Rush Enterprises

Rush forecasts slightly better sales in 2013

Truck sales in 2013 will be flat to as much as 5 percent higher than in 2012, said W.M. "Rusty" Rush, CEO and president of Rush Enterprises. Any increase would be driven by a slight increase in demand from housing and the truckload sector. Oil and ...

By Max Heine Published December 11, 2012

Journal

ATA asks court to review hours rule Group supports FMCSA’s EOBR efforts to enforce current regs The American Trucking Associations on Feb. 14 filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the court to review the Federal Motor Carrier ...

By CCJ Staff Published March 1, 2012

Light- and medium-duty focus: Mobile service

Rolling repairs Today’s mobile service trucks, and the programs they support, are more sophisticated than ever As long as trucks continue to break down on highway shoulders, mobile service equipment will play a vital role in roadside repairs. “We’re like the ambulance company,” says Chris Holman, chief ...

By John G. Smith Published March 1, 2012

Journal

Court upholds L.A. port concession rules Disappointed ATA calls decision ‘clearly erroneous’ U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder in late August ruled in favor of the City of Los Angeles and the Port of Los Angeles in a lawsuit brought by the American Trucking Associations over the port’s ...

By CCJ Staff Published October 1, 2010

CSA'S Data Trail

Risk & Reward, Part 2: CSA data shows independents at risk

Independent wner-operators have a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than owner-operators and company drivers at large ...