Search opens for trucker singing contest
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Economic Watch: Manufacturing Lags, but Homes, E-Commerce, Consumer Sentiment Rise
Several recent economic indicators, with the exception of a measure of the total output from the nation’s factories, mines and utilities production, have all moved higher. That indicates economic activity in the first month to month and a half of 2017 is still very much alive, despite recent concerns about the future following stock market gyrations.
Photos: A Visit to the Mack Trucks Museum
Over 100 years ago, Mack was building trucks, before anybody really understood waht a truck was. A visit to its incredible museum celebrating that heritage is a must for any trucking or automotive history fan.
Peterbilt introduces UltraLoft sleeper for 579
Maximizes driver comfort
You can ‘plan’ on making my eye twitch
“Things that make my eye twitch, for a thousand, Alex,” including recent articles about shippers “falling all to pieces because they’re having a hard time getting freight covered during the post-ELD adjustment period. … They should have planned better.”
Use slow cooker shredded chicken for later meals
Easy and versatile
Thomas Mack’s 1999 Peterbilt 379
Thomas Mack drives this 1999 Peterbilt 379 hauling grain and feed in a 100-mile radius of his family’s Waterville, Minn., farm.
Disruption thy Name Is Amazon
Industry observers say a rumored Amazon parcel delivery fleet would disrupt today’s P&D business climate. Those analysts are missing the bigger picture.
Blog commentary by Senior Editor Jack Roberts
International names dealer of the year
Terry Minor and the more than 180 employees of Cumberland International Trucks earned Navistar’s North American Dealer of the Year awards’ top honor.
Dart set to bump owner-operator pay next month
Owner-operators with Dart will see a 2 cents-per-mile increase, effective March 1. The company is also offering owner-operators up to $10,000 in sign-on bonuses.