How to keep automatic slack adjusters in their groove
Are you ready for Brake Safety Week? With the nationwide inspection event — August 23-29 — kicking off in a week, a series of brake-maintenance-related stories to assist in your preps for the event. Here, a refresh on automatic slack adjuster mainten…
Hirschbach adds incentive pay plan for lease operators
Aimed at retaining drivers
FMCSA’s acting boss Jim Mullen stepping down at month’s end
Jim Mullen, who’s helmed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in an interim capacity since October 2019, is leaving the agency at the end of August.
Mullen exits FMCSA at end of the month; Wiley Deck returns as replacement
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Jim Mullen is leaving the agency less than a year after taking office. A Department of Transportation spokesperson said, “At the end of the month, Jim Mullen will be leaving the departmen…
FMCSA Acting Director Stepping Down
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Acting Administrator Jim Mullen has announced he will step down at the end of the month.
Predicting the Unpredictable: Plotting Out Economic Recovery
The sudden, devastating economic collapse caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was so unprecedented, that even seasoned economists admit it’s difficult to predict what the recovery will look like.
Firefly, Orange EV Deploy Tandem Pure-Electric Terminal Truck
Firefly Transportation Services recently partnered with Orange EV to deliver the all new T-Series Tandem (TST) pure-electric terminal truck.
McLeod Software Improves Customer, Carrier and Driver Portals
McLeod Software’s new versions of LoadMaster Enterprise and PowerBroker software solutions have re-engineered their web access portals to improve customers’ internet presence to create a better experience for customers, carriers, and drivers.
The model builder and his passion behind the 1/58th ‘Lady in Red’
Meet Eston Hoffman, an engineer with a long passion for old Mack Trucks. He started his own design firm and “put that enthusiasm for trucks and tractors to work” designing/building scale models.
For-hire trucking on a long-term growth track: SJ Consulting
[caption caption="Combined revenue at the top 50 US and Canadian truckload and LTL operators increased 13 percent from 2014 through 2019. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]The largest US and Canadian trucking companies saw marginal gro…