America, as well as other OEMs, we've begun to learn a lot more about SCR and the infrastructure needed to support this beneficial new technology, says Mark Hazelwood, executive vice president of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Pilot. We believe this product will create efficiencies for trucking companies which will, in essence, increase their MPGs and save them money. This product offer-ing also helps Pilot to continue its `green' initiatives. n Bendix Commercial Vehicles Systems will assemble cabs for Class 8 truck manufacturer Autocar's Xpeditor refuse trucks. Bendix recently completed the first fully dressed cab module in a newly renovated 75,000-square-foot facility in Huntington, Ind., which will be dedicated to the Autocar business. n the 75th anniversary of its first produc-tion diesel engine, the D-40, with the dedication of a new facility in Huntsville, Ala., that will build its newest diesel engine family, MaxxForce Big Bore. The 300,000-square-foot Big Bore Assembly facility produces the MaxxForce 11 and MaxxForce 13. n celebrated the official grand opening of its commercial truck assembly facility in Williamstown, W.Va., Hino's first wholly-owned truck operation in the United States. n Class 3-8 vehicles is expected to grow to 723,000 by 2012, according to R.L. Polk & Co.'s Forecast of Commercial Vehicle Activity for North America. n engine of choice for Wegmans Food Markets. The order for 101 Cummins 15L ISX 500-horsepower engines will be delivered to Wegmans by the fall of this year and will comprise nearly 60 percent of its fleet. n RigMaster has rolled back the price of all T2 model units, offering customers a net savings of up to 10 percent ifpurchased and installed between now and Dec. 31. A list of RigMaster dealers can be found at www.rigmasterpower.com. in brief equipment (Continued on page 22) (Continued on page 22) Pilot Travel Centers says its commitment ensures diesel exhaust fluid supplies will be conveniently available during normal fuel fillups by truck drivers anywhere in the country. All locations also will carry top-off quantities. Todd Dills Eaton continues to explore DEF-free SCR As part of its continuing focus on tech-nology and new product development, Eaton Corp. is working on a selective catalytic reduction aftertreatment sys-tem that eliminates the need for urea distribution infrastructure and onboard tanks, Jim Sweetnam, Eaton's chief executive officer truck group, told CCJ editors during the American Trucking Associations annual meeting last month in New Orleans. The system combines a fuel dosing unit, fuel reformer catalyst, NOx trap and an SCR catalyst in series to scrub NOx from the system, Sweetnam says. While most planned SCR systems need