I’d like to welcome Jim McCormack to the Trucking Nerd. Jim is the managing editor for Trucker to Trucker and online marketplace for commercial trucks, trailers, parts, and trucking equipment. Buy and sell trucking equipment online. He is a guest blogger and will periodically be providing relevant insight and articles.
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Isuzu Motors Limited has a long history of quality construction when it comes to cars and trucks of all sizes. Their commercial vehicles and diesel engines are some of the highest regarded in their fields. This article will take a look at the history of sell Isuzu trucks and commercial vehicles, so you can understand how this company has become the brand it is today.
Isuzu’s Beginning
In 1916 the Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and Engineering Company created a plan to work with the Tokyo Gas Electric Industrial Company to manufacture automobiles. In addition, in 1918 this new company received a license to build and sell cars in Japan that had been designed by the Wolseley Motor Company, which was based in the UK. This began a long history of international joint ventures for the future Isuzu Company. By 1922 the Wolseley A-9 was produced in Japan and sold locally. Their first truck, the CP, debuted two years later. Over the next couple decades, various corporate mergers change the name of this company until 1949 when Isuzu Motors Limited became the official company name. By this time the company is one of the largest manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks in Japan.
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You’ve accessorized your truck so you will get noticed. Huge tires, 6” lift, lots of shinny chrome, face it, your truck looks like a beast. That is of course until you get cut off and blast your wimpy little stock horn. You can fix that problem with a train horn kit from Train Horns Delivered. These kits come with everything you need for installation and can blast up to 180 decibels. If you want your truck to get noticed and you want the respect you deserve while you’re on the road consider one of these kits as an option.
So you might be wondering, what is a train horn kit? A train horn kit is comprised of three main parts. You have a triple train horn assembly, the air tank, and an air compressor to fill the air tank. The kit also comes with every component you will need to connect the parts and install them into your truck.
The way the kit works is that the air compressor is set to automatically fill the air tank and keep the tank at 120 psi so it is ready to blast when you are. You can either set up your train horn so it sounds when you honk your horn as you normally would or you can set it up so there is a separate toggle switch to sound it. Once this happens the solenoid will open and release the air from the air tank and sound the horns. People will notice!
Now you know how to set yourself apart from other trucks on the road and make everyone take notice. Train horns for trucks are the newest, most sought after accessory for trucks and their popularity is going daily! Do not be the last one to the party. Make sure you are the first among your friends to get and install a kit and blow your friends away. It will clear a path for your truck and broadcast yourself to everyone letting them know who is in charge. These kits are easy to install and the chrome plating makes them look great as well.
Get over to http://trainhornsdelivered.com today and check out their screaming deals!
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You want to turn heads this summer when you’re out in your F-150, but when your truck looks like everyone else’s truck, people aren’t going to know who’s got the meanest machine. But with some high-quality, custom truck parts from AmericanTrucks, you’ll be sure that you’re getting all the Ford F-150 Performance and style you need to keep all eyes on your truck, no matter if you’re out on the highway, track or even off-road.
Probably the most popular modification F-150 enthusiasts make to their trucks is getting that tire and chassis clearance up nice and high with a Ford F-150 Lift Kit. Whether you’re an off-roading fanatic, or just want to ride higher than the rest of traffic on your way to and from work, AmericanTrucks has a lift kit that’s right for you. Plus, we’re also offering a huge selection of Ford Truck Bed Covers. Not only does it maximize your hauling space, not only does it protect whatever cargo it is you’ve got back there, but you can’t forget the fact that truck bed covers improve your fuel economy by up to 10%, and will give you significantly better gas mileage. And with the prices at the pump rising like they do every summer, this is a modification you’ll really appreciate.
