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Two days of downpour have turned much of the ground under Andy Zorn Jr.’s feet into a cold, soupy mixture of mud and gravel, but it doesn’t slow him down.

The fall in orders for new trucks and the rise in cancellations — factors that have prompted production cutbacks among several Class 8 manufacturers this year — have yet to reach the sales side of the market, which was up slightly in January from the same period in 1999.

The Single State Registration System was supposed to be a rest stop on the road to elimination of state registration requirements.

The coalition fighting to retain the repeal of Oregon’s weight-distance tax sued the state’s chapter of the American Automobile Association, claiming AAA is airing false ads in trying to convince voters to keep the truck tax system.

°®¶¹´«Ã½ heating oil delivery carriers would be able to apply for seasonal exemptions from federal hours-of-service regulations beginning Nov. 1 under a pilot program proposed last week.

In the moving and storage industry, if you’re not the hunter, you could become the hunted as a wave of consolidation rolls on.

PNV Inc., whose cable TV and phone hookups are popping up in parking lots, is now offering Internet kiosks inside truck stops.

This afternoon's headlines: Navistar warns investors of rough road ahead; Canadian prime minister tells protesting truckers to pass on soaring costs; and RVI to make decision on stake in Samsung Commercial Vehicles within 2-3 months.

°®¶¹´«Ã½ heating oil delivery carriers would be able to apply for seasonal exemptions from federal hours-of-service regulations under a pilot program proposed last week.

A month after Asche Transportation Services disclosed an alleged theft by the a top official, the company said it is investigating possible wrongdoing by its chairman, Larry L. Asche, and its president, Diane L. Asche.