Haworth has green trucks. No, not the color

green — green as in good for the environment.

Now, we’ve all been behind a Freightliner or a

Peterbilt on the road somewhere. How could

a big ol’ diesel semi truck be part of the green

scene? Well, when Alan Bishop of Equity

Transportation said, “Drive it and we’ll prove it,”

we took him up on it.

Yeah, breaker, breaker, one-nine, we’re runnin’

a 2008 Freightliner Glider Kit with a Detroit

Diesel Series 60 Recon Engine, 470 HP, using

an Eaton Recon Transmission, with Dynamic

Fuel System Jet Star Hydrogen Generator for

enhanced combustion. Yeah, this baby meets

California 2020 Emission Standards, uses Mobil

One Synthetic Oil, and runs on Super Singles

Tires filled with Nitrogen, getting more than

33% better mpg than your average semi, with

525 HP to the ground …

UH, WHAT?

Bottom line: the truck causes fewer emissions,

gets more miles per gallon, needs less maintenance,

and is less expensive than a 2008 factory

tractor. And that means green. In fact, based

on the average number of miles traveled by the

Haworth fleet, we stand to consume 20,000

fewer gallons of diesel fuel than we did just

one year ago. With the rising cost of fuel these

days, that amounts to almost $100,000 in fuel

savings alone.

Some of the key words here are recon, as in

reconstructed, remanufactured, or recycled;

hydrogen generator, which separately shoots

hydrogen and oxygen into the ignition so it

burns hotter and faster, leaving no unburned

fuel, less particulate matter, and results in

cooler exhaust temperatures with no burning

fuel going out of the exhaust system; California

2020 Emissions Standards, as in we’re already

meeting (and even exceeding) the toughest

emissions standards in the country that are set

for the year 2020 (!wow!); synthetic oil, which

results in extended oil change intervals and;

nitrogen, which extends tire life by 25%.

We could go on and on about this new initiative,

and are working to make information and

documentation available. For now, what we’d

like you to know is that our commitment to

sustainability is literally driving us to test this

new technology! It is very forward thinking —

especially with rising fuel prices — and we’re

one of the few companies who are taking this

approach to sustaining the environment while

helping our own bottom line in the rather

expensive business of shipping our products.

It’s all about running cleaner and still getting

the job done well. We’re doing it and we’re

excited about it!