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Re-purposing dry van space as a small shop
This four-foot walk-in storage compartment Daniel and Phyllis Snow built into the front of their spread-axle dry-van trailer, is accessible from the tractor’s deck catwalk via a door assembly. The Snows built it on a budget — slightly more than $200, and plenty sweat equit — to house tools, parts and other supplies.
May 17, 2019
Business
Pay trends, part 1: Near-term forecast mixed
While industry analysts say rising owner-operator compensation for both leased drivers and independents is on a slow rise, anecdotal reports and some polls suggest otherwise.
October 15, 2012
Channel 19
Operators pitch in to foil suicide attempt, take two
It was truckers to the rescue again Monday in Minneapolis as a suicidal man stood poised to jump, hanging onto nothing more than the outside of a chain-link fence at the edge of a 25-foot-high bridge over I-94. A trooper on the scene, Carl Hoffman, took a page from the Tuscaloosa, Ala., police’s handbook and […]
April 18, 2012
Channel 19
Cubby Buddy toolbox maker’s new storage system for load bars
Hensley Inc.-leased owner-operator Jeff Zehrer (pictured), with a Great Dane dry van and Freightliner tractor and a unique line of tool-box systems for owner-operators you may well recall me writing about here back in January, has added yet another patent-pending storage system to the repertoire of his growing Cubby Buddy side business. The business and Zehrer […]
April 2, 2012
Business
Utility double deck loading system
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. introduced a new optional double deck loading system for its dry vans March 23 in Louisville, Ky. The new system is “…designed for maximizing trailer cube space and to increase overall freight capacity,” the company said. It can support up to 500 pounds per square foot with a 26,000-lb. total rating. […]
March 23, 2012
Business
Great Dane targets corrosion
Dry vans, reefers and flatbed trailers feature several updates aimed at fighting corrosion and new chemicals.
March 21, 2012
Business
Spot market rates up in September
Rates rose for both dry vans and refrigerated vans compared with August.
October 10, 2011
Voices
Roadside Attractions
A trucker helps grant a wish, smoothing the pavement, how to cut tension, a truck gallery and more trucking industry news items are featured.
September 1, 2011
Channel 19
Breaker-breaker: Thursday Channel 19 news round-up
Tonight on American Trucker on the Speed Channel: You The third episode of the second season of the American Trucker documentary show on the Speed Channel is called, simply, “Independent.” It will explore, well, guess who? The episode runs at 10p.m. eastern time, with replays throughout the week. See the full schedule. Or if you’ve […]
July 28, 2011
Business
ACT: Trailer orders dip in April
April net orders were 3 percent above the prior year level and year-to-date growth in net orders through April is 72 percent.
May 29, 2010
Business
Trailer orders surge in March
Commercial trailer net orders have posted year-over year growth for six consecutive months.
May 6, 2010
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