ATD chair calls on dealers to educate communities

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Speaking to truck dealers from the US and Canada, American Truck Dealers chairman Eric Jorgensen urged them to get out and educate their communities on the important role they serve. “We’re all in this business together,”

Frost: A clean, well-lighted place

I spent a large portion of my life as a long-haul trucker, running freight of all kinds back and forth across this nation. I didn’t earn a great deal of money, but I was solidly middle class and overall, pretty happy.

Copper-Free Brake Initiative Signed by Trucking Groups

Several motor vehicle industry associations including the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association and Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association pledged to reduce the amount of copper in brake pads. The groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding along wi…

Trucking Industry in ‘Desperate’ Need of Drivers

With demand on the upswing thanks to improving economic growth and lower fuel prices, a scarcity of truck drivers could put the brakes on the trucking industry and cripple a critical piece of global supply chains. The industry is short about 35,000 tru…