New Front-Discharge Mixer Design Highlights Terex Anniversary
By Tom Berg, Senior Editor It’s been 40 years since a group of Midwestern ready mix concrete producers banded together to manufacture a new front-discharge ready mix truck that they called Advance.
96-year-old to fulfill dream of riding in a big rig
NEPEAN, Ont. — Not everyone dreams of fame and riches. Just ask retirement resident Grace Fisher, who is mere weeks away from fulfilling her dream of riding in a transport truck.
Noregon Adds Director of National Fleet Accounts
Noregon Systems added Brent Hamil as director of National Fleet Accounts to oversee and develop major transportation fleets and national service accounts for Noregon’s JPro Commercial Fleet Products.
Insurance telematics could ‘flip the underwriting model on its head’
Insurance brokers and providers may soon be asking fleets for access to their telematics data, in an effort to provide more accurate insurance pricing and to help fleets better utilize that data.
Noregon Adds Director of National Fleet Accounts
Noregon Systems added Brent Hamil as director of National Fleet Accounts
Revolution Oil offering free product test, oil to Canadian trucking companies
CALEDONIA, Ont. — Revolution Oil is offering qualified trucking companies in Canada the opportunity to test its HI-TEK25 product for free. In addition, the Mooresville, N.C.-based firm is offering qualified Canadian companies an ongoing Pay…
Roadcheck 2012’s driver, vehicle out-of-service rates near record low
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 25th annual Roadcheck safety blitz, conducted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) in June, saw a record number of truck and bus inspections and the second-lowest vehicle and driver out-of-service rates for…
Truckers, farmers advised of new Manitoba detour route
WINNIPEG, Man. — Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation is advising truckers and farmers in the Roblin and Russell area that the detour around the damaged area of PTH 83 will be rated for Road and Transportation Association of Canada…
DEF Price Drops Dramatically
After rising from a spike in agricultural demand for urea, diesel-exhaust fluid prices saw a sharp drop in July, according to DEF Tracker.The average U.S. DEF pump price dropped dramatically between June and July, to $2.70 per gallon.
Maine Turnpike Tolls to Rise Nov. 1
Tolls will go up on the Maine Turnpike starting Nov. 1. Last week, the Maine Turnpike Authority Board unanimously approved a plan to raise an additional $21.14 million in toll revenue to continue a 30-year plan to maintain and rehabilitate the Turnp…