Chuck Gibson’s 1996 Peterbilt 379
Sitting on a 275-inch wheelbase, the truck features a GM Midnight Blue paint job with pearl dust mixed in, which was done about seven years ago. It also has Jones Performance fenders, 8-inch straight stacks and stainless steel-wrapped tanks.
Controversial Glider Kit Environmental Study Comes Under Fire
A controversial study commissioned by Fitzgerald Glider Kits that played a key role in a recent EPA proposal to rollback glider kit restrictions has come under fire by the faculty of the Tennessee university that conducted it.
Canadian Class 8 orders up 259% y-o-y in January
COLUMBUS, Ind. – January Class 8 truck orders were up 121% year-over-year, marking their second-best level in history, according to ACT Research. North American Class 8 orders totaled 49,100-plus units. “The only month in history better than January wa…
US trucking firms rethink pay to recruit drivers
US truck driver pay is headed up — something that’s pushing shipper rates higher and compelling truck transportation companies to rethink how they pay drivers. Photo credit: Shutterstock.
The main obstacle to moving more freight right now, s…
U.S. truck tonnage up 2% in January
ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. for-hire truck tonnage rose 2% in January, reflecting a solid freight environment in a typically weak month. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was up 8.8% year-over-year. For all of 2017, the in…
Alliance wants ELDs in ’95 and later trucks
OTTAWA, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is calling on Transport Canada to expedite a mandate for electronic logging devices (ELDs), and even include the devices in trucks back to 1995 model years. The recommendations are among 10 pointsR…
Highway Justice, Episode 9: Brakefield tries to break loose and phone help — as a brutal punishment looms
In the penultimate episode of the Highway Justice serial graphic, trucker Jake Brakefield — who’s being held in captive in his truck by a crazed mob boss’s enforcer — slips out of his duct tape cuffs and tries to call for help before it’s too late.
Several states take up measures to block ELD mandate enforcement
The bills mostly cite concerns of small business truckers as the reasons to repeal the mandate or suspend its enforcement, as well as the potential for the mandate to drive up prices of goods for consumers. Legislators in South Dakota, Missouri, Tennes…
Use DataQs to contest 395.8(a) violations written for not having an ELD prior to April 1
If you incurred a 395.8(a) prior to April 1 simply for not having an ELD record and you were keeping paper logs, challenge it through the FMCSA DataQs process to remove it from carrier records.
She used to deliver cattle, now she hauls their milk
Working with live freight, particularly cattle, requires specialized skills. Trucker Jen Evans knows firsthand how challenging live freight can be; she hauled cattle for 10 years and once had her arm broken by a bull. “You do have to have pretty …