Class 8 Truck Orders Move Toward More Sustainable Pace
There were 19,400 Class 8 truck orders booked in September, slightly down from August but coming closer to a “more sustainable pace,” according to an ACT Research report. After the frantic pace of orders at the end of 2014 and in the beginning of this …
Natural gas truck sales down YTD: ACT Research
COLUMBUS, Ind. –According to a recent report from ACT Research, natural gas powered Class 8 truck and bus sales are continuing, but at a slower pace compared to 2014. The “Natural Gas Quarterly” claims this decline is because of the…
IMI Launches Facebook Campaign for Truckers in Need
IMI has launched a Facebook campaign to donate to drivers who face health problems and financial difficulty by trading in “Likes” for dollars. Over the next several months, the provider of tire balancing, wheel refinishing and other tire- and wheel-rel…
Graves to Step Down from ATA Post in 2016
Gov. Bill Graves, president of ATA, at the trucking lobby’s 2015 annual meeting and expo in Philadelphia. Photo: David Cullen The American Trucking Associations has confirmed a published report that Bill Graves has advised the truck lobby that he will …
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After years working in his family’s transportation firm, young entrepreneur Avishai Trabelsi grew increasingly frustrated as he saw trucks returning from their destinations empty or near-empty. “I saw that half the time our trucks were returning back e…
Cooper Tire introduces new Roadmaster Fleet Service Network
FINDLAY, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Company announced today its new Roadmaster Fleet Service Network. The new service offers 24/7 emergency roadside tire replacement and repair for eligible commercial trucking fleets that are part of the Roadmaster account program…
Carrier in overdrive: Andy Transport is growing fast
From one truck in 2001 to running 250 tractors, 400 trailers and a handful of flatbeds this year, Andy Transport, based in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, about 65 kilometres outside Montreal, is a carrier oozing ambition. Ilie Crisan, a native of Sibiu, Romania…
Your Oct. 21 Pre-Trip: Highway 58 still closed, long detours for truckers
According to ABC 23, the major truck route has been closed since last week’s mudslide occurred, and it isn’t expected to reopen until Thursday. ABC reports that truckers have had to find alternate routes that make trips longer, make other highways more…
Not his first rodeo: Part 2
The story so far… Mark has some time to kill in Saskatchewan and comes across a local paper advertising a truck roadeo that weekend. Mark enters, but right away he’s labeled as a City driver and wonders if he’s even…
Not the boss of you
Right now I have four files on my desk that are clients wanting to incorporate their business. Two clients want corporations for contract employment. One is a truck driver who tells me that everyone he talks to wants him to…