Esco Adds Pneumatic Truck Tire Bead Breaker
Esco says its new pneumatic truck tire bead breaker breaks both tough-to-break truck tire beads at the same time.
Cirque du Soleil trucker fired for crossing Red Bridge
A Cirque du Soleil truck driver was fired and a second contracted out driver punished for ignoring instructions to circumvent the Red Bridge last week.
New Front-Discharge Mixer Design Highlights Terex Anniversary
By Tom Berg, Senior Editor It’s been 40 years since a group of Midwestern ready mix concrete producers banded together to manufacture a new front-discharge ready mix truck that they called Advance.
96-year-old to fulfill dream of riding in a big rig
NEPEAN, Ont. — Not everyone dreams of fame and riches. Just ask retirement resident Grace Fisher, who is mere weeks away from fulfilling her dream of riding in a transport truck.
Noregon Adds Director of National Fleet Accounts
Noregon Systems added Brent Hamil as director of National Fleet Accounts to oversee and develop major transportation fleets and national service accounts for Noregon’s JPro Commercial Fleet Products.
Insurance telematics could ‘flip the underwriting model on its head’
Insurance brokers and providers may soon be asking fleets for access to their telematics data, in an effort to provide more accurate insurance pricing and to help fleets better utilize that data.
Noregon Adds Director of National Fleet Accounts
Noregon Systems added Brent Hamil as director of National Fleet Accounts
Revolution Oil offering free product test, oil to Canadian trucking companies
CALEDONIA, Ont. — Revolution Oil is offering qualified trucking companies in Canada the opportunity to test its HI-TEK25 product for free. In addition, the Mooresville, N.C.-based firm is offering qualified Canadian companies an ongoing Pay…
Roadcheck 2012’s driver, vehicle out-of-service rates near record low
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 25th annual Roadcheck safety blitz, conducted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) in June, saw a record number of truck and bus inspections and the second-lowest vehicle and driver out-of-service rates for…
Truckers, farmers advised of new Manitoba detour route
WINNIPEG, Man. — Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation is advising truckers and farmers in the Roblin and Russell area that the detour around the damaged area of PTH 83 will be rated for Road and Transportation Association of Canada…