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Class 8 truck sales continue to outpace 1999 figures for the second straight month, but an analyst says a two-thirds drop in new orders suggests manufacturers are still working off their backlogs.

The Maintenance Council’s annual conference gave manufacturers of a wide range of equipment and components for trucking to showcase the latest wares.

Switching from a sliding scale to a flat rate for dues at the National Private Truck Council will cost more for shippers with small private truck fleets, while lightening the load for large fleet operators.

Gary Baumhover ascended to the chairmanship of the Truckload Carriers Association last March expecting the unpaid position to be primarily social in nature. But the post has turned into almost a full-time job as the he found himself embroiled in the debate over whether TCA should integrate with American Trucking Associations.

Stacked side by side, the 90 five-inch-thick binders containing the ergonomics documentation resembled a fort as opponents continued to lay siege to the proposed standard last week.

Schneider Logistics purchased Tranzact Systems, a °®¶¹´«Ã½wood, Ill.-based freight payment company, and will operate the business as a stand-alone freight payment and auditing service.

State legislators are trying to ease the pain of high diesel and gasoline costs by removing state taxes from the fuel price equation.

PNV Inc., a company that provides telephone and cable connections at truck stops, has launched a wireless network that gives truck drivers broadband access to the Internet.

Gov. Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho endorsed a $27 million settlement that would provide refunds to interstate carriers that overpaid the state’s weight-distance tax and reform the truck tax system.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bud Shuster has come out against rolling back the federal fuel tax, arguing that major road construction and rebuilding projects would be stopped in their tracks.