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Equipment

New heavy-haul trailer model and scraper neck option from Kalyn Siebert

Introducing Kalyn Siebert’s new Phoenix hydraulic removable gooseneck trailer and scraper-neck option for other commercial heavy equipment-hauling HRG applications.

September 9, 2015

Equipment

Page Trucking’s owner-operators and its custom frameless-dump trailer spec

Working with East Manufacturing over many years, Page Trucking’s founders, owners and its leased owner-operators have perfected an all-aluminum frameless dump spec that fits their bulk niche.

July 23, 2015

Partners in Business

Partners in Business: Choosing a Trailer

According to Overdrive research, most independent owner-operators already own their own trailers, as do around half of leased owner-operators.

April 20, 2015

Channel 19

Monday roundup: Driverless cars, discount ‘adult’ toys

Data on self-driving car laws mapped by Stanford research project; and — File in ‘weird’: Sex toy discounts — via reefer trailer.

February 9, 2015

Channel 19

‘I-4 Ultimate’ project in Florida getting under way in new year

Also: Independent former hotshot/car hauler Joey Slaughter’s step deck transition with an all-aluminum 53-foot Chaparral step.

December 2, 2014

Business

Hotshot trucking: Pros, cons of the small-truck niche

Hotshot hauling offers lower start-up costs and other advantages over running Class 8 over-the-road, but other trade-offs make it challenging in its own right.

December 1, 2014

Business

Prime orders 2,500 Utility reefers

Purchased from Utility Trailer Sales of the Ozarks, the 2,500 Utility 3000R reefer trailers add to a total of 5,000 trailers purchased from the dealership and mark the largest single order in Utility’s history.

October 7, 2014

Business

661,000 lbs.: Now that’s heavy haul!

These pictures tell the story of the equipment used to haul a massive steam turbine generator and other equipment from California to Agua Prieta in Mexico — the move in process by Contractors Cargo.

April 28, 2014

Business

Report urges trailer, tire, natural-gas power standards for Phase II efficiency regs

With the second round of heavy-duty fuel-efficiency standards recently announced by the Obama Administration, the National Research Council offered a series of recommendations in a newly released report.

April 3, 2014

Business

Great Dane booth features mobile app, innovations

A new smartphone app and hands-on exhibits of Great Dane’s most innovative technology and are among attractions at the company’s booth. The app will enable users to easily locate the nearest company branch, dealer or authorized parts and service facility. It will also include the ability to access the company’s AdvantEDGE fleet services network, which […]

March 21, 2013

Equipment

Hadley SmartValve simplifies electronic height control

A video from the Hadley company details its new SmartValve electronic height control system’s potential to reduce the physical burden on drivers raising and lowering landing gear, among other benefits.

March 11, 2013

Equipment

Meritor produces 10-millionth trailer axle

At its manufacturing facility in Frankfort, Ky., company representatives and guests gathered to commemorate the milestone and celebrate the company’s long history.

January 31, 2013