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Business

Arrow Truck Sales relocates in Cincinnati

Arrow Truck Sales and TNT Services will share the new Cincinnati facility. The new location will offer customers access to a wide-range of trucks & trailers.

June 21, 2018

Equipment

How aftermarket truck warranties work

Unlike a manufacturer’s warranty, which must be purchased at the time the truck is bought, an aftermarket warranty can be added at any point. Click for more info on aftermarket warranties.

May 14, 2018

Business

Used purchase: Lower costs ease risks of expansion for small-fleet owner

Small fleet owner William Howard has been contemplating purchasing a series of used trucks to keep up with freight demand with a regular broker customer. “It’s really just kind of a time in trucking where you don’t know what you need to do,” he says. “We’re needing to grow, but there’s so many things you have to consider.”

April 6, 2018

Business

Buyers welcome: The truck purchasing landscape for owner-ops

Economic conditions, tax changes, productivity pressures and equipment improvements have spurred a big increase in truck purchasing by owner-operators and fleets of all sizes.

April 4, 2018

Voices

POLL: Your most-recent truck purchase: Bought new, used, or leased?

Owner-operators, was your most recent truck acquisition a new or glider purchase, a used-truck purchase or a straight lease or lease-purchase? Weigh in here pursuant to an upcoming feature on the truck-purchasing landscape.

February 25, 2018

Channel 19

Are tax changes relative to equipment investment and depreciation enough to move you?

Tax reform’s depreciation update explored: Do short-term sizable tax gains under new depreciation rules give you sufficient impetus to make an investment you might otherwise not have? Or do you view other purchase considerations as primary in any truck-purchase decision, taxes playing little role?

February 23, 2018

Business

Ryder launches preventive maintenance program for used trucks

Ryder System has launched a new preventive maintenance program for its pre-owned truck buyers, giving them the chance to finance or pre-pay for the service when they buy a used truck from Ryder.

July 5, 2017

Business

Used truck prices tumbled in 2016

Used truck prices were down in 2016 with 3- t0 5-year-old tractors selling for $8,803 less (12.5 percent) on average than in 2015, according to a new report.

April 13, 2017

Overdrive Extra

Used truck glut can spell bargains for buyers

By January 2017, retail prices for 3- to 5-year-old sleeper tractors averaged $65,910. That was $7,412 lower than the same group a year ago, and with 2.2 percent fewer miles.

April 7, 2017

Channel 19

‘Learning to truck’ with W. Joel Baker, and a verse salute from Kevin Barrett

Owner-operator W. Joel Baker, founder of the free TruckBytes accounting software for owner-ops, launches a new resource site for those getting into the business, LearnToTruck.com. And: Kevin Barrett’s rhyming couplets salute the driver.

March 17, 2017

Business

Used truck prices tumbled in 2016

Sleeper tractors lost about 30 percent of their wholesale value from January to December, compared to 23 percent through retail channels, according to J.D. Power and Associates.

January 25, 2017

Business

Kenworth launching Certified Pre-Owned program next year

The trucks must be certified by a Kenworth dealer technician after a full inspection, carry DOT certification and receive a full diesel particulate filter cleaning and an oil and filter change before being listed as certified pre-owned.

November 16, 2016