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PIB TIP: THINK AERODYNAMIC. Snug the trailer tight

PIB TIP: THINK AERODYNAMIC. Snug the trailer tight to the tractor to cut down on wind resistance. The ride may not be as good, but the savings are worth the trade-off. Add features such as roof fairings, chassis fairings, cab extenders and aerodynamic mirrors. Mount air cleaners under the hood. Following these tips will help […]

October 6, 2010

Reader Rigs

St. Joseph, Tenn., resident Jerry Fox hauls steel

St. Joseph, Tenn., resident Jerry Fox hauls steel coils in his 20-year-old Peterbilt 379 extended hood. It is equipped with a 425-hp Caterpillar and geared by a 15-speed transmission. It has more than 2 million miles on it and is the only truck Fox has driven in the last 17 years. “But it’s still making […]

October 6, 2010

Business

Transportation deaths drop 9.2% in 2009

Highway fatalities, which account for nearly 95 percent of all transportation deaths, decreased from 37,423 in 2008 to 33,808 in 2009.

October 6, 2010

Business

Editor to discuss pre-employment program

Todd Dills will discuss the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Pre-Employment Screening Program Oct. 6.

October 6, 2010

Business

Anhydrous ammonia transport exemption set

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced a 2-year exemption from hours-of-service rules for anhydrous ammonia transport.

October 6, 2010

Business

Class 8 truck orders increase in September

Net orders for all major North American manufacturers increased 21.6 percent over August and was 38.8 percent higher than a year earlier.

October 5, 2010

Business

Stagecoach driver named Highway Angel

Jaime Avitia has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel for helping an accident victim.

October 5, 2010

Business

Charlotte show features Smokey truck

A truck and trailer highlighting the 1977 movie with Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason will be at the Charlotte Diesel Super Show.

October 5, 2010

Business

CC Industries buys Trail King

CC Industries Inc. purchased open deck and material hauling trailer maker Trail King Industries Inc., said Bill Crown, president and CEO of Chicago-based CC Industries. Trail King, with operations in Mitchell, S.D. and West Fargo, N.D., will operate as a stand-alone entity.

October 5, 2010

Channel 19

Pre-employment screening in the CSA 2010 era

It’s not all about DAC anymore. With CSA 2010 carrier scores in six of the seven violation categories in CSA 2010 set to go public beginning in December, carrier attention to inspection reports has ramped up to a high level — for drivers, a primary piece of the regulatory puzzle in all of this is […]

October 5, 2010

Business

Diesel price surges

The on-highway diesel price increased this week, jumping 4.9 cents to $3 a gallon.

October 4, 2010

Channel 19

A coffee for St. Christopher

What says trucking more than a good cup of coffee? Though I haven’t done much coffee-related reporting since the March 2008 Truckers News story probing haulers’ coffee preferences, I suspect that with the turmoil we’ve all seen in the economy since that time, the 16 percent of drivers reporting they made their own brew on […]

October 4, 2010