Eaton, Cummins join forces in PDU
Eaton’s eMobility business unit has unveiled a new Flex Power Distribution Unit (PDU) for high-voltage electrified commercial vehicles. A PDU connects main battery power to the rest of the vehicle. Cummins will supply specific pieces of the Flex PDU, w…
Peterbilt Raises More than $20K For United Way
Peterbilt Motors Company raised more than $20,000 in donations at its fourth annual Pride and Class Parade in the downtown Denton square as part of the annual United Way Denton County campaign.
News roundup, Oct. 22: Hankook tires now available at Love’s, Mutts4Trucks.com spotlights on-highway pets, accessories manufacturer Magnum lowers prices
Love’s is now offering select Hankook tires at its Love’s Truck TIre Care and Speedco locations. Mobil Delvac and Pedigree have teamed up to launch “Mutts4Trucks,” a program pairing professional drivers with shelter dogs. Magnum Trailer & Equipment…
FedEx Claims First-Ever Residential Drone Delivery in U.S.
Amazon may have started it, but the race to put the first viable package delivery drones into regular operation seems to have evolved into a competition between FedEx and UPS.
U.S. truck tonnage steady in September
ARLINGTON, Va. – For-hire truck tonnage roes 0.2% in September, after a 4% decline in August. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) noted its index tracks contract freight, which is holding up better than the spot market. “This was the first…
Fireworks haulers seek renewal of 14-hour rule relief
In their request, Illumination Fireworks Partners and Ace Pyro asked that drivers of its 60 commercial vehicles be allowed to exclude off-duty and sleeper-berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14 hours.
$25,000 awaits winners of driver of the year contests
The search continues for the two best truckers in the U.S. and Canada, one company driver and one owner-operator. The Truckload Carriers Association and Truckers News seek the Company Driver of the Year. Our sister publication, Overdrive partners with…
Truckers Christmas Group fund-raising for deserving trucking families
The nonprofit and driver-led Truckers Christmas Group (TGCO), an organization that raises funds to help professional CDL drivers and their families in need around the holiday in the United States and Canada, is full speed ahead on its 12th annual holid…
PennDOT looking to ease burden of highway truck restrictions this winter
Alexis Campbell, press secretary for PennDOT, recently said the department heard the frustration the trucking industry felt last year. She said the agency is going to “make sure that the way that we’re implementing the restrictions makes sense” and hel…
Here’s what to expect from this winter’s weather
While parts of the Norwest and Northern Plains got a harsh winter preview recently, the outlook for the official season — December through February — is for warmer than normal temperatures for much of the U.S. Also predicted is a wet winter…