Class 8 North American truck orders rose to 29,200 units in March, a five-year high, ACT Research said.
April 7, 2011Government, Business, Technology, Equipment
NPTC Board Backs Electronic Logging
CINCINNATI — The National Private Truck Council’s board of directors voted to support a federal proposal to require use of electronic logging devices to monitor driver compliance with hours-of-service rules.
April 18, 2011Government, Business, Technology, Equipment
ATA Endorses Electronic Logs to Check Driver Hours of Service
American Trucking Associations last week endorsed a federal proposal that trucking companies use electronic logging devices to monitor driver compliance with the hours-of-service rule.
April 11, 2011Business, Equipment
Class 8 Truck Orders Hit Five-Year High
Business, Equipment
Utility Trailer Chooses Grote to Supply All-LED Lighting
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. is switching to 100% light-emitting diode lighting on all of its refrigerated and dry van trailers and tandem- and tridem-axle flatbeds, the company said March 24.
April 4, 2011Letters to the Editor, Government, Business, Technology, Equipment
Letters: EOBRs and Waiting, Load Securement
To improve our scores with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, many of us have worked diligently to put electronic onboard recorders in our trucks.
April 4, 2011Business, Equipment
Cummins to Remain Profitable Through Technology, Execs Say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Executives of Cummins Inc. said that despite the trend by truck manufacturers toward vertical integration of engines and trucks, the sole remaining independent manufacturer of heavy-duty truck engines will be able to offer unique technology and service that will keep their company profitable.
April 4, 2011Business, Equipment
MATS Equipment Vendors See Stronger Truck Market
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Vendors at the Mid-America Trucking Show said that the growing U.S. economy will support a stronger truck equipment market this year and for the next few years, at least.
March 31, 2011Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Xata Corp. Becomes a SkyBitz Reseller
Telematics and mobile communications provider Xata Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn., now resells trailer-tracking systems made by SkyBitz, the companies announced March 9.
March 22, 2011Government, Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment
Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Locks in Lower Tax Rate for OmniTracs
Purchasers of Qualcomm Inc.’s OmniTracs system in Washington state dodged a tax hit following a March 10 decision about the legal classification of that system by the Washington Supreme Court.
March 21, 2011Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Letters to the Editor
Letters: EOBR Bombshell, Megaloads, Detention Times
Just so I can get this straight, now: We are allowing Mexican trucks to come into the United States as cross-border operations — almost a done deal. Then, FMCSA is going to pay for EOBRs to be placed in those Mexican trucks to do business in the United States, while requiring U.S. fleets to purchase EOBRs with company money?
March 21, 2011