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Business

Online payment service launched

Customers can now pay bills online and access account balances, Bellevue, Wash.-based Paccar Financial Corp. announced. The website allows customers to schedule automatic payments, electronically transferring money from their financial institution to their financial service account, Paccar Financial Corp. spokesman Doug Siefkes said. For details, visit Paccar Financial. Hubbard said the new service is a […]

November 3, 2011

Business

Commercial vehicle registrations up

New commercial vehicle registrations are set to reach 440,000 units for 2011, an increase of 17.6 percent over 2010.

November 3, 2011

Business

FTR: Trucking conditions rise

Tight capacity control, modest growth in truck tonnage and falling fuel prices helped improve trucking environment through September.

November 3, 2011

Business

Coalition urges more tolls

U.S. Tolling Coalition says Congress should provide flexibility to states to add tolls to their interstate or federal highways.

November 3, 2011

Channel 19

No-cost consultations for spine/lower back injury available

Back pain gotten out of control? Dr. Richard Kaul of New Jersey Spine and Rehabilitation has teamed up with the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund to provide no-cost consultations and MRI reviews for truck drivers whose pain problems have gotten out of hand. Dr. Kaul has seen many truck drivers who’ve suffered from […]

November 3, 2011

Business

Court orders tiger from truck stop

Tony the Tiger must leave the Louisiana truck stop bearing his name.

November 3, 2011

Business

Love’s adds nine tire centers

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores recently added nine truck tire care centers to its existing locations, the travel center says. The new tire centers are in Richmond, Ky.; Oak Creek, Wis.; DeMotte, Ind.; Skippers, Va.; Richmond Hill, Ga.; Perrysburg, Ohio; Ottawa, Kan.; Benson, Ariz.; and Grayson, Ky. Love’s has plans to add 50 tire […]

November 3, 2011

Business

Truck engine retrofitting part of emissions reduction grant

Twenty dump trucks and 10 garbage trucks in several Missouri municipalities are among other heavy-duty vehicles that will be retrofitted to reduce diesel exhaust emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. The $1.5 million project will help retrofit, repower and replace diesel engines on locomotives, tugboats and loaders in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and nine […]

November 2, 2011

Business

Great West Truck Show to offer new format, venue

The conference and trade show will be at the Las Vegas’ Sands Expo and Convention Center June 14-16.

November 2, 2011

Business

Class 8 orders rise in October

ACT Research said preliminary net orders for October improved both month over month and year over year.

November 2, 2011

Business

White House reviews hours rule

FMCSA on Oct. 28 announced it would not be able to publish the rule by that day’s deadline. The deadline was extended to Nov. 28.

November 2, 2011

Business

Senate OKs transportation bill

Bill now goes to House and Senate conference, where changes could be made before being sent to President Obama for his signature.

November 2, 2011