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PIB TIP: FINDING THE CHEAPEST FUEL. The real cost

PIB TIP: FINDING THE CHEAPEST FUEL. The real cost of fuel is the pump price minus the taxes. There are ways to save money on both the fuel you buy and the fuel taxes you pay. Learn what your carrier’s fuel tax policy is, and find out which states have the best diesel prices. Daily fuel prices […]

November 22, 2010

Channel 19

Sweepstakes: Twelve days of Truck Centers Christmas

Headed through Illinois or Missouri over the next couple weeks? Here’s some fun news to start the Thanksgiving holiday week about Truck Centers Inc.‘s “Twelve Days of Christmas” sweepstakes promotion. Stop by any of their locations — in St. Louis and St. Peters in Missouri and Troy, Morton, Springfield, Mt. Vernon and Decatur in Illinois […]

November 22, 2010

Equipment

Mark Your Calendar

November 20, 2010

Channel 19

Hauler of U.S. Capitol Christmas tree on national tour

Owner and part operator Jeff Underwood of Jeff Underwood Trucking is on the haul of a lifetime. Read Underwood’s story, published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wednesday ahead of his planned stop in his hometown of Dahlonega, Ga., next week, and you’ll come away feeling the same anticipation and pride it’s clear he does for his role […]

November 19, 2010

Business

CARB amends reefer unit rule

The agency has amended its Transport Refrigeration Unit Airborne Toxic Control Measure to allow 2003 engines to meet a less stringent standard.

November 19, 2010

Business

Hours proposal timeline set

The White House Office of Management and Budget is expected to release proposed rulemaking on hours of service by Nov. 26.

November 19, 2010

Business

GT tires get SmartWay approval

The GT radial GSL213 steer tire and GT669+ drive tire have received SmartWay certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, GITI Tire USA announced. Read about the tires at GITI TIre USA.

November 19, 2010

Business

Luber-finer on social media sites

Truckers can now access details about Luber-finer filtration systems on  YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, Albion, Ill.-based Champion Laboratories, Inc. announced. The Facebook and Twitter channels provides access to news and information concerning lines of teh brand’s heavy-duty, medium-duty and automotive filtration products. People with questions on a wide variety of topics can seek answers on Luber-finer’s Facebook […]

November 19, 2010

Channel 19

Sioux City Truck Sales’ Peterbilt calendar

A Network of four Peterbilt dealers in the Midwest — Sioux Falls, S.D.; Council Bluffs and Des Moines, Iowa; and Norfolk, Neb. — is distributing a custom 2011 calendar called “Working Trucks of the Midwest.” Customers may obtain the free 2011 calendar at any of the group’s stores, while supplies last. But the photos are available online, […]

November 18, 2010

Business

Eastbound I-10 near Phoenix to be restricted

Eastbound Interstate 10 south of Phoenix will be narrowed to one lane from 10 p.m. Nov. 19 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21.

November 18, 2010

Business

Class 8 orders increase in October

Net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets in October rose 24 percent over September.

November 17, 2010

Home

Bachman and Turner: Still takin’ care of business

On their climb to stardom in 1973, the Bachman-Turner band decided they liked the name Overdrive when they saw a copy of the magazine at a truck stop in Windsor, Ontario. They had stopped at the Colonial Steak House at the Brown Brothers Truck Stop to eat, “hungry, tired, battling with a cranky bus and […]

November 17, 2010