Kenworth Truck Co. is now offering factory-installed, front-drive axles for its T270 Class 6 and T370 Class 7 medium-duty models Kenworth Truck Co. is now offering factory-installed, front-drive axles ...

Freightliner Trucks announced that factory-installed Meritor front drive axles, which allow for an all-wheel drive (AWD) option, are now provided for immediate delivery on Business Class M2 106 and ...

Kenworth Truck Co. announced that it will offer factory-installed front drive axles for its T270 Class 6 and T370 Class 7 models. The new Kenworth front drive axle was introduced this week at the 57th ...

Last September, Kenworth announced it would add a set-forward front axle configuration to its T880 and those trucks entered production early last month. This week, I flew up to Kenworth’s assembly ...

The Western Star 4700 set-back, all-wheel drive 6x6 and 4x4 trucks can now be spec’d with an 18,000-pound front drive axle. The option is suited for snow plow applications and provides better ...

Four-wheel drive and diesel engines are two of the most common options ordered in ¾- and 1-ton trucks—but that wasn’t always the case. For decades, American-made pickups relied on two-wheel drive to ...

Poclain's Sterling demonstrator has its tag axle fully extended so the drive axle is off the ground and its wheels are spinning and spewing dust. Yet the truck moves ahead under power from the ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Are 6x2 axle configurations a good way to boost the efficiency of heavy-duty trucks, or do the complications outweigh the benefits? The ...