Once a trucker, now a tunesmith
Benita Segal does not underestimate the healing power of music. In fact, it is only when she picks up one of her 10 guitars and begins strumming, singing, and creating her “alternative country” sound that she truly feels at peace.
Zonar Announces Its Inaugural Fleet Management Conference
Zonar, a provider of fleet telematics, remote diagnostics and mobile onboard computing, is holding its inaugural annual conference on May 14-16 at the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.
CVSA Reports Brake Safety Week Inspection Results
Brake Safety Week in North America was held Sept. 9-15 and is an annual enforcement campaign on commercial vehicle, truck and bus brake system maintenance.
Timken Adopts Standard Part Numbers for its Driveline Center Support Bearings
The Timken Co. simplified interchanges to Timken driveline center support truck bearings by converting its parts nomenclature to align with familiar industry part numbers.
UCR Compliance Checks Begin Feb. 1
Roadside safety inspectors are being encouraged to check for compliance with the Unified Carrier Registration program starting Feb. 1.The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said in a recent bulletin that the UCR Board is recommending the compliance …
Big tow truck
Question: Where does a 44,230-pound, 18-speed, 550-horsepower diesel wrecker that’s capable of lifting 50 tons park? “This ain’t ‘Lizard Lick Towing,'” Dale Phillips, owner of the business, said of the cable television reality show.
Trucker Shows Cabinet Minister a Thing or Two About Trucking
Hokanson was tapped by the Alberta Motor Transport Association to tour Cowtown in a state-of-the-art KW pulling a pair of super-b’s while that province’s Minister of Transportation Ric McIver rode shotgun.
Canadian carriers growing more interested in purchasing new trucks
TORONTO, Ont. — More than half of Canada’s for-hire carriers have plans to purchase new trucks this year, our latest Transportation Buying Trend Survey of trucking executives shows.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Canadian carriers growing more interested in purchasing new trucks
TORONTO, Ont. — More than half of Canada’s for-hire carriers have plans to purchase new trucks this year, our latest Transportation Buying Trend Survey of trucking executives shows.
Union wants mining ministry to intervene in trucker, WINDALCO impasse
Jerome Reynolds, Gleaner Writer The National Workers Union says it has sought the intervention of Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell in the standoff between truck drivers and bauxite company WINDALCO.