Slightly off-topic, but of note to many drivers. The Transportation Security Administration’s Highway Motor Carrier Division is to conduct a seris of workshops for local hazardous material (Hazmat) carriers and shippers, local first responders, as well as any operation involved in the transport of Hazmat by highway. If you currently hold a Hazmat endorsement or [...]
Archive for June, 2010
The HEPO Micro-Bypass Filter
June 21st, 2010 
Aaron Turpen Image via Wikipedia I received some information on micro-bypass filters and, while I haven’t used them myself and don’t know of anyone who has, I do know that they are becoming more and more popular in trade news. The basic idea is to add a second filter to the oil’s filtration system to pull more [...]
Posted in Other Alt Fuels 
Tags: ECO MicroFilters, ECO-Edge, Filtration, Industrial Goods and Services, Motor oil 
2 Comments »Trailer Refrigeration Moving Forward With Green Tech
June 18th, 2010 Aaron Turpen While the truck driving down the road tends to be seen as one piece, with many people focusing on the tractor pulling the trailer as where all of the efficiency needs to happen, truck drivers know that the truck is secondary. It’s all about the freight. While at a mostly-empty truck stop, way back when, [...]
TTR’s Diesel-less Refrigeration Unit
June 17th, 2010 Aaron Turpen The big players in refrigeration units for transportation are Carrier and Thermoking. Having pulled both, I can tell you that these units are pretty efficient at some things (frozen, especially), but tend to use a fair amount of fuel for others (like continuous run for lettuce or the like). But what if efficiency wasn’t measured [...]
