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Timothy Wallace of Russelville, Ky., hauls aluminu

Timothy Wallace of Russelville, Ky., hauls aluminum and steel in this 1999 Sterling Silverstar. The truck is powered by a 470-hp Detroit Diesel and a 10-speed transmission.

June 22, 2010

Channel 19

My first run behind the wheel

Next time you ask if I’ve driven before, I can at least say “yes” before the qualifiers (well, “at 40 mph, if that,” “with an automatic transmission,” “no trailer on”) begin. A visit to Schneider National headquarters in Green Bay, Wis., to bear witness to the truckload carrier’s 75th Anniversary celebration June 10 yielded unexpected delights, let’s say.  First, […]

June 22, 2010

Business

DOT adds $6M for truck parking on interstates

The agency added $6 million to help address parking shortage for commercial trucks on five U.S. interstates.

June 22, 2010

Business

Agency to drop cargo insurance requirement

Household goods motor carriers and household goods freight forwarders will continue to be subject to the cargo insurance requirement.

June 22, 2010

Business

Diesel prices creeping up

After five weeks of declines, the price gained 3.3 cents to $2.961 in the latest week.

June 22, 2010

Business

Avery farm truck turns 100

The 1910 Avery farm truck’s centennial will be honored at 2:30 p.m. July 9 at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum. The so-called birthday party for the truck coincides with the Walcott Truckers Jamboree that weekend in Walcott, Iowa. The Avery is the oldest truck on display at the trucking museum, said its curator Dave Meier. The farm […]

June 21, 2010

Business

New truck orders surge 84% in May

ACT reported 13,231 net orders of Class 8 vehicles. Over half of the orders are scheduled for delivery in the third quarter.

June 21, 2010

Channel 19

Champion sumo wrestler/Idaho potato hauler

If rumored body-mass-index caps ever become a reality for interstate truckers (however doubtful that is), 420-lb. Kelly Gneiting (pictured, as featured in a Feb. 2009 edition of ESPN magazine) may well be there to prove the regulatory faults. As a sumo wrestler, he’s in top shape, he said in this recent story, on the website of the Denver […]

June 21, 2010

Business

I-5 construction work begins in Bellingham, Wash.

The onramp to northbound I-5 at the Northwest Avenue interchange will close for two weeks starting June 21.

June 21, 2010

Business

Ind.-Ky. bridge to be replaced

Recovery Act funds will go toward the total replacement cost of $129.5 million the Milton-Madison Bridge.

June 21, 2010

Business

I-90 construction near Seattle started

Crews are widening East Sunset Way from 6th Avenue N.E. to I-90 at Issaquah, Wash.

June 21, 2010

Business

Hearing set for CSA 2010

The hearing will be June 23 before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

June 21, 2010