TRP Introduces New Alternators
TRP Aftermarket Parts has introduced a line of alternators for all makes of medium-duty to heavy-duty trucks.
Truck drivers affected by diesel prices
Filling up your gas tank gets a little more painful each day as gas prices continue to rise, but for many truck drivers, the pain is unbearable.
US Army selects Sturman Industries to develop high pressure injection system for heavy-fuel rotary engines
The US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) has selected Sturman Industries to examine, develop, and demonstrate the use of an advanced high pressure injection system in a heavy-fuel (DF-2 and JP-8 compatibility), rotary diesel …
High bail for woman accused of cocaine in diaper
Karen Morla-Ramos, 22, is being held on $250,000 bail on a cocaine trafficking charge after she was arrested yesterday morning upon disembarking from a JetBlue [ JBLU ] flight from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, officials said.
Elmira Corning airport’s passenger growth puts strain on parking
I just saw some news that made me scratch my head.The state Department of Environmental Conservation released its annual deer harvest numbers, as it Baseball and hydrofracking, together again They say politics makes strange bedfellows.
Website details why, how art basher Folden destroyed Chagoya print
A website purportedly run by Kathleen Folden, the Montana truck driver who destroyed a lithograph using a crowbar at the Loveland Museum/Gallery last year, describes how she bought a crowbar at the Flying J in Cheyenne and asked God if she was ‘the rig…
AirTran employees vote to join machinists’ union
The machinists’ union won an election Monday to represent about 2,900 fleet and reservations employees at AirTran Airways with 34 percent of the vote.
Mid America Truck Shows Press Release for Trucker Charity Inc.
Trucker Charity Inc A NFP is pleased to announce that we will be at the Mid America Truck Show in Louisville, KY March 31-April 2 in booth 66245. “We get them safe, We get them fed and We get them home” is the Trucker Charity Inc. way.”
Diesel inches closer to a $4 national average
The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel is inching ever closer to $4, with 16 states at or above the benchmark. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the price at $3.932 for the week ending Monday, March 28. That’s …
Virginia explores revenue options for rest areas
In Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell has directed the state’s Department of Transportation to work with other state agencies to “identify and implement long-term strategies to generate new revenues through Virginia’s rest areas.”