Tara BullockBusinessGreat Dance Launches New Dealership in MontrealGreat Dane has added Great Dane of Montreal to its Canadian distribution network. Located at 8000 St-Patrick Street in Montreal, Quebec, the sales, parts and service offices are open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The offices can be reached at 514-363-0000. With a team of 70 service technicians and 24 service […]January 10, 2014BusinessGoodyear Expands Retread NetworkThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has expanded its Goodyear Authorized Retread network with the addition of Colonial Tire Distributors, a Richmond, Va.-based firm that serves trucking fleets with new Goodyear commercial truck tires, Goodyear retreads and other products and services. Colonial Tire Distributors, a subsidiary of Colonial Truck Company, sells new Goodyear commercial truck […]January 10, 2014Truck StopsIowa 80 turns 50The Iowa 80 Truckstop is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, it announced this week. The truck stop began serving truckers out of a small white enamel building in 1964 before Interstate 80 was completely built. Bill Moon, Iowa 80 founder, located the spot, at what is now Exit 284, for Standard Oil. They […]January 9, 2014BusinessRolling Strong launches “Give Me Ten” driver health initiativeRolling Strong, a driver wellness program, announced it will offer a free weight loss initiative, “Give Me Ten,” during the month of January. Professional drivers who lose 10 pounds in January will receive a $10 gift card to Rolling Strong’s online store. This promotion is for any professional driver. Drivers already enrolled as a Rolling […]January 9, 2014BusinessRand McNally signs on for Pilot’s Truck Driver ChallengeRand McNally has signed on to be a sponsor of the Pilot Flying J Truck Driver Challenge. During the season, professional hauler drivers from IndyCar, NASCAR and the NHRA series will navigate road courses modeled after real-world obstacles, testing their safe driving abilities. When the safest and most skilled drivers are announced at the end […]January 9, 2014BusinessVIPAR Heavy Duty aquires Power Heavy DutyVIPAR Heavy Duty announced today the acquisition of Power Heavy Duty based in Pearland, Texas. As a result of the transaction, Power Heavy Duty will become part of the VIPAR Heavy Duty family of companies and continue to serve the marketplace as a separate brand. Power Heavy Duty has more than 200 locations across the […]January 6, 2014BusinessContinental introduces new tire productsContinental introduced new tire products in December, including the HTL1 wide single truck tire as a ContiTread retread. In 400 millimeter tread width, the HTL1 can be retreaded for fleets who operate wide single drive or trailer tires in sizes 445/50R22.5 and 455/55R22.5. Wide single truck tires like the Continental HTL1 (Heavy Trailer Long Haul) […]January 6, 2014Truck StopsLove’s opens new locations in Texas, Missouri and South CarolinaLove’s Travel Stops opened three new travel locations this week: Pecos, Texas., on I-20, at Exit 42; St. Louis, Mo., on I-70, at Exit 246A; and Lexington, S.C., on I-20, at Exit 51. The additions expand its nationwide network to 312 stops. The Love’s in Pecos features Chester’s International, McDonald’s and Subway restaurants and has […]December 12, 2013Electronic Logging DevicesKeepTruckin introduces e-log appKeepTruckin has introduced a mobile electronic logbook app. The KeepTruckin mobile app lets drivers: Track their logs on their iPhone or Android device Get alerts when their logs have pending hours-of-service violations Edit their logs to correct mistakes Sign and submit their logs via email or fax KeepTruckin also works with to help dispatchers and […]December 12, 2013BusinessTCA expanding, renaming weight loss contestAfter sponsoring three weight-loss challenges in the trucking industry the last three years — and more than 7,600 pounds lost — the Truckload Carriers Association has now added a 30-week maintenance component. Combined with the initial 10 weeks of weight loss, the entire program will last 10 months in 2014, TCA announced last week. It […]December 12, 2013Previous PagePage 16 of 21Next PageTop StoriesPride & PolishNear-original 1963 Kenworth 921 hauled same loads for 49 yearsOriginally spec'd out by owner-operator Dean Hobbensiefken, creator of the rare, efficiency-oriented Paymaster trucks from the '70s, this '63 KW has just its second owner today in Craig Vogel.Overdrive ExtraHow would you rewrite truckers' hour of service regs?RegulationsCalifornia’s non-domiciled CDL program could roar back to lifeBusinessDiesel prices holding above $6/gal. nationwide as rates stagnateRegulations2-hour CDL class? ELDT Nation's rapid rise after FMCSA's 'sham' school shutdowns
