Kenworth, Peterbilt recall trucks with certain Eaton, Paccar transmissions; Wabash, Walker recall trailers
More than 1,200 Kenworth and Peterbilt tractors are being recalled following the announcement last week of a recall from Eaton Cummins of certain automated manual transmissions. Additionally, Walker and Wabash are recalling approximately 75 trailers in…
Truck, trailer orders surge as trucking economy heats up
The bullish freight market in recent months — and the productivity restrictions brought by the electronic logging device mandate — have orders for new trucks and trailers surging. While those orders are a response to the tight truck market, they also indicate that freight movement will likely hold strong throughout the year, in line with forecasts that trucking capacity will be tested in the coming months.
Casey Allen’s 1986 Kenworth K100E COE
The truck, which sits on a 196-inch wheelbase, sports dual 150-gallon fuel tanks, a 20-inch square bumper and all LED lights. The interior has a wood floor, Bostrom Wide Ride seat and wood steering wheel.
Eaton Cummins Automated Transmissions Recalled for Software Glitch
Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies is recalling more than 1,300 transmissions due to a software error that could allow unintentional movement of the truck.
Deadline for Top Fleet Employers application fast approaching
OTTAWA, Ont. – There’s just two weeks left to apply for a spot in Trucking HR Canada’s 5th annual list of Top Fleet Employers, which recognizes fleets that offer the top workplaces in Canada’s trucking industry. Online submissions will be…
‘Don’t work more for less’ is reader Tom Hall’s message on hours, ELDs
“A specialty equipment hauler once asked me just why some steel haulers will ‘haul 20,000 pounds overloaded for $1 a hundred when I make as much or more money hauling 40,000-pound legal loads at $2 a hundred?'” –Tom Hall on the scrum over income, pay,…
An inconvenient truth in global crude
The inconvenient truth is whether climate change is just the weather or not. This thought of mine was triggered when leafing through some obscure, “we can’t throw that out,” July edition of a magazine with a picture of Al Gore in…
Pilot Flying J opens new location in Colorado, reopens another in Indiana
A new Pilot Flying J with 34 parking spaces has opened in Lamar, Colo., and a newly remodeled Pilot has opened in Remington, Indiana.
Pilot Flying J opens new location in Colorado, reopens another in Indiana
A new Pilot Flying J with 34 parking spaces has opened in Lamar, Colo., and a newly remodeled Pilot has opened in Remington, Indiana.
CITT to host webinar on how to compete with Amazon
TORONTO, Ont. — CITT is hosting a webinar next week to educate those in the trucking industry on how they can compete with Amazon. The webinar is scheduled for January 24 from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. EST, and the…