Major storm tonight, Wed.; NY suspends HOS for salt haulers
Snow and freezing rain expected
Detroit DD8 engine set to please vocational market
PALM BEACH, Fla. – Truck production of the new Detroit DD8 medium-duty engine began on Monday (Feb. 5) in Redford, Michigan, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced today. The DD8 is the latest edition to Detroit’s powertrain portfolio, and was …
Detroit’s New DD8 Diesel Engine Completes Medium-Duty Power Offerings
The newest Detroit diesel engine from Daimler Trucks North America gives medium-duty fleets a higher-horsepower option for tough vocational applications.
Cattle hauler hit by train in Oklahoma
Several cows were killed and others escaped when a freight train struck a tractor-trailer in Elgin, Oklahoma last week. KOCO TV reports the truck’s driver and personnel on the train were uninjured in the crash Friday afternoon, Feb. 2. A witness …
Trailcon to build new facilities in Calgary and Edmonton
CALGARY, Alta. – Trailcon Leasing announced today it will build new facilities in Calgary and Edmonton to support the current and future growth of the trailer and equipment company. With construction set to commence this May and conclude in the…
Parking app now offers fuel information
New partnership forms
Mintu Pandher’s small fleet success in fuel hauling, truck-stop ownership
Small fleet owner Mintu Pandher, who came to the U.S. with his parents in 1999, followed the growth in oil drilling into independence as an owner-operator. His Akal Energy small fleet grew fairly quickly over several years with contracts with some fuel…
Independence basics: Binda Atwal’s attractions to trucking
It’s the income possibilities owner-operator Binda Atwal names as his principal attraction to trucking, for his young family – Atwal and his wife are the proud parents of two children, a four- and one-year-old.
Sikhism at a glance: A religion transported
Outlining basic tenants of the Sikh religion, with roots in 15th-century India.
Into the limelight: Sikh truckers in America
Sikhs have been a growing part of America’s professional driver force for three decades. Though there are tens of thousands in trucking, non-Sikh counterparts have little information and a lot of misconceptions about them — the ELD protests began to c…