Love’s Launches TirePass Full-Service Inflation System
Love’s has launched the TirePass full-service inflation system that offers drivers a way to check and automatically inflate tires while refueling. The service can also send reports to both drivers and fleets to monitor tire performance.
Early Numbers Show Weak May for Truck Orders
Class 8 truck orders hit their lowest monthly level since late 2013 with around 20,000 units ordered for the month according to preliminary reports from ACT Research and FTR. Orders were down 11% compared with April and 23% down year-over-year.
NHTSA Issues Truck Electronic-Stability Rule
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued its long-awaited final rule to require electronic stability control systems on Class 7-8 trucks and large buses. The rule, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 136, will take effect for “mo…
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By now we have all heard about the new SCHEDULE 1 (NSC13) and the mess, with OVER ZEALOUS INSPECTORS, IN ONTARIO TICKETING. HEY MR. MTO INSPECTOR TALK TO THE TOP THEY SAY IT IS A 1 YEAR EDUCATION PERIOD ending…
ATA pleased with electronic stability control mandate announcement
ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said it was pleased with today’s announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that claimed it would soon require new commercial trucks to be equipped with electronic stability control systems.…
Help Inc. Expands Weigh Station Bypass Into N.C.
Help Inc., is expanding its PrePass weight station bypass service for commercial vehicles into North Carolina, the company has announced. Help Inc., and International Road Dynamics reached an agreement to allow PrePass users to use the service at weigh…
ACT Research: May Class 8 orders fall
COLUMBUS, Ind. – In May 2015 39,000 Classes 5-8 vehicle orders were booked, down 8% when compared with May 2014, according to ACT Research. “While the order comparisons are negative, looking only at orders does not provide sufficient context in…
Goodyear unveils its longest-wearing waste haul tire
AKRON, Ohio– Goodyear has unveiled its longest-wearing waste haul tire that it believes will become the “go-to” tire for waste haul fleets across North America today. “Goodyear wants to help waste haul fleets lower their operating costs, and the new Endurance…
Rhode Island Scales Back Tolling Plans
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced last minute changes to a truck tolling proposal that upset several local and national trucking groups . The new revised version of the RhodeWorks plan scales back the definition of a large commercial truck remo…
Volvo Group reaches energy efficiency goal five years early
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Volvo Group North America announced today that it has achieved its goal of reduced energy consumption in the US Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge five years earlier than anticipated. The company’s goal was…