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Driver Bio: David Gooch – Race to 10 MPG

Driver Bio: David Gooch – Race to 10 MPG

David Gooch David is from Elkmont, Alabama. His professional driving career started 22.5 years ago when he got out of the US Army.  After completely driving school, he took a position with Sharp Transport and has been there ever since. He has won numerous Driver of...

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7th Run: MPG Stats: RACEto10MPG Update

7th Run: MPG Stats: RACEto10MPG Update

Round 1 of the Race to 10 MPG has been completed and results are best to date for NextGen C10! James Thorne, veteran driver from Sharp Transport, was able to reach 9.86 MPG overall fuel economy. Thorne’s 5,421 mile journey started in Tennessee and ran to California...

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How Do I Get 10 Miles Per Gallon with My Fleet Trucks?

Well, we're so happy you asked. We happen to know how you can get 10 (or more) mpg with your whole truck fleet. Cumberland International Trucks partnered with Sharp Transport to do just that.  Some of the secret sauce is our C10 truck.  It's an International LT with...

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RACEto10MPG Trip Update

Our first driver in the #RACEto10MPG, James Thorne, is on the verge of closing out his run.  He's spoken to Chase Adkins of Sharp Transport a few times with some trip updates where he has talked about truck features, trip details and MPG strategies. Here's what he had...

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Driver 1 – Trip Update

Driver 1 – Trip Update

  We spoke to James earlier this week and he sent us a few shots from his trip out to San Bernandino. He sounded comfortable, averaging "right around 10 miles per gallon".

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RACEto10MPG featured in Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT)

The Race to 10 MPG is getting great coverage. Here Sharp and Cumberland's partnership is highlighted in an article on HDT. "Last year, our annual special June fuel issue focused on the question of how feasible it was to hit 10 mpg in real-world operations, not a...

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It Starts Today

It Starts Today

Cumberland has teamed up with Sharp Transport in a campaign to hit 10 Miles Per Gallon.  #RACEto10MPG Over the next four weeks follow udpates for the Race to 10 MPG by joining our email list and/or following Cumberland and Sharp Transport. We’ll be sharing pictures,...

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James is off! #RACEto10MPG

James is off! #RACEto10MPG

James Thorne is heading out. He is the first of two drivers in Sharp Transport and Cumberland's joint project to crack the 10 MPG barrier. Follow the progress via email here.

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Driver Bio: James Thorne – Race to 10 MPG

Driver Bio: James Thorne – Race to 10 MPG

James Thorne James has been married to his lovely wife, Nikki for 27 years. They have 3 boys, aged 27, 25 and 15. James lives in Shelbyville, TN where he and his family have owned and operate Funny Farm Acres, a mobile petting zoo, for the past 7 years.  James and...

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LT Walkaround Video Competition Finalists!

LT Walkaround Video Competition Finalists!

Patrick Mendenhall, Josh Mullican and Holly Czuba put together a video submission back in July 2017 for Navistar's LT Walkaround Video Competition. Our video submission won the regional competition and we are now FINALISTS competing against 5 other videos.   Voting...

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6th Run – MPG Stats – C10 – TN’s Best Fleet Truck

6th Run – MPG Stats – C10 – TN’s Best Fleet Truck

It’s been a few weeks since our last update… And for good reason! Over the last 10,686 miles, NextGen C10 has had its BEST test run to date averaging over 9.5 MPG. The 6th Test Run took NextGen C10 to Mississippi, South Carolina, California and throughout Tennessee....

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C10 Demo Run – Driver Feedback

Be on the lookout! Stats from our latest C10 Demo Run will be out next week, but in the meantime, this is the feedback we got from our last demo driver. "I just took the C10 Challenge. I like the truck pretty good, it's quiet. Driver friendly. It's actually laid out...

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Strength, Fitness and Stretching

Strength, Fitness and Stretching

We offer a wellness program as part of our employee benefits. One of the features of our wellness program is on-site education sessions at our locations.  The program we had most recently featured information and content from a local personal trainer, Zack Henderson....

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