Despite the industry’s lackluster truck sales since the recession, Cookeville, Tenn.-based Fitzgerald Glider Kits has seen sales double each year since 2010, and it expects the trend to continue in ...

Like some other small trucking firms, Old Forge Services of Mogadore, Ohio, has turned to glider kits to reduce maintenance expenses and downtime. Glider trucks, which combine a new truck body with an ...

During a recent visit to Salt Lake City, I learned that a partnership of companies is looking to make it easier for fleets to enter the natural gas market. The key player in the cooperative effort is ...

Glider kits emerged as an option for those looking to avoid the costs and headaches of newly introduced emissions technology. TORONTO, Ont. — There are hundreds if not thousands of trucks rumbling ...

Despite changes to how glider kits will be classified for emissions regulations compliance — and new standards coming to bear for glider kit builders — the glider industry will remain viable and ...

Kenworth Truck Co. has released glider kits for several models to help owners who wish to bring an older truck back to “new” status. The kits, available for the T660, T800 (split fender configuration) ...

Glider kits — new trucks that are equipped with older engines and drivetrain components — will be almost outlawed by 2021 due to provisions of the federal Phase 2 Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy rules ...

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Another indication that the federal government may indeed regulate truck trailers— and tractor glider kits, too— under the Phase 2 GHG/MPG mandate came in the form of a “Notice of Data Availability” ...

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have written three letters to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt asking him to reconsider his proposal to repeal an Obama ...