Flashback Photo Gallery: Trucking in 1974

Feb 5, 2014

If there was ever a Golden Age of Trucking, it’s hard to argue against the 1970s for being that time. The freedom and independence of trucking resonated with the country at large. And that spirit was reflected in the pages of CCJ. Issues of the magazine from this era are bulging with feature stories and glossy, expansive advertisements which unabashedly used sex to sell. It was a different world; one that many truckers of a certain age recall fondly today.

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The E-SMART speed limiter uses proprietary advanced position systems technology to accurately locate vehicles and actively manage their maximum allowed speeds based on the posted speed limit of the road drivers are currently traveling.

Navistar International Corp. in July 2020 announced it has taken a minority stake in autonomous truck retrofitter TuSimple, part of an investment by Navistar into TuSimple’s self-driving technology and after two years of an ongoing technical relationship between the two companies.

TuSimple, Navistar call off autonomous partnership

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Heavy-Duty Maintenance Checklist

Maintenance is a critical part of vehicle upkeep—we’re preaching to the choir here, but you know what? It doesn’t hurt to repeat it at times. Check out our latest downloadable maintenance checklist and give it a whirl!