Mack Releases Asist Mobile App for Service Management
Mack Trucks has announced its Mack Asist mobile app that allows customers to manage service and unplanned events from any location on a mobile device. Mack Asist is a cloud-based service relationship management tool that keeps fleet customers, dealers …
The important role mental health plays in trucking
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Mental health is a topic some people are not comfortable discussing. However studies show that 1 in 5 Canadians are suffering from mental illness each and every day, and most are doing so in silence. At the…
That’s a wrap
Why you should consider wrapping your trailer with graphics
New app locates truck parking spaces
LAS VEGAS. Trucking and truck stop leaders on Monday launched a new highway safety initiative to help professional drivers find available truck parking with a free mobile app called Park My Truck, the result of efforts by the NATSO Foundation, NATSO, I…
Uniroyal rolls out new SmartWay-verified drive tire
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Michelin announced today the addition of the Uniroyal LD10 for commercial trucks, a SmartWay-verified long-haul drive tire. It is available two sizes, 275/80R22.5 with load range G and 11R22.5 with load range H. “We continue to expand the Uniroyal…
Petro-Canada unveils new engine oils to meet API CK-4 and FA-4 specifications
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Petro-Canada Lubricants revealed its API CK-4 and FA-4 product line called DURON next generation today. The new engine oils will be available to the market on December 1, 2016 according to Petro-Canada and were designed to surpass the…
Why is OPEC cutting crude supply?
As I understand it, “trial balloon” is a term used for a thought or action before being respectively verbalized to a nervous audience, or enacted upon the now even more nervous audience last seen stampeding toward the exits. Come on…
ATA Chief Spear Pushes Bold Agenda for Trucking
LAS VEGAS. In a fast-paced and wide-ranging address, new American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear introduced himself to ATA members and asserted that under his stewardship, the industry’s biggest lobby will “get in the game” to advance an array of trucking’s interests in Washington D.C. and on the state level.
Post-traumatic stress behind the wheel
Many people have heard the term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but how many of us have a plan in place to deal with the effects? PTSD is a mental and emotional injury, which is not clearly visible, and affects people…
Wheels of misfortune
Another dead cyclist, and more hand-wringing about road safety