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America’s Road Team selected

These 18 drivers, with a collective 483 years behind the wheel and over 36.5 million accident-free miles, were selected from 34 finalists.

January 12, 2011

Team drivers named TCA Highway Angels

Dave Woodman and Tony Rheault of N. Yanke Transfer have been named TCA Highway Angels for their help at the scene of a serious accident.

January 12, 2011

Utility Trailer gains new dealership

Hudsonville Trailer, a West Michigan trailer dealership, has become an authorized dealer of Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company products. The Hudsonville, Mich.,-based dealership, located outside of Grand Rapids, Mich., is a 19-acre facility with a 17-bay, 42,400-square-ft.-building, 10,000-square-ft. parts warehouse and a 7,500-square-ft. office. The dealership is open 24 hours daily 5 days per week and […]

January 11, 2011

Seattle port starts clean trucks program

More than 5,929 trucks and more than 1,100 trucking companies/truck owners are registered, according to the port.

January 11, 2011

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: SPEC FOR YOUR APPLICATION. Effort put int

PIB TIP: SPEC FOR YOUR APPLICATION. Effort put into careful spec’ing will pay off in any of the four main tire applications: long haul, regional, on/off road and urban. The different applications mean different tire lives. Specific steer, drive and trailer tires are available for each application. If you’re spec’ing a new truck, you can […]

January 11, 2011

Diesel price up slightly

The average price is more than 45.4 cents higher than the same week last year and is at the highest level since late October 2008.

January 11, 2011

Father and son team David and Mark Wearing, of Oxf

Father and son team David and Mark Wearing, of Oxford, England, bought this 1979 Peterbilt 359 in 2003 and transformed it into a show truck. Previously, it was a working tractor on a farm in Kansas. The 359 is equipped with a 400-hp Caterpillar and a 13-speed transmission. “British people love U.S. trucks,” David says.”

January 11, 2011

Fair or foul?: A trucking story on Onion satirical news site

Sandwiched between satirical headlines like “Fully Validated Kanye West Retires to Quiet Farm in Iowa” and “Virgin Mary Statue Crying for No Good Reason” today on TheOnion.com was this one: “Modern-Day Cowboy Rides 18-Wheeler Full of Entenmann’s Products Westward.” Satirical newsmag The Onion has long been known for its lampooning of the mainstream press and, […]

January 11, 2011

Trucking adds 2,600 jobs

Trucking companies added 2,600 new employees on a seasonally adjusted basis in December on top of an upward revision in the November estimate.

January 10, 2011

IFTA amends interest rate

International Fuel Tax Association altered the penalty rate on underpaid taxes to fluctuate with economic changes.

January 8, 2011

Ohio interstate rest area opens, 2 others to close

Two Ohio Turnpike rest areas will close soon for reconstruction for at least 18 months.

January 7, 2011

Mexico seeks permanent trucking deal

U.S trade officials will soon travel to Mexican to meet with the nation’s officials over the matter

January 7, 2011

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