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Channel 19

Redux: The cost of emissions-system maintenance

For too many truck buyers, such costs and associated practices are unforeseen and unheeded at time of purchase, notes a longtime truck sales/service rep. And: “Let’s face it, even with proper maintenance emissions systems are still not as reliable as they should be.”

July 30, 2015

Business

Help me find the love today

Wendy and the fried-inverter blues: “Trucking is an adventure, albeit an expensive one, and even though I’m certain she wants to kill us, every time I hear that deep, bubbly Detroit Diesel percolating and popping I’m in love with this truck all over again…”

July 1, 2015

Voices

POLL: New, used, leased: How did you buy your last truck?

New, used or glider? Lease-purchase or straight lease? What best describes your most recent truck purchase?

May 20, 2015

Equipment

Uptime: Mack TerraPro pumpers get GuardDog support standard option

Mack Trucks offering the GuardDog Connect integrated telematics solution standard on Mack TerraPro concrete pumper models, ordered as of April 2015.

January 27, 2015

Business

The six-headed maintenance monster

Wendy works at purging the truck-maintenance demons: “One of the mechanics stuck his head in the bunk, probably to see what kind of injured animal George had in there: ‘Uh, Miss Wendy, can I do anything for you?'”

August 25, 2014

Business

Mack opens two facilities in Canada

Mack Trucks expanded its service and support network in Canada with the opening of two new facilities. Redhead Equipment recently opened its new Regina, Saskatchewan location between Emerald Park and the City of Regina on Highway 1 East. Redhead Equipment also retails and services trailers and construction equipment. Mack Laval opened near Montreal, Quebec. The […]

June 30, 2014

Equipment

Rush Truck Centers discounts via NASCAR partnership

With Tony Stewart taking the wheel of the No. 14 Rush Trucker Centers NASCAR car this weekend, all 106 locations will offer a 14 percent discount up to $150 on parts, service labor and racing merchandise today through Monday, June 30.

June 25, 2014

Business

Peterbilt, Kenworth dealers of the year

Kenworth and Peterbilt dealer meetings crowned several award-winning sales and service shops around the country.

February 20, 2014

Overdrive Extra

Knowing if you’re ready to buy

Assessing net worth relative to your age says more than you think about your ability to purchase a truck and succeed as an owner-operator.

April 30, 2013

Channel 19

Service deal at Midwest Pete dealer promotes safety with savings

If you missed the news yesterday, the network of Peterbilt dealers in Sioux City Truck Sales has jumped in with support of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s “Buckle Up in Your Truck” safety campaign. Big deal, right? Well, yes. The dealer is putting its money where its mouth is on this one. In the […]

August 16, 2011

Channel 19

iPhone app as dealer lot

The folks at CommercialTruckTrader.com have introduced the latest in iPhone apps from the heavy duty trucking industry, and with it comes the following slick, simple, well-soundtracked video, detailing the app’s truck-searching and social functionality. And thinking about on the past year or so, which saw at least three trucking-related iPhone apps detailed in these pages — […]

January 15, 2010