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1925. Celebrating 90 Years Next Year. Service Area Footprint. Central Freight Current Fleet. 1,634 Tractors 8,653 Trailers.
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1925 Celebrating 90 Years Next Year
Central Freight Current Fleet 1,634 Tractors 8,653 Trailers Moving rapidly towards CNG equipment in addition to the process of replacing older diesel tractors with cleaner-burning diesel engines.
Investment in 2012 14 –2013 CNG Peterbilts
2013 Peterbilt Model 384 • CNG • Equipped with Agility 75 DGE-back of cab CNG fueling systems (75 Gallon diesel Equivalent) • Cummins Westport ISL G 320 HP Natural Gas Engines • Allison 3000 Highway Series Automatic Transmission • Governed at 65 – cruise control at 67
2013 Peterbilt – Houston/Galveston • Houston-Galveston Area Council Grant • As part of the grant, older vehicles were destroyed • Run in the Houston/Galveston peddle area • Longest P&D routes in Houston/Galveston peddle area got up to 6 mpg other runs 5.1 mpg • Loaded weight on a peddle could average between 5,000 and 15,000 lbs • Evaluation of the equipment proved positive
Amarillo Lubbock Wichita Falls Sherman Texarkana Dallas Tyler Odessa Fort Worth El Paso Lufkin Abilene Waco SanAngelo Bryan Austin Beaumont San Antonio Houston Eagle Pass Victoria CorpusChristi Laredo McAllen Run the Triangle 267 262 197 I-35, I-45, I-10 corridor
2013 Investments 100 – 2014 Freightliner M2 CNG Units
2014 CNG Freightliner Trucks • M2 112 CNG • Cummins Westport ISL G CNG Engines • 85 CNG tanks • Governed at 62 – 65 on cruise control
Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Shared cost through TERP program Trade in a less efficient truck towards a cost reduction on each new CNG fueled truck purchased.
Houston CNG Fueling Station One of 3 CNG fueling stations: Houston, San Antonio and Fort Worth
CNG Fueling in Houston 120 time-fill pumps, largest station in Texas