News

MARCH 2010

MATS 2010 in Louisville brings high traffic and many Eco-flap “alumni” to our booth. Several OEM displays feature Eco-flaps on their show equipment, as well.

North Jersey Transit Authority publishes a great article on Sustainability for the Trucking Industry that features Eco-flaps. (see link to article on our home page.)

Hallsmith Sysco in Boston is monitoring fuel savings from Eco-flaps on both local and regional routes combining 38′ trailers and Class 8 tractors.

Diesel fuel prices for the entire first quarter of 2010 were 10% above third Quarter 2009 prices. That means that in just two weeks’ time, most fleets are spending an incremental amount on diesel that exceeds the cost of retrofitting their entire fleet with fuel saving Eco-flaps. Eco-flaps reduce this price impact by 40% every week through significant reduction of highway fuel use.

FEBRUARY 2010

The annual TMC meeting in Tampa this month includes the kick-off meeting for a newly formed task force to study road spray and effective devices for improving visibility for motorists in wet conditions.

Sherwin Williams completes their 3 month 6-sigma trial of Eco-flaps with very favorable results, and jumps on board to retrofit their entire reefer fleet.

Air Products kicks off evaluation trials in Oklahoma of a special aerodynamic package that includes Eco-flaps.

New Century Transportation passes their second anniversary of running fleet wide with Eco-flaps. They’re still running strong with the original Eco-flaps purchased in 2008, well beyond the one year warranty period.

JANUARY 2010

Werner kicks off a 90 day trial in Atlanta with Eco-flaps on a high mileage operation for distribution of Sara Lee baked goods.

JB Hunt organizes a road trial out west with a small operation using Eco-flaps on trailers only.

DECEMBER 2009

Goodyear conducts another SAE J1321 Type II track test with Eco-flaps. This trial was performed using day cabs and tandem pup trailers for a national LTL carrier. Eco-flaps consistently outperformed the fuel economy logged by conventional mudflaps by over 1%.

Bozzuto’s grocery distribution buttons up their fleet retrofit with Eco-flaps.

Bimbo Bakeries USA, after great success using Eco-flaps on tractors only, opts to go fleet wide in the East on trailers with Eco-flaps. This sets up secure fuel cost savings for their 2010 operations in the face of expected price increases on diesel. It also means they will avoid generating 700 tons of CO2 from their reduced fuel use next year.

NOVEMBER 2009

Exel and Marten Transport both see 3+% savings from use of Eco-flaps in road trials this Fall.

FedEx Custom Critical promotes the use of Eco-flaps for their contract drivers. Typically, these rigs see a 0.4 to 0.5 MPG increase in fuel economy when they swap their conventional mudflaps for Eco-flaps.

Nussbaum, Dutchmaid Logistics, and Bozzuto’s join our growing fleet customer base.

OCTOBER 2009

Patt Quinn, President of US Xpress, discusses Eco-flaps in his presentation at the annual ATA Management Conference in Las Vegas. Eco-flaps were a key initiative in 2009 in US Xpress’s pursuit of SmartWay initiatives.

Bob Evans restaurant fleet joins our roster of food distribution customers.

Rite Aid initiates road trials with Eco-flaps on tandem 48′ trailers in the Northeast, demonstrating 3% fuel savings.

SEPTEMBER 2009

Representatives of 6 active Eco-flap customer fleets attend the Fall TMC meeting in Raleigh, and discuss their current fuel savings and road spray experiences with colleagues.

Dreyer’s ice cream fleet initiates trials on both straight trucks and Class 8 equipment for Eco-flaps in their Southeastern distribution operations.

AUGUST 2009

SuperValu stores pocket 0.6 MPG (9%) fuel economy improvement with new flaps shuttling grocery products between Los Angeles and Las Vegas

Stubborn diesel prices since June keep fuel savings payback on Eco-flap investment attractive, at 4-5 weeks breakeven on fleetwide retrofit.

Sunrise Transport picks up 0.4 MPG (5%) using Eco-flaps on Freightliner straight trucks.

Bimbo Bakeries records a full quarter of 0.4 MPG improvement on local, regional, and line haul routes with Eco-flaps.

JULY 2009

Regency Transportation, an Ameriquest fleet, retrofits their entire operation with Eco-flaps and gains an immediate 0.3 MPG fuel economy improvement.

Nussbaum and Bozzuto’s report 0.4 MPG increase in fuel economy with trucks and trailers trialing Eco-flaps.

10 TMC fleets have jumped on board as Eco-flap customers since the Spring meeting in Orlando, amazed by highway fuel savings for their operations.

JUNE 2009

Heavy Duty Trucking article praises the safety and savings benefits of Eco-flaps.

Fleet CEOs praise durability, safety and savings provided by Eco-flaps at 1 year anniversary of use.

Logo’d Eco-flaps hit the highway with bold images and plasma flamed durability.

Investment bankers capitalizing OTR fleets recognize the “found money” impact of Eco-flaps on bottom line profits.

MAY 2009

Paul Abelson weighs in on trailer aerodynamics, and puts in another good word for Eco-flaps fuel savings.

Sunoco and Poland Springs are two tanker fleets currently trialing our flaps to assess fuel savings for their operations.

Werner and C.R. England are gearing up to test Eco-flaps in the Midwest.

Replacing “cow mat” trailer flaps with Eco-flaps demonstrates 0.6 to 0.8 MPG improvement in fuel economy on the highway. Don't get stuck with that kind of weight and poor fuel economy performance from your Class 8 flaps!

APRIL 2009

Boeing reports on their recent road trial of Eco-flaps: 6.05 MPG jumped to 6.56 MPG using Eco-flaps.

