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Truck values holding at best rate in at least two years
According the January Black Book Market Insights reportâs section (p. 6) on heavy-duty vocational, over-the-road and regional-haul trucks and tractors, the most recent full month of data showed used-truck values on average declining at the lowest rate in at least the last two years.
January 9, 2019
Channel 19
Courthouse News Service: âTruckers offended by lavender?â
Coast Truck Centers near Portland objected to a billboard above their storeâs highway-side sign advertising an upscale resort. Wouldnât you?
July 31, 2012
Business
Study: Problems increase with lower-emissions technologies
Problems in the trucks rose 9 percent to 223 problems per 100 trucks in 2012, with the biggest issues being engine and fuel problems caused by technology originally designed to reduce emissions.
June 29, 2012
Business
Report: EPA underestimated compliance costs
Report claims agency underestimated emission compliance costs for new trucks by a factor of two to five for model years 2004-2010.
March 8, 2012
Business
Western Star 4700 SF to premier in test drive challenge
Western Starâs new 4700SF dump truck, equipped with a 450-hp Detroit Diesel DD13 and Allison 4500 RDS transmission, will make its debut in the Serious Trucks Challenge in January at the World of Concrete 2012, said the Fort Mill, S.C.-based truck maker and contest host. The test drive challenge will be from 9:30 a.m. to [âŚ]
December 30, 2011
Channel 19
Power to win: Do you have it?
We know Sugar Ray Leonardâs got it. He delivered a âPower to Win!â keynote (pictured) to the 2011 VIPAR Heavy Duty Annual Business Conference, held in October in Tuscon. The network of parts distributors benefited well from Sugar Rayâs message, which drew parallels between the stores of various qualities it takes to run a successful [âŚ]
November 30, 2011
Business
Titan serves power lifter contest
Winner Hapfor Julius Bjornsson pulled a Mack Titan faster than the nine other power lifters in the truck-pull event of the Met-Rx Worldâs Strongest Man contest, the Greensboro, N.C.-based truck maker announced. Wearing a harness, Bjornsson pulled the 22,000-pound tractor the required 25 meters in less time than of all other contestants at the event [âŚ]
November 28, 2011
Channel 19
Two calls this week highlight driver advocacy efforts in D.C.
Scott Grenerth with Trucking Solutions Group today Those of you whoâve read this blog with any regularity are probably well familiar with Fikes-leased owner-operator Scott Grenerth (pictured with a new custom-designed bike at the Great American Trucking Show this past August â Grenerth is also coproprietor of the rideandroll.me site cataloging biking trails in proximity [âŚ]
November 2, 2011
Business
J.D. Power: Truck quality improves but at what cost?
Among trucks in service between 13 and 18 months, problems have decreased by 23 percent during the last six years, the J.D. Power study finds.
June 30, 2011
Business
TRP alternators
New alternators for medium- and heavy-duty trucks feature the RE022 brush series with 150 amps of power and the RE 555 brush series with 160 amps of power, both with a 1-year warranty. The RE035 brushless series features 140 amps of power and the RE036 features 170 amps of power. Both systems have remote sensing [âŚ]
April 20, 2011
Voices
SpeakOut
Drivers weigh in on issues such as greenhouse gas emissions, low per-mile pay, CSA regulations and much more.
January 5, 2011
Business
Kenworth opens Pa. dealership
Kenworth opened a new full-service dealership in Shartlesville, Pa., the truck maker announced.
July 16, 2010
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