Day & Ross – Truck West
How do you prevent cracks in your convex mirrors?
Cold-weather issues, take one. Enquiring minds among readers want to know: “I have had my convex mirrors crack in the wintertime more than once and was wondering if I am the only one and what people have found to stop it.”
Class 8 Truck Orders Hit 3-Year High
North American Class 8 truck orders rose to a 37-month high in December, signaling a healthy market going into 2018.
‘Highway Justice’ pair tangles with dark side in trafficking tale
A serialized graphic short story, “Highway Justice,” tells the tale of the fictional Jake Brakefield, a trucker with a checkered background who gets caught up in a dangerous FBI operation to bust a human trafficking ring. The 10-part story will appear on Overdrive on Mondays and Thursdays for five weeks.
Conditions ripe for driver pay hikes as tight market, tax cuts could force carriers’ hand
The corporate tax cut in the tax reform package delivers “real money,” in the words of one FTR analyst, “so it’s a real opportunity” for driver pay growth. “I’d expect drivers will say … ‘OK, corporate America, this is what you asked for. Now it’s time to give back.'”
Industry suppliers supporting U.S. military veterans
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Four industry suppliers have teamed up to support wounded U.S. military veterans. Phillips Industries, Meritor, SAF-Holland, and Minimizer, say they have come together to support the Wyakin Foundation, to raise awareness throughout the trucking industry about…
Class 8 truck orders reach 37-month high
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Class 8 truck orders for December reached a 37-month high, according to final data from ACT Research. They came in at more than 37,500 units. Strong orders since September have boosted Class 8 backlogs, ACT reported, setting…
Earnings Watch: J.B. Hunt Profit More Than Triples
Trucking, intermodal and logistics services provider J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. kicked off the fourth quarter 2017 and full-year earnings season in the trucking industry on Thursday when it reported big gains in profits for both periods, due in large part to the recent tax law changes approved by Congress late last year.
FMCSA fielding comments on hours changes for ag haulers, personal conveyance guidance until mid-Feb.
FMCSA has extended the comment period for its proposal to expand ag haulers’ hours of service exemption, along with its proposal to slightly alter personal conveyance guidance.
Registration now open for Next Generation and OTA-SEEC 2018 programs
TORONTO, Ont. – Registration is now open for the Next Generation and OTA-SEEC programs for 2018. According to the OTA, the the Next Generation Certificate program, now in its fifth year, is an intensive leadership development initiative for the industry’s future leaders.…