Canada Cartage donates to hospital in Zimbabwe
TORONTO, Ont. — Canada Cartage is getting in touch with its charitable side. Today it announced that it has collected and delivered donated medical, surgical, and school supplies to the Canadian Food for Children warehouse in Mississauga to support the…
Major carriers’ revenue, income continue to slip in 2017
The stats are also in line with owner-operator income for the first half of the year. Like owner-operators, publicly traded large fleets reported higher fuel costs than the same period the year prior, despite cheaper diesel prices.
16th-annual Southern Classic Truck Show Sept. 8-9
Dates are set for the 16th annual edition of small fleet and Brad’s Classic Trucks owner Brad Wike’s Southern Classic Truck Show on his sizable property in Lincolnton, N.C.
‘Take this e-log and shove it’: A talk with Trucker Talent Search finalist Terrance Mathis
Red Eye Radio’s Eric Harley talks here with Rockford, Illinois, resident and Kloeckner Metals driver Terrance Mathis. Mathis is the man responsible for the great Johnny Paycheck parody you’ll hear a little of here, which earned his spot in the Trucker …
Partners in Business tip: Log maintenance records
Only with complete records can you track the work done on your truck and, when necessary, prove that required maintenance has been done.
Valley Equipment and Trout River form partnership
COLEMAN, P.E.I. — Trout River and Valley Equipment announced this week that they have formed a partnership that will see all Valley Equipment locations serve as the full-service dealer along with their sister locations NorthEast Truck & Trailer for the…
Paccar unveils 12-speed automatic transmission to pair with MX13 engine
Paccar on Tuesday completed the rollout of the company’s integrated powertrain with the debut of a 12-speed automated transmission. The march toward vehicle integration first began in 2010 with the North American introduction of Paccar’s MX engine lineup.
Truck News September 2017
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Why the ELD Mandate is a Problem for Temp Drivers
For drivers working for a driver service or temporary driver pool, how do they transfer their logs from one carrier to another? The short answer is, they can’t.
Paccar transmission completes integrated powertrain
MT. VERNON, Wash. – Paccar has rounded out its integrated powertrain with the introduction of its own 12-speed automated manual transmission, which it’s billing as the lightest in the industry. The new Paccar transmission was optimized to be mated to…