Fleet Insider

Nov 01, 2011

Central Freight Lines receives fleet safety honor

Central Freight Lines received the first-place safety award in the LTL/P&D division from the Texas Motor Transportation Association.

Prime driver competes at triathlon championships

Prime Inc. driver Siphiwe Baleka and the Endurance Films Racing Team made their debut in Burlington, Vt., at the 2011 USATriathlon Age Group National Championships. Baleka finished 662nd overall among 1,647 race finishers, and 87th in the men’s 40-44 age group.

Prime names drivers, contractors of the month

Prime Inc. recently honored drivers and independent contractors in its refrigerated, flatbed and tanker divisions for June. Refrigerated division: independent contractor Michael Sparks, company driver Antoine M. Harrigan and driver Gene A. Selby. Flatbed division: independent contractor Ervin Jackson and company driver Troy McKinney. Tanker division: independent contractor Andre Green and company driver Douglas Adams.

Marten opens facility in Kansas

Marten Transport recently opened a terminal facility in Kansas City, Kan., making it the dispatch headquarters for the company in the Central Plains region. The facility is expected to create more than 250 jobs for professional drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and administrative support.

Southeastern named LTL Carrier of the Year

Southeastern Freight Lines has earned the 2010 LTL Carrier of the Year award by Rheem Water Heating Division for the second year in a row. Southeastern also received the LTL Carrier of the Quarter award for all four quarters of 2010.

MCA driver reaches 1-million mile mark

Steve Roberts, a driver for Mail Contractors of America, attained his million-mile status after driving for 22 years with the company.

Mark Gordon

January 5, 2021

Analysts optimistic on trucking after chaotic year

2020’s strong second half and prospects for continued high freight demand bode well into 2022, FTR says. However, several factors will affect the timing and intensity of further recovery.

“Wreck on the Mountain Road” is about the death of a trucker on Bent Mountain, just southwest of Roanoke, Virginia.

Fatal wreck remembered in first recorded trucking song

The trucker cap in teacher Amy Watson’s selfie from the day she was tested for COVID-19 later inspired her choice of “long-haulers” to describe COVID survivors with persistent symptoms. “My school’s mascot is a squirrel,” she said, which she finds appropriate, given that her pre-school students, with their short bursts of activity, are “very squirrel-like.”

Trucking’s bit part in the 'COVID long-haulers’ name

Small-fleet owner Jesse McGinness was going for originality with the look of this 2021 Peterbilt 389, spec'ing the black Alcoa rims from the factory. After his maiden voyage in a Class 8 tractor years ago, in a Peterbilt 379, he fell in love with the classic square-hood series. He plans to modify the stacks, the grille and more to all-black finish -- committing sacrilege, says the operator who took him on that first 379 run. McGinness'll maintain plenty in chrome/stainless accents, not to worry. The flattop with lift-axle is powered by the X15 Cummins at 605 hp, with an 18-speed transmission. 'I wanted this truck to be a truck that I thought was cool,' McGinness said, in addition to doing the tough over-dimensional/heavy hauling he'll require of it.

'WTF' stresses service for long-term success

The glider market grew from a few hundred sales a year in 2010 to upwards of 10,000 as recently as 2017. Gliders sported pre-emissions-regs engines -- no exhaust gas recirculation or selective catalytic reduction components and, thus, no need for DEF. With simpler technology and refurbished engines, the products were much cheaper than new trucks with new engines, making them attractive buys for small-business truckers.

Glider kit market hits fatal nosedive with latest emissions regs

Beware: Human smugglers luring truckers along the border

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