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I’m often asked, as editor of Truck News, what is my favourite part of my job? Is it getting the opportunity to travel and to visit sometimes-glamorous locations for glitzy product launches? Is it driving the newest trucks before they…
Michelin introduces new wide-base trailer tire, retread
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Michelin has introduced a new wide-base trailer tire it says offers reductions in irregular wear and improved fuel economy. The new Michelin X One Multi Energy T is billed as the company’s next-generation single trailer tire. It’s…
NTSB wants crash-proof data recorders installed in heavy trucks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board wants commercial trucks to carry event data recorders, following an investigation into a California crash between a truck and motorcoach that resulted in 10 fatalities in April 2014. The crash involved a…
Titanium Group to bring in 240 new Volvos
WOODBRIDGE, Ont. — Titanium Group has announced it’s adding 240 new Volvo VNL 670 trucks to its fleet. The first shipments have already arrived, with the company scheduled to take delivery of 140 this year and in early 2016. It…
Tallman adds Fontaine heavy-haul trailers to its lineup
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Tallman Group has announced it is now selling Fontaine heavy-haul trailers at all nine of its locations. Tallman became Fontaine’s Ontario distributor for platform trailers last April. “We are continuing to see tremendous growth and interest in…
House Amendment Would Protect Glider Kits from GHG Rules
Rep. Diane Black and State Rep. Kelly Keisling tour Fitzgerald Glider Kits’ plant in Jamestown, Tenn., in May. Robert Fitzgerald and Tommy Fitzgerald Jr. , head the company. Photo courtesy Rep. Diane Black’s office.
Beilue: Panicked Pepper gets long-distance rescue
If Pepper is feeling any guilt or remorse for the situation she got herself into, she’s not saying. If she’s feeling any embarrassment of how some panic on July 4 got her from Dumas to the middle of Nebraska, she’s refusing comment.
SLCC relaunches commercial truck driving program at Crowley campus to …
South Louisiana Community College says it has relaunched its defunct commercial truck driver training program at its Crowley campus in response to an area demand for trained drivers. The short-term commercial vehicle operator program prepares students …
Truck drivers search for parking amid rise in big rigs
The amount of semitrailers on the road has climbed in recent years, but the number of parking spots for drivers to stop and rest hasn’t kept pace, leading to what truck drivers and industry leaders describe as a safety hazard that puts truckers on the …
Georgia trucker nabbed for illegal handgun possession on Turnpike
State police arrested a Georgia man Monday night after a trooper spotted him with a handgun on the New Jersey Turnpike. A trooper traveling southbound shortly before 7:30 p.m. spotted a truck driver climbing into a tractor trailer pulled over on the si…