New Tool Creates More Efficient Upfitting for Vocational Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) developed the Custom Hardware and Electronics Configurator (CHEC) tool to streamline the vocational customization process. The new tool is intended to help manufacturers and dealers reduce upfit time.
Mitch Havard’s 2005 Peterbilt 379 company truck
The company truck is powered by a 550-hp Cat with an 18-speed and 3:36 rears.
Tony Justice, Trucker Talent Search alumni join Christmas fundraising group for trucking families
Trucker and singer-songwriter Tony Justice and seven TTS alumni will work with the Truckers Christmas Group to help raise awareness and funds for the 2019 campaign – TCGO’s 12th annual fundraising effort. The former TTS contestants participating are Ke…
Brake issues sideline 4,600+ trucks during inspection effort
34,320 inspections conducted
5 women’s health blogs you ought to be reading
Spending as much time on the road as you do, it’s possible that you might miss a doctor’s appointment every now and then, but that doesn’t mean you can ignore your health and well-being entirely. Luckily, the internet is a wealth of i…
New configurator for Freightliner vocational upfits
A new custom hardware and electronics configurator (CHEC) from Daimler Trucks North America will streamline the vocational truck customization process, according to the company. The tool allows truck equipment manufacturers and dealers to easily view, …
Crete inducts five drivers into Patriot Fleet
‘Hit the cream of the crop again this year’
TA on I-40 in Arizona opens Black Bear Diner
If your driving duties take you to or through Kingman, Arizona, you now have another dining option. The TravelCenters of America Inc. has opened a Black Bear Diner at its TA travel center off Interstate 40’s Exit 48. The restaurant is open daily …
Rates remain under pressure: ACT
COLUMBUS, Ind. – ACT Research reports contract truckload rates fell to US$2.28 per mile in the third quarter, down 2% year-over-year. In its ACT Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate and Volume Outlook, the industry forecaster suggested further declines are in s…
How one owner-operator homeschooled her daughter in her truck
Being a parent and a truck driver is a difficult balancing act. Many women opt to put their trucking dreams on hold until their children are adults, but Delphine Foster found a way to have the best of both worlds by homeschooling her daughter from her …