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Business

Kenworth adds 52-inch option for T680

Kenworth Trucks unveiled this morning a new T680 model with a 52-inch sleeper, made for regional and mid-range distance applications, said the truck maker. The announcement came this morning at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky. Kenworth’s Chief Engineer Kevin Baney said the truck is ideal for drivers who spend 3-5 days on the […]

March 20, 2013

Business

Navistar offers updates on switch to SCR

[youtube ThugWxbox4E nolink] Navistar executives gave a bit of insight today into the company’s transition from EGR-only strategy to tackle EPA emissions standards, saying that its International ProStar is on track to meet its April release with the company’s MaxxForce 13-liter engine equipped with Cummins SCR exhaust aftertreatment system. CEO Troy Clarke said the company […]

March 20, 2013

Channel 19

MATS haps: On-air wedding, regs listening session, and more!

Driver Kevin Young and ridealong partner Shannon Mann will tie the knot with Freewheelin’ cohost Meredith Ochs officiating at the PanaPacific booth Friday, March 22, at noon.

March 19, 2013

Business

Register for MATS health walk

The walk is scheduled to take place the afternoon of Friday, March 22, at the Mid-American Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.

February 4, 2013

Channel 19

‘Monkey Gouger’ Jimmy Ardis in Real Life Trucking Hero running

The owner-operator is one of several up for the Progressive Commercial contest’s $15,000 grand prize. Vote by October 31 to register your support for your favorite contenderss.

October 16, 2012

Business

Kinedyne names raffle winner

Kinedyne Corporation awarded a $5,000 shopping spree of Kinedyne products to Gary Baldwin.

October 2, 2012

Channel 19

A salute to women truckers at MATS

Women in Trucking honored 67 women who had driven one million accident free miles, 36 who had reached two million safe driving miles, fifteen with three million mile records and seven women who had attained four million safe driving miles during their careers at MATS in 2012.

March 28, 2012

Channel 19

Owner-operators deliver in MATS EOBR listening sessions

If you haven’t read the report my colleague James Jaillet filed from the Mid-America Trucking Show on the Friday listening sessions the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration conducted on the subject of electronic on-board recorders for hours of service compliance, find it here. Time and again, operators urged regulators to address the real problems in […]

March 27, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Driver to FMCSA: ‘Stop coming after us!’

Owner-operator Greg Petit gave federal regulators a mouthful Friday morning during a hearing to get input on electronic onboard recorders.

March 24, 2012

Channel 19

Stories from MATS: Perkins on a heavy haul

Perkins Specialized Transportation has launched the biggest series of hauls in its history. The Northfield, Minn.-based company specializes in super loads — the biggest, longest, heaviest cargo allowed on the nation’s highways. Over 40 years the firm has grown from a dozen workers and trucks to 65 employees and 22 heavy-haul rigs. It hauls everything from steam turbines and […]

March 23, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Megatron lives!

Mack booth at Mid-America features Megatron in full costume — the same Granite used in the 3rd of “Transformers” movie series.

March 22, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Is the cabover coming back?

So why is Freighliner displaying the Argosy in its booth? The company says it’s a big part of its export business.

March 22, 2012