Maxim weight-loss challenge tips scales with 30,000 lbs of food donations
WINNIPEG, Man. — Maxim Truck and Trailer has donated enough money to buy 30,000 lbs of food to a Winnipeg area food bank after completing its inaugural weight-loss challenge: the Maxim 500 Pound Challenge. The company presented the cheque to…
ATA: Common Sense Must Govern CSA Crash Accountability Decisions
American Trucking Associations’ leaders expressed serious concern over the recent decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to continue to count every truck-involved crash in CSA scores, including those the truck driver could not ha…
Highway Angel Honored for Helping Woman with Diabetes
The Truckload Carriers Associationnamed Jonathan W. Bennett, a professional truck driver for Walden Haulers Group Inc., Harriman, Tenn., its latest Highway Angel.
CARB Urges Truckers to Report Vehicles Before March 30 Deadline
The California Air Resources Board is reminding California-bound truck owners that the deadline to report information regarding their fleets has been extended to March 30.
Test Drive: ‘Baby 8’ Peterbilt 382
Baby 8 trucks (Class 8 chassis with midrange engines) have long been useful conveyances of moderate loads
Protecting Your Investment With Proper Tire Inspections
There’s more to a proper tire inspection than kicking it with a cold boot.
#MATS: Cummins uses nanotechnology to develop new fuel filter
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cummins has tapped into the surreal science of nanotechnology to develop a fuel filter that can trap particles 12 times smaller than what the human eye can detect.
#MATS: Cummins promises greater fuel economy in 2013, expands natural gas lineup
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cummins has vowed to improve fuel economy over its existing engines by a further 2% this year.
Movie Review: Stephen Dorff in ‘Brake’
Because Jeremy Reins , the protagonist of “Brake,” finds himself confined in the trunk of a moving car with no memory of how he got there, the movie is already being compared to the 2010 thriller “Buried.” In that one, Ryan Reynolds played a nonmilitar…
As Fuel Prices Soar, Trucking Industry Seeks Alternatives With Natural Gas
This week, as the trucking industry converges on Louisville for the Mid-America Trucking Show, attendees are arriving with a collective pit in their stomachs as they watch the price of oil continue to escalate-up 41% since October alone.