Will Trucks Use New 85-mph Texas Toll Road?

A 41-mile stretch of toll road in central Texas will soon offer the fastest speed limit in the nation, but the state trucking association says truck drivers probably won’t be big customers.

After some bumpy roads, local trucking firm growing

“I trained in a 1972 GMC,” Cary recalled. “It had no bunk and no passenger seat.” The family called the tractor-trailer rig “Old Red.” In place of a passenger seat, “We put two concrete blocks with a Styrofoam pad,” he said.

Jobs from Utica Shale extend beyond drilling

The economic push Ohio is expected to get from the Utica Shale, an underground rock layer packed with lucrative hydrocarbons, may extend beyond drilling companies and landowners to people not even directly involved.

LCV Parking and Teaching Etiquette

If we had a loonie for every time we got an email or phone call about the lack of courtesy among today’s truck drivers, every Friday would be Office Pizza Day.