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Truck Gauge: All Sandy’s Fault?

Carriers see softer freight in October By Avery Vise Since January 2011 in Randall-Reilly’s monthly MarketPulse survey, no more than 16 percent of senior for-hire executives have identified freight volume as their top concern in any month. ...

By Avery Vise Published December 1, 2012

Truck Gauge: Fix it or Forget it

The economy needs a break from perpetual uncertainty By Avery Vise Chances are that by the time you read this, the 2012 election will be history. For months, the election has been the direct or indirect focus ...

By Avery Vise Published November 1, 2012

Truck Gauge: Is Nov. 6th really that important?

Legislative gridlock is almost certain By Avery Vise A recent Randall-Reilly MarketPulse Intelligence survey of for-hire trucking executives found that 85 percent believe that the outcome of the November elections will make a significant difference in the ...

By Avery Vise Published October 6, 2012

Truck Gauge: An Economy in Transition

What if housing rises and manufacturing falls? By Avery Vise Some of the numbers are worrisome. Factory orders seem to be slowing. And in June and July, the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index showed a ...

By Avery Vise Published September 1, 2012

Recruit & Retain

With Bill Marchbank, vice president of operations, Trimac Transportation Location: Houston Established: 1946 Company drivers: 950 Owner-operators: 400 Ride along with Trimac Transportation By Carolyn Magner Mason Bill Marchbank, vice president of operations for Trimac Transportation, said executives for the North American ...

By Carolyn Magner Mason Published September 1, 2012

Live Stream from the CCJ Spring Symposium

Get a peak at the CCJ Spring Symposium sessions in real-time as we live stream from this year's event. We will be streaming two sessions including: "Obamacare's Effect on Carriers" and an executive panel on“The Pitfalls of Independent Contractor Misclassification”. If you are interested in attending the event in Birmingham, we offer both full registration which includes all sessions, meals, hotel, golf/spa or partial registration without hotel.

TruckGauge: Are you truly connecting with drivers?

You probably use technology more than they do If you are counting on that new Twitter account to bring in loads of truck driver applications, you might be disappointed. According to a new Randall-Reilly Market Intelligence ...

By admin Published July 1, 2012

Con-way Truckload hires heroes

With Con-way Truckload Recruiting manager Gretchen Jackson Location: Joplin, Mo. DRIVERS HIRED PER WEEK: 35 TOTAL DRIVERS: 3,000 TOTAL TRACTORS: 2,700 TRAILERS OPERATING IN U.S., MEXICO, CANADA: 8,000 Con-way Truckload hires heroes RECRUITING MILITARY VETS PAYS OFF FOR BOTH COMPANY AND DRIVER Gretchen ...

By Carolyn Magner Mason Published July 1, 2012

Journal — Truck Gauge

Inventories still lean The ratio of inventories to sales in the economy remained 1.28 in February following a multiyear revision of inventory and sales figures in the wholesale sector. The current inventories-to-sales ratio is not much ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2012

Crete Connections

With Crete Carrier’s Andy Brabec, who manages the company’s marketing and communications Location: Lincoln, Neb. COMPANY EQUIPMENT: a fleet of more than 5,600 trucks, 13,000 trailers and multiple divisions Number of owner-operators: 225 Crete Connections Using social media to ...

By Carolyn Magner Mason Published May 1, 2012

Journal — Truck Gauge

Are you ready for 20% more drivers? BLS sees more than 1.9 million heavy-duty truck drivers by 2020 Are you having trouble seating all your trucks all of the time? What if you had to hire 20.6 ...

By Avery Vise Published May 1, 2012