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Jack Roberts

Jack Roberts is executive editor for CCJ as well as trucks equipment editor for Randall-Reilly Publishing’s Trucking and Construction Media Groups and contributes stories to Overdrive, Truckers News, Truck Parts & Services, Successful Dealer, Equipment World, Total Landscape Care, Better Roads and Aggregate Manager. Roberts joined Randall-Reilly in 1995 as associate editor of Equipment World magazine and began covering both heavy-duty and light trucks in 1996. In 2006 he was the founding editor of Total Landscape Care before joining the staff of CCJ magazine in 2008. Roberts has won numerous editorial excellence awards, including two Jesse H. Neal awards and has been a Neal Award finalist once. He has also won three Robert F. Boger Awards given by the Construction Writers Association and several American Society of Business Publication Editors Awards. A native and resident of Northport, AL, Roberts holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama.

Trucks: Technology marches onward

Posted on May 28, 2009

Mack standardizes stability protection on Pinnacle models Onboard electronic systems have revolutionized a multitude of vehicle control and diagnostic systems. And ...

Trucks Management: Know the fundamentals

Posted on May 28, 2009

Truck maintenance is one area where knowing component fundamentals can allow you to better spec vehicles to match your ...

Trucks: Junk science

Posted on Jun 11, 2008

What if you could pour a 12-ounce bottle of additive into your fuel tank and boost a truck's fuel economy ...

Trucks: Chevrolet’s Tahoe Hybrid

Posted on May 03, 2008

GM is touting its Chevy Tahoe Hybrid as the most fuel-efficient SUV available and it's hard to argue with their ...

Trucks: ConExpo’s big-bore bruisers

Posted on Apr 06, 2008

Two new on-highway trucks dominated this year's ConExpo-Con/Agg show in Las Vegas in April. Both are powerhouse trucks, built to ...

Western Star’s new niche truck

Posted on Mar 13, 2008

These days, it seems like construction equipment manufacturers are all trying to identify the last market niche and exploit if ...

Trucks: International enters Class 8 big bore engine...

Posted on Mar 02, 2008

Until now, if you wanted big-bore power in your International trucks you had to go to Cat or Cummins - ...

Trucks: Kenworth’s T170 model

Posted on Dec 06, 2007

As fuel prices rise and constricted working conditions increase, smaller vocational trucks are increasingly attractive for many contractors. This fall, ...

Truck Management: A never-ending battle

Posted on Oct 04, 2007

It seems like everything comes harder in Alaska. The freezing winters, rough terrain and isolated living and working conditions can ...

Trucks/Test Drive: Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD

Posted on Sep 07, 2007

A pickup truck these days is called upon to do triple duty: tow a backhoe to the jobsite on Monday, ...

Trucks: Number one with a bullet

Posted on Aug 10, 2007

Pickup trucks seem to be the Holy Grail for heavy-duty truck manufacturers. If you follow the construction or trucking industries, ...

Trucks: Superdump solution

Posted on Jul 09, 2007

For many years, asphalt producers viewed a large truck fleet as a sure sign of success, a sure sign the ...

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