ConMet SmartHub Helps Monitor Wheel Hub Health
ConMet is looking for additional fleets to test its new PreSet Plus SmartHub, a hub health monitoring system that will inform fleets anytime a wheel hub is operating outside of normal parameters.
Senate Bill Aims to Bring More Women into Trucking
Senate bill would direct the administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a “Women of Trucking Advisory Board.”
Trailer Orders Hit Highest Level in 11 Months
As equipment ordering season for 2020 kicks off, October trailer orders hit the highest level since November 2018.
AOBRD-to-ELD switch: Keeping up with cellular networks upgrade
With the final ELD deadline a month out, reporting here on an added wrinkle to AOBRD-to-ELD transition decisions, given a great deal of ELD hardware and software are running over 3G networks that will soon be obsolete.
Shell Announces New Oil Formulated for Natural Gas Engines
At a conference at Texas A&M University’s Transportation Technology Institute, Shell also introduced a newly-blended 0W/30 engine oil designed for fleets operating in harsh winter climates.
FedEx Freight delivers Christmas trees to military families
Bases here and abroad are destinations
Pam Cox’s 2016 Peterbilt 389 Pride & Class
Pam Cox’s “Pinkie” is a 2016 Peterbilt 389 Pride & Class powered by a 510-hp Paccar with an 18-speed Eaton-Fuller. She uses the rig to pull a 53-foot spread-axle cattle/pig combo trailer with 93 extra Grote lights. Cox uses the truck to haul cattle…
Senate bill aims to bring more women into trucking
The “Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act” would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a “Women of Trucking Advisory Board” to help bring more women into the industry.
Four-year-old’s birthday wish comes true
MORINVILLE, Alta. – The trucking industry has a new recruit waiting in the wings, though it will be another 14 years before he can get behind the wheel. Celebrating his fourth birthday, Chase Olesen has been enamored with garbage trucks…
Heads-up: Park at the Dandridge, Tenn., Speedway location for an overnight and you will be towed
Or at least you’ll be hooked up to by a tow operator who will unhook at a cost of $300. Amid recently renewed calls to outlaw this practice, one independent’s wee-hours story from Dandridge and perspective from the tow operator and property owner, too.