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summIt truck grouP of ber of local and central support office must rely on a starting battery that can
tulsA holds grAnd oPenIng Summit employees who welcomed deliver both the cranking power to start
customers InVIted for A dAy of fun, the Tulsa and Muskogee customers to an engine as well as power to operate a
food, & door PrIzes Summit Truck Group. truck cab’s hotel loads in any extreme
Summit According to Fink, “The open house environment.
Truck Group gave us a chance to visit with prior Designed as a heavy-duty cycling
and Summit Frontier customers as well as introduce battery, Trojan Battery’s OverDrive
Lease & new customers to all that Summit Truck AGM 31™ is engineered to withstand
Rental hosted a grand opening at their Group has to offer in terms of vehicles, the rigors and abuse of deep-discharge
newly-acquired Tulsa, location on parts, service, financing and lease and applications such as powering the
November 19 with well over 300 cus- rental. We are excited to expand our hotel loads commonly used by drivers.
tomers attending the event. Summit reach into the Tulsa and Muskogee mar- OverDrive also offers the increased
had purchased the former Frontier kets, and look forward to developing cranking power to start the engines of
International locations in Tulsa and new customer relationships.” today’s commercial trucking fleets with
Muskogee, Okla., on October 1. 730 cold cranking amps (CCAs), while
The grand opening was co- bAttery chArgIng In extreme delivering the long duration energy
sponsored by Summit Truck Group, temPerAtures storage required for heavy-duty driver
Idealease, and OEMs International By select- comforts and other auxiliary power
Trucks, IC Bus, Crane Carrier, and ing a properly applications.
Ottawa. ExxonMobil brought their designed AGM Trojan understands the importance
NASCAR simulator, a hit with all battery with of getting the most out of a deep-cycle
attendees. an adequately sized charging system and battery, which is why we have dedicated
In attendance at the open house tools to manage discharge levels, a truck more than 85 years of engineering to
were Justin Fink, Summit president; should not be affected by a battery’s develop the right battery for the right
Sean Carmichael, vice president of performance in any extreme weather commercial trucking application. ATR
Navistar’s southwest region; other condition, either heat or cold. In rigid
Navistar representatives; and a num- cold or even sweltering heat, drivers

July 14 - 16

Rogers, Ark.

JQH Convention Center

2016

Mark your calendars for the
2016 Arkansas Trucking Championship.

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