Canada’s Transaxle now a full-line Paragon dealer
STONEY CREEK, Ont. – The Transaxle Parts Group of Companies will be the newest Canadian full-line stocking dealer for Paragon Tank Truck Equipment and Truck Revolution. With a head office in Stoney Creek, as well as offices in Cambridge and…
ATA applauds hours-of-service restart report
ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations (ATA) president and CEO Chris Spear said he was pleased by the release of a US Department of Transportation report that found no benefit to the onerous and unjustified restrictions placed on the…
Eaton Tunes Transmissions for Vocational Fleets
Eaton has created a new Aggressive Performance calibration for the company’s lineup of UltraShift Plus and Fuller Advantage automated manual transmissions aimed at vocational fleets. The new software feature will help vocational fleets with quicker shift times to improve performance on steep grade climbs by allowing the engine to come in at higher RPMs.
Eaton introduces new transmission enhancements
GALESBURG, Mich. — Eaton has created a new Aggressive Performance calibration for its lineup of UltraShift PLUS and Fuller Advantage automated manual transmissions. Eaton says the new software feature will help vocational fleets especially in construction site environments. “Fleets have been…
Seaway Express names new business development manager
CORNWALL, Ont. — Seaway Express revealed today that Steven Lindsay has joined the company as its business development manager. Lindsay is equipped with a wealth of industry knowledge having spent the last 24 years in either transport or courier. Most…
Fire at Cooney Transport destroys trucks
BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Seven trucks at a Cooney Transport yard were lost in a fire over the weekend, with total damage of about $1 million, according to Quinte News and the Belleville Intelligencer. The fire occurred Saturday night at about…
WIT recognizes truck driver who donated kidney to stranger
PLOVER, Wisc. — A professional truck driver is being recognized by the Women in Trucking Association (WIT) as its March Member of the Month after she donated a kidney to a stranger. Carol Nixon, a driver for Walmart Private Fleet,…
How to prepare for the next wave of automation and robotics
Many thousands of jobs have been lost throughout North America in recent years and the trend will likely accelerate in the years ahead. Some blue and white collar jobs are being lost to cheaper labor in China and/or Mexico. But…
SA trucker who saves elephant is attacked for SMOKING
‘Put the cigarette out near the baby please!’: Kind trucker who stops to give a baby elephant a drink on a scorching day is attacked for SMOKING during the encounter A truck driver who stopped to give a baby elephant some water on a scorching day was condemned for smoking during the encounter. Footage uploaded on to Facebook by Chantelle En Rudi Beyleveld shows the truck driver squatting on a road behind his vehicle while feeding the elephant some water from a plastic bottle.
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