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Navistar reducing work force to cut costs
The company said a voluntary separation program and a reduction in its salaried work force should generate $70-$80 million in annual savings
September 7, 2012
Business
Navistar’s new strategy includes Cummins engines
Navistar says it will reestablish a relationship with Cummins and begin offering the ISX15 15-liter diesel engine in certain models in January 2013.
August 3, 2012
Channel 19
Imagine running for the same fleet for 50 years…
Can you? We’ve heard no shortage of stories of independents who’ve stayed active that long leased to different carriers or on their own, but never with the same company. (If you have, I’m all ears!) I can’t think of a company driver who’s done it, either (though Wisconsin-based Butch Mueller is getting pretty close), and […]
May 25, 2012
Channel 19
$100 off apnea test; Motorhead Garage TV at Diamond International
Motorhead Garage TV to feature International dealerships this morning Diamond Companies, a holding company for International Truck and IC Bus dealerships in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, will be featured on a special “Big Rig” episode of the Motorhead Garage TV Series on the Fox Sports Network. The episode airs this morning at 11:30 a.m. Eastern and […]
May 6, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Meet John Borofka, Dart Contractor of the Year
When I tripped up to Dart Transit headquarters in Eagan, Minn., last month to visit with the Overdrive Owner-Operator of the Year, Dart-leased Larry Severson, I got the unexpected benefit of sitting in on a small ceremony for Dart’s own in-company Contractor of the Year for 2012, owner-operator John Borofka, pictured. Borofka’s longevity with the […]
April 7, 2012
Business
Lakeville orders 165 International ProStar+ trucks
Less-than-truckload carrier Lakeville Motor Express announced Dec. 16 purchase of a new fleet of 165 International ProStar+ trucks. Chairman Shari Taylor Wilsey and Roger Wilsey Sr., CEO, recently assumed ownership of LME. The carrier was named Commercial Carrier Journal’s Innovator of the Year in 2010 for establishing TRNET, an alliance of carriers providing 100 percent coverage […]
December 16, 2011
Channel 19
Braving the storm — two haulers’ Birmingham tornado stories
“I just spent all day yesterday cleaning up tornado damage,” Overdrive Trucker of the Year Dan Heister told me this morning. Heister (pictured) was loaded heading south on I-65 bound for Saginaw, Ala., Wednesday afternoon, when he could see the big tornado that made its way into Cullman, Ala., around 3 p.m. that afternoon. “I […]
April 29, 2011
Business
TerraStar 4Ă—4 commercial truck
The TerraStar 4×4 truck is built for construction, utility, landscape and other off-highway applications. Its 300-hp, 6.4-liter MaxxForce 7 V-8 engine delivers 660 lb.-ft. torque and features a compacted graphite iron block, which offers high strength without added weight. The tractor features MaxxForce Advanced EGR emissions technology and provides a clean and clear chassis for […]
April 6, 2011
Channel 19
Interviewing Dan Heister, Overdrive’s Trucker of the Year
In this month’s issue of Overdrive, I wrote about the recession-surviving prowess of Boyd Bros.-leased owner-operator Dan Heister (pictured), whose mastery of his short-medium haul niche in Boyd’s self-dispatch/percentage-pay Independent Express program brought him through the really bad times in 2008 to ever-greater success this year. In addition to recently purchasing what amounts to a […]
February 16, 2011
Business
Survey: Truck owner satisfaction peaks early
Class 8 truck owner satisfaction peaks in the first nine months the truck is in service, then decreases notably
July 1, 2010
Business
Southland International wins performance, service award
Southland International Trucks, whose parent company is Navistar, won International Truck’s Circle of Excellence Award for the 10th time.
April 14, 2010
Business
Navistar shows more efficient ProStar
ProStar+ has improved aerodynamics and a nearly 1,300-pound weight reduction from the existing ProStar model.
March 25, 2010
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