Toyo Tires Offers New All Position Tire
Toyo Tires’s NanoEnergy M171 super-regional, all-position tire is the newest edition to its M-Line of commercial tires, providing fuel efficiency, excellent wear life and increased stability, according to the company.
Indiana truck stop damaged by fire
Estimated $2 million in damages
John Dubuque’s 2020 Peterbilt 389
The rig is powered by a 565-hp Cummins X15 with an Eaton 18-speed. Dubuque, out of Red Bluff, California, leases the rig on with Ram Trucking in central Oregon, mostly hauling 60- to 66-foot wood beams and I-joists to Los Angeles.
No debt? No sweat, lots of advantages — Ed Burns & Sons Trucking
Cutting out the middlemen yields financial and operational stability for the 13-driver fleet, based in Denver, Indiana — that includes a zero-debt philosophy that eliminates financing companies, and a focus on direct freight to avoid getting involved …
FMCSA May ‘Exercise Discretion’ Enforcing Random Drug Testing
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that in some locations, it may “exercise discretion” and not enforce minimum annual random drug and alcohol testing rates in areas still affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pride & Polish goes online; part of virtual GATS Week
Like many other great trucking events in this year of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Great American Trucking Show scheduled for August in Dallas has been canceled. But, don’t despair. Our pals at Overdrive are still holding Several events, not the…
Trucking adds jobs for second straight month
Total employment in the for-hire trucking industry rose by 8,100 jobs in June, according to the latest Department of Labor’s preliminary Employment Situation Report. That builds on May’s gains of 2,000, which followed a massive loss in April — 92,000 j…
Load app adds parking information, other services
DAT Solutions, operator of the DAT load board network, has launched the new DAT One app for truck drivers that combines the load board with various trip planning features. It’s on a better tech foundation, the company says, than the app it’s replacing …
Lion Electric delivers waste truck to Waste Connections
QUEBEC CITY, Que. — The Lion Electric Co. and Boivin Evolution (BEV) have sold their first Lion8 chassis with fully automated side load bodies to Waste Connections, a provider of non-hazardous solid waste collection, transfer, recycling and dispo…
$20 million in pot found in truck crossing U.S.-Canada border
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Buffalo, New York arrested a 26-year-old truck driver June 25 who crossed into the U.S. from Canada with almost five tons of marijuana valued at some $20 million. The 9,472 pounds of marijuana was discovered at …