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Shower Pouch helps keep you fresh for the long haul
Face it, try as you might, you can get only so clean and feel only so fresh using baby wipes to tidy up after a long, hot day on the road. Yes, they are better than nothing when you can’t get to a shower, but they still don’t do the best jo…
Director Weather Offers Real-Time Weather Conditions
Teletrac Navman has announced Director Weather, a new API integration powered by Weather Telematics that delivers real-time weather based road conditions and weather intelligence.
Autocar Trucks to Recieve First Cummins X12 Engines
Autocar Trucks is the first North American OEM to introduce Cummins’ new X12 engine to refuse market. Autocar claims the engine will enable customers to haul more than 700 pounds additional payload while delivering almost $11,000 in fuel savings over the life of a truck.
Riding with female UPS driver opens reporter’s eyes
Writing for the NBC News’ website Better, journalist Nicole Spector sought to answer this question: “Is trucking an untapped career route for millennial women?” She got help in her quest from Beck Ascencio, a veteran UPS driver from C…
Heavy Duty Trucking Announces 2018 Truck Fleet Innovators
The editors of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine have announced the 2018 HDT Truck Fleet Innovators, five fleet executives being recognized for their forward-thinking leadership.
‘Gold trucks’ shined up, back on the haul
Why had it been so long since I’d heard from TMOG, LLC (that’s for “These Trucks Are Made of Gold”) independent owner-operator Howard Salmon? Turns out, he’d been off the road the last four months or so putting plenty of work into his vintage 1999 Kenw…
Keith Urban releases ninth studio album April 27
Available for preorder now
Bonus Blues: What Trucking Company Owners Can Learn About Sharing Success
When it comes to rewarding employees, both context and optics matter. A lot. Senior Editor Jack Roberts takes a bit of a departure in his Truck Tech blog to write about how one successful business owner just lost a valued employee.
Rhode Island truck tolls delayed again
A Providence Journal report states Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. testified before Rhode Island House lawmakers last week that he expects the tolls to begin collecting “by the end of May.”