Great Dane Trailers published a nice feature on Eco-flaps in their electronic newsletter.

The Prostar 2010 'green' package will include Eco-flaps as standard equipment, and is SmartWay approved.

Jami Jones and Land Line Now publish a great testimonial from our growing community of users.

MARCH 2009

Fortune published an article on Kenworth's aerodynamic engineering tools, and the whole article focused on how they found ½% improvement in fuel economy from resizing and repositioning their power unit mudflaps!

Deka Batteries trials Eco-flaps, and generates 5+% improvement in highway fuel economy for their Class 8 fleet. Trials with their straight trucks will kick off in April.

Eco-flaps continues a track record of 100% retention of all fleet customers.

GNC drivers rave about the visibility improvement from the flaps road spray control.

FEBRUARY 2009

Andersen Flaps holds first press conference at the annual TMC meeting in Orlando.

True Value reports consistent 4% improvement in fuel economy on their OTR runs using Eco-flaps.

Eco-flap fleet customers are all top scoring SmartWay partners, actively pursuing fuel saving initiatives for their fleets.

JANUARY 2009

Patrick Transportation reports moving fleetwide from 6.08 MPG to 6.35 MPG using Eco-flaps.

Metropolitan Trucking reports no Eco-flap lost in service in over 7 months.

Cohen Steel reports 2.5% to 3% fuel economy improvement for Class 6 trucks using Eco-flaps, and no issues with ice and snow in the thick of New England winters.

DECEMBER 2008

Year end 2008 finds us with over 50 enthusiastic fleet customers who have logged more than 260 million miles this year saving fuel with Eco-flaps. Typical highway savings exceed 1 gallon per 100 miles.

Hills Stainless Steel tankers are gearing up in 2009 to provide fuel saving Eco-flaps to their customers.

Utility schedules first Kraft Foods trailers to be equipped with Eco-flaps.

Schneider, Marten Transport, Carlisle Carrier and Burris Logistics are currently evaluating fuel savings from Eco-flaps in highway road trials.

NOVEMBER 2008

True Value, Walgreens, Frito-Lay, Martin-Brower, Watkins-Sheppard & Risinger Brothers all trialed Eco-flaps this month. 40,000+ miles of trials. All exceeded 5% fuel savings with our flaps.

NJMTA guest speaker, NF Industries, recaps their fuel saving initiatives in 2008, including Eco-flaps at Fall forum.

Black Horse Carriers joins our customer ranks.

Sierra Nevada brewery hops (no pun intended...) on board from the West Coast with Eco-flaps.

OCTOBER 2008

Prime, Inc. removes 12,000 redundant mud flaps from the rear of their trailers and picks up 0.4 MPG improvement in fuel economy.

Eco-flaps are featured at the semi-annual Maryland Trucking Association bull roast this month by Johnson & Towers.

Brockway Smith gears up to equip their entire fleet with Eco-flaps after 90 day trials demonstrate 0.2 MPG fuel economy improvement on tandem rigs and 0.5 MPG improvement on 53' trailers using Eco-flaps.

SEPTEMBER 2008

Jim Shelley joins the Eco-flaps sales team to manage the Midwest. His direct number is (773) 654-1971.

All current fleet customers are returning to order additional Eco-flaps for their new equipment. Nothing like a satisfied customer!

Metropolitan Transportation reports almost doubling the return on their investment in Eco-flaps the first full month they ran their fleet with the new fuel saving mud flaps.

Stevens Transport surpasses 7.0 MPG for the first time in their history using Eco-flaps on Texas/East Coast runs.

AUGUST 2008

Andersen Flaps get the nod from Paul Abelson's August Land Line magazine review of the Great West Truck Show for fuel savings aids.

AmeriQuest and NationaLease are reviewing Andersen mudflaps for use on their Class 8 trucks.

Nestle's private fleet joins our customer base and invited Andersen Flaps to participate in October 2008 energy savings seminar for their subcontractor carriers.

International Truck adopts Andersen mudflaps as their new standard.

Prime, Inc. confirms the impact of using mudflaps at trailer ICC mount: this corporate standard for their fleet is costing them over 0.4 MPG in fuel economy on the highway.

July 2008

Barry Andersen broadcast featured on Sirius Satellite Radio's "Road Dog Trucking" show with Evan Lockridge. Incoming callers rave about the fuel savings they are getting from Eco-Flaps vs. conventional mudflaps.

Kraft Foods performs comparative fuel economy tests with Andersen mudflaps and Freight Wings, and gets 3x more fuel savings from the new mudflaps than the costly trailer wings.

Ryder is now exploring the use of Andersen mudflaps for Freightliner M2 straight truck fuel savings on the highway.

New Century Transportation demonstrates the impact of conventional mudflaps on the fuel economy with 100 mile run sans flaps. Back to back runs on NJ Turnpike yield 0.5 impact of mudflaps on highway diesel consumption.

JUNE 2008

Fleet Owner magazine's online news from June 26th highlights Andersen mudflaps' fuel savings and ROI for Ohio based Arctic Express.

CNBC broadcasts live on June 3rd and 4th from their New York studio a segment on innovative fuel economy improvements adopted by New Century Transportation, including Andersen mudflaps.

MAY 2008.

Michelin tapes sales promotion footage at New Century Transportation in late May featuring Michelin's X One tires and Andersen fuel saving mudflaps.

APRIL 2008

US Express CEO, Max Fuller, is quoted in Forbes magazine crediting Andersen flaps as part of their successful initiatives to achieve a 2.0 MPG improvement in fuel economy.