Now, it’s one thing to make your truck look different from other trucks. But if you want to really get people to notice your truck from miles away, you need to get a new Ford F-150 Exhaust. Aftermarket exhausts from AmericanTrucks will let you announce yourself and let people know to clear a path for you and your behemoth of a truck. Easy-to-install and great looking, these exhausts will also give you a noticeable performance gain of some additional horsepower and torque, after you kick those restrictive factory pipes to the curb.
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I am pleased to announce John Starks as a guest writer for the Trucking Nerd. John has an array of experience and a tall resume with some very well known companies. After working with John for a stint, I can attest to his expertise and knowledge of trucking, particularly from an operational and management perspective. He will be crafting articles periodically for the Trucking Nerd to add some additional perspective and insights. His content may not necessarily be technical in nature, but will always be relevant to the trucking industry. His first article relating to operations and technology is published.
When I first started the blog, I also had registered TruckingNerds.com in the event that additional perspectives would be added to the blog. I encourage anyone else who enjoys writing and is interested in technology and / or trucking, feel free to drop me a line!
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How many of you have experienced an IT project where at the end of the day either the program that was created does not do what it originally was intended to do so no one uses it or it does exactly what is needed but there is a new “fire” today so again no one uses it?
During my career in transportation, I have been fortunate enough to work with a large, mid-sized, and small carrier. A carrier as large as 9000 trucks down to a carrier of 150 trucks. I’ve seen and experienced many things but one thing that I’ve seen in common at all these companies, relative to relationship between IT and Operations, is how these departments work together.
Many times I’ve seen operations requesting reports, new applications, improvements, customized programming, etc. that, in the heat of the moment, they “need” but 2 weeks later has fallen to the wayside with the latest fire.
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As I’ve come to learn more about blogging, I realize that the trucking blogsphere is somewhat slim pickings, there just isn’t a whole lot out there. I’m always on the lookout for feeds that make my shortlist and am particularly interested in other trucking and or technology related blogs.
There are a few blogs out there I enjoy, as mentioned the Private Fleets blog and a few of the others I link to here. There is also another author, Dan Goodwill, a transportation consultant / author. He recently posted an article highlighting some popular trucking related blogs. I recommend checking it out if you are looking for blogs to subscribe. I also recommend periodically checking for new blogs which enter the arena which it seems a few more here and there keep popping up. You can leverage blogged.com and technorati to help you out!
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I am normally a moderately conservative implementer of new technology into production environments at work. There is one decision we made back in 2005 however that was a little before the mainstream, but has worked out rather well. I recently read this article from eweek regarding the cost savings and growing number of VOIP implementations. Being a relatively early adopter of VOIP, I can attest that it is a worthwhile venture…and a little less risky now.
I get asked from time to time about our phone system and why I like it so much and why I’m so eagerly awaiting the next release of it in 2008 which we’ve got plans to upgrade to.
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I had the pleasure of chatting with Trevor Dunsford, a software developer from Canadian based Bison Transport last week. The topic of our discussion was a software application they had written to extend TMW Systems TMWSuite application to allow advanced appointment scheduling.
TMW’s Order Entry application leaves a little to be desired when it comes to the ability to optimize the appointment scheduling process. The scheduling abilities in Order Entry are confusing and not intuitive. It also doesn’t take into account any sort of ability to administer appointment workflow when multiple people are responsible for setting appointments. Bison realized this gap and took matters into their own hands by developing a slick add on application they call the Appointment Queue (AQ) . Trevor has written a nice blog entry detailing the application.
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When it first dawned on me that the deadline for analog cell service was coming to a closure in 2008, I didn’t think much about it. After all, it is reported that only 1% of the cell phone population use a cell phone that is analog only, so what’s the big deal?
The big deal is that there are millions of devices around the US that rely solely on analog, and many of them are not phones, they are devices like OnStar, GPS tracking systems, alarm system devices, etc. When the analog service is shutoff, these devices will be rendered useless. This could happen as early as February 18th, 2008 since this is the date the FCC says it is ok for cell companies to shutoff analog services.
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