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Show Lindon firm purchases new line of trucks PST, Inc., Lindon, one of the nation's largest trucking firms, today announced the purchase of 400 new Aero Series WHITE Integral In-tegral Sleeper ES (extended sleeper) and WHITE Conventional tractors from Volvo White Truck Corporation. PST President Michael Norton hailed the tractors as the "newest, most reliable and efficient equipment equip-ment in the industry," and he added that upon delivery of the new tractors, the average age of the PST fleet will be just nine months old. According to Volvo White engineers, the new tractors boast next-generation aerodynamics as well as greatly improved fuel economy, payload potential, maneuverability and driver comfort. com-fort. The tractors also feature safety conscious, microcomputer-based microcomputer-based engine operations which will not permit truck speed to exceed 60 miles per hour. The Aero Series tractors also l educe air drag by 11 percent and increase fuel efficiency six percent, resulting in a fuel savings of $800 for a vehicle driven 100,000 miles a year, Volvo White engineers report. The tractors feature a wind-tunnel tested, aerodynamic design which improves driver visibility, and maneuverability, yet still increases payload potential by 1,000 pounds. "We purchased the WHITE trucks because their safety and efficiency features meet many of our own standards," Mr. Norton explained. PST, headquartered in Lindon, Utah (40 miles south of Salt Lake City), is America's largest heavy haul truckline operating company owned equipment (75 or more). The privately-owned company was formed as a 35-truck operation in 1975, and has grown to a fleet of 520 trucks with an annual volume of $44 million. With 300 new trucks to be added to the PST fleet this year and 200 more in the first half of 1988, PST projects it will soon be the largest heavy haul truckline in the United States. |