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Driver data could go public, U.S. and Mexico sign trucking deal, broker regulatory bill reintroduced and other industry news items are featured.
August 5, 2011
Trucking History
A summer weekend read for gearheads
The technology for air-to-air coolers and auxilliary power units was invaluable for making cleaner running engines and saving fuel.
June 24, 2011
Business
Decorated Volvos to ride for Memorial Day
Two Volvo trucks, a commemoratively-wrapped VNL 760 and an patriotically-adorned VHD pickup, will ride to Washington, D.C., for Memorial Day.
May 27, 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
Behindthewheel
Channel 19
‘Something new every day’: Meeting Phil and Diane Madsen
Phil and Diane Madsen haul expedited in this 2006 Volvo with 132-inch ARI sleeper and 16-foot box. Over the past several years, I’ve called on the pair several different times for perspective on all manner of topics, from truck maintenance/warranty issues to unique hauls to examples of the many owner-operators out there taking to the […]
April 14, 2011
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Equipment
Fifth wheel system
Volvo Trucks offers a new fifth wheel option, which is installed directly into a truck’s frame. The smaller, lighter design preserves ride and drive quality and weighs 165 pounds, 100 pounds less than current standard-duty fifth wheel systems. It can handle a vertical load of 50,000 pounds and a drawbar pull of 150,000 pounds. VOLVO, […]
February 28, 2011
Business
Trucker of the Year 2011
When the housing market collapsed, Dan Heister learned how quickly flatbed could go sour — and what it would take to keep his head above water.
February 1, 2011
Channel 19
Custom Volvo Class 8 VHD pickup makes splash
Volvo Trucks is offering customers the experience of a lifetime at the company’s New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin, Va., a little more interesting with the addition of a severe service model VHD built in modified pickup truck form. The bright orange, one-of-a-kind Volvo VHD chassis has a full-size crew cab and a pickup bed.  The […]
December 9, 2010
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Following ISO standards and aiming for 100 percent on-time deliveries help Everhart Trucking survive in auto-industry transportation.
November 1, 2010
Business
Arrow Truck Sales’ winner named
Robert Snyder was announced as winner of Arrow’s Back On The Road 2010 campaign.
March 26, 2010
Winner Robert Snyder, flanked by his wife, Sylvia, and his daughter, Savannah, in front of the prize Volvo VNL 670, joins the audience in watching a video about his family.
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