MATS 2013

My MATS Mash-up

| March 30, 2013

Another Mid-America Trucking Show is in the books and things are quiet for the moment while the trucking industry catches its collective breath. There’ll be more big news coming soon – I’ll be in Germany ...

VIDEO: MATS 2013 walk-throughVideo

| March 27, 2013

If you missed the 2013 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., last week, you can always run through our full coverage via this page, but take the time as well to check out this nifty ...

FMCSA hears testimony on entry level driver training

| March 26, 2013

On the afternoon of March 22, representatives of driver-training schools, fleets who do their own training and, representing a majority of attendees, professional drivers gathered in a conference room at the Mid-America Trucking Show in ...

Does Anne Ferro have a driver’s license?

| March 25, 2013

George and I spent the last three days walking 10,000 miles around the Kentucky Expo Center, trying vainly to see all the Mid-America Trucking Show had to offer. I believe it would have been entirely ...

Mack showcases new fuel-saving suspension system

| March 21, 2013

In a press event that included talk of full integration of Mack products, the future of natural gas in the trucking industry and a few product announcements, Mack, most notably, unveiled a new suspension system ...

New Kinedyne tarp ties, more at MATS

| March 21, 2013

Kinedyne's booth at MATS is #22035 at the edge of the East Hall (where it meets the North Wing) The securement-equipment specialists at Kinedyne, in booth 22035 at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville today ...

Volvo releases tractor for heavy-haul applicationVideo

| March 21, 2013

Volvo Trucks today introduced to the heavy-haul market a new tractor, the VNX, at the MId-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky. Volvo said the truck is designed for extreme gross weight applications. It will be powered by ...

Freightliner releases in-cab exercise system, Cascadia Evolution orders top 10k

| March 21, 2013

"Trucker Trainer" Bob Perry, president of Rolling Strong (Freightliner's partner in building the FIT system), works out with the FIT system in the sleeper of a Cascadia. Freightliner this week announced an in-cab training system ...

Watch those post-crash-inspection violations

They shouldn't be assigned severity weights to contribute to a carrier's ranking in any CSA BASIC if the violation was a result of the crash.

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