Locomation Autonomous Convoys Go to Work with Wilson Logistics
Locomation’s autonomous convoy technology will begin work on Wilson Logistics’ existing freight routes to drive gains in asset utilization, sustainability, safety, and driver performance.
Canadian fleet takes delivery of 200,000th Western Star
INNISFIL, Ont. – Western Star’s 200,000th truck is being deployed in Canada, the brand’s home and native land. Western Star was founded in 1967 and produced in Kelowna, B.C., until the brand was purchased by Daimler Trucks North America and…
Virus threat touches rates, MATS, truck stops
Analysts are hesitant to predict much about freight demand and rates since no one knows how far the COVID-19 outbreak will spread, but the immediate forecast is dismal.
How Truck Fleets Can Control Toll Costs
When you look at your bottom line, there are always moments of “did we really spend that much?” If you’ve had this reaction to toll charges at your trucking fleet, there may be a few things you can do to keep costs down.
Oversize/overweight permitting and ‘harmonization’: State of the states, and technology
From advocacy efforts ongoing around allowing auto-issue and electronic permitting and development of software from third-party services to carriers, more simplicity in states’ regulatory and tech approaches to permitting could ultimately result in mor…
News roundup, March 6: Truckers gain another small victory in case against Rhode Island truck tolls
ATA’s lawsuit over truck tolls in Rhode Island will remain in federal court after a U.S. appeals court denied a petition from the Rhode Island DOT. Motion Picture Compliance Solutions requests that its member companies not be required to conduct a full…
Trevor Cameron’s 1974 Hayes Clipper
Cameron bought it to restore and finished the project in the spring of 2000. His intention at that time was to put it to work as a winch truck doing light oilfield work in Alberta and western Canada, but “the end result of all effort turned out to be f…
‘Mob Sled’ becomes iconic for 4 State Trucks
The truck is now pole-mounted outside 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri, and is featured on a 4 State T-shirt.
The Work Truck Show Turns 20 [Photos]
Held March 3-6 in Indianapolis, the 2020 edition of the NTEA Work Truck Show marked the 20th anniversary of the country’s premier exhibition of vocational trucks and everything that goes into them. Photos by HDT Executive Editor David Cullen and Equipm…
Hours of service regs suspended for relief haulers in TN
Caused by deadly tornados