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Michigan doubles at MATS: Chad Smith’s C&J Bark Haulers 389 glider
Smith drives this relatively new Cat-powered 2019 389 glider (just 27,000 miles on it at MATS last month), and showed with East flatbeds in a Michigan B-train set-up capable of 160,000-plus lbs. of legal weight in the Great Lakes state.
April 22, 2019
Custom Rigs
The ’61 needlenose and ’74 cabover Petes — and a pair of 389 gliders — of Mel-Rick Inc.
At GBATS, Rick Bestwick and company — owners of the Mel-Rick Inc. 10-truck hopper and step-deck pulling fleet of Sabetha, Kan. — showed two classics and two hardworking gliders. Catch more about them, and the Mel-Rick business incorporated since the early 1980s, in this new video.
December 27, 2018
Business
EPA to investigate questions surrounding pro-glider kits study
By opening this investigation, the agency’s inspector general now has two active investigations into studies regarding glider kit emissions. The new probe will investigate the EPA’s use of a maligned study produced by Tennessee Tech that has been deemed flawed by the college.
December 12, 2018
Business
Rule to protect glider production appears in jeopardy
A rule that would have repealed Obama-era emissions placed on glider kit manufacturers has been removed from the EPA's regulatory calendar. More details here.
October 18, 2018
Business
With new leadership and court challenge, EPA says it will enforce glider kit restrictions absent rulemaking
The Environmental Protection Agency announces it will enforce the 300-truck annual limit placed on glider kit manufacturers by Phase 2 emissions regulations.
July 30, 2018
Business
Court blocks administration’s glider kit emissions-enforcement policy
The court’s temporary injunction against the EPA’s decision not to enforce glider regs means that glider kit builders will be capped at making and selling just 300 trucks annually until the the court lifts its injunction or the EPA finalizes a rule to repeal emissions regs placed glider builders.
July 18, 2018
Business
EPA asked to investigate alleged improper contact between EPA staffers, Volvo on glider kit regs
This is the latest development in the ongoing debate over whether the EPA should strip Obama-era emissions regulations placed on glider kit trucks. More here.
June 27, 2018
Business
Bill to establish $25,000 penalty for operating a CARB-noncompliant glider under consideration in California
The legislation, numbered AB 2364 in the California General Assembly and put forward with support of the state trucking association, moved out of the Committee on Transportation with no dissenting votes on Monday, April 23, with a “do pass” recommendation.
April 26, 2018
Business
Truckers largely favor rescinding glider kit emissions restrictions; OEMs and dealers mostly oppose
According to the public comments, there is no general industry consensus on the issue. Owner-operators mostly sounded off in favor of EPA’s move to rescind the regulations, while representatives from fleets, truck OEMs, dealers and environmental groups want to keep the regulation as-is.
February 13, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate: Engine ruling creates winners, losers
From Overdrive’s in-depth guide to ELD compliance: How FMCSA’s mid-game ruling on the pre-2000 exemption created winners and losers among the owner-operator segment.
November 27, 2017
Business
EPA officially proposes killing regs that threatened glider kit trucks
The Environmental Protection Agency will soon publish a rulemaking intended to exempt glider kit trucks from the sweeping Phase 2 emissions standards enacted by the Obama Administration in 2016, bringing relief to a segment of vehicle makers that said the emissions standards would kill their businesses.
November 10, 2017
Business
Despite changing emissions regs, ‘Gliders are here to stay,’ says Fitzgerald rep
“We’re confident we’ll be able to test our products and meet the new standards,” says Fitzgerald’s Stu McLaughin of the looming Phase 2 emissions standards set by the EPA and the DOT. Fitzgerald has already started research work to set its benchmark to begin working toward compliance with the new regs, he says.
September 8, 2016
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