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After eclipsing yearly highs, truck orders drop
Class 8 orders in November fell to 20,200 — according to preliminary data from ACT Research — a 15 percent drop from October’s number, which saw the highest number of truck orders year to date. Orders for medium-duty trucks — Classes 5-7 — dropped to 13,900 in November from 19,285 in October. “The low-end of […]
December 12, 2012
Business
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 gas field sales, which have boomed in recent years, […]
December 11, 2012
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Dallas tech biggest winner at Rush Rodeo
Jason Swann was the biggest prize winner in the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo Tuesday night, taking home $20,500 in cash and prizes. Swann, who works at the Rush Heavy-Duty facility in Dallas, was the all-around prize-winner in the Heavy-duty Division. John Dobberpuhl was the top all-around winner in the Medium-duty Division. He won […]
December 11, 2012
Business
Shell offers synthetic oil for extreme cold weather
Shell Lubricants’ Shell Rotella T6 0W-40 is a full-synthetic heavy-duty diesel engine oil designed for extreme cold conditions. The oil uses free-flowing synthetic base oils formulated to allow reliable pumping on startup under extreme cold climate conditions, yet remain thick enough under high-temperature operation to protect against engine wear. Shell Rotella T6 0W-40 meets the […]
December 11, 2012
Business
Load One makes Wreaths Across America deliveries in Alabama, Louisiana
With Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery fast approaching, trucks from numerous fleets currently are crossing the nation to deliver wreaths for local WAA chapters to cover veterans’ headstones at local cemeteries. On Tuesday, Dec. 11, two Load One semi-trailers carrying more than 5,500 wreaths were escorted from the Georgia-Alabama state line […]
December 11, 2012
Business
SpeedGauge partners with International Telematics
SpeedGauge, an international provider of business intelligence and location-based analytics for the trucking and insurance industries, announced a new partnership with International Telematics, a full-service application developer and provider of enterprise fleet management and messaging systems. Through this partnership, International Telematics extends SpeedGauge technology more deeply into Australia and New Zealand. Similarly, SpeedGauge will further […]
December 11, 2012
Business
Technician works on natural gas engine at competition
Adam Hillard got to work on a liquid natural gas engine, the Cummins ISL-G, for the finals at the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The competition makes him a little nervous, Hillard said, especially when his mind races down every possible diagnostic path. But once he focuses on the problem, […]
December 11, 2012
Business
Rush Tech Rodeo annnounces finalists, prizes
Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo announced the finalists who will compete for the grand prizes Tuesday in San Antonio, Texas. The finalists received cash rewards for making it to this round. MEDIUM DUTY DIVISION Hino: Steve Brain; Billy Stanley. Isuzu: Ira Burton; John Dobberpuhl. Peterbilt: Steve Roen; Travis Webster. International: Pieter Dezwart; Javier Sanchez. HEAVY DUTY DIVISION […]
December 11, 2012
Business
Highway fatalities drop to lowest level since ’40s but increase among large trucks
An analysis from the DOT says highway deaths in 2011 fell to their lowest levels since 1949, but deaths among large truck occupants rose 20 percent from 2010.
December 10, 2012
Business
Diesel back below $4 a gallon
The national average retail diesel price dropped 3.6 cents to $3.991 a gallon during the week ended Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest weekly price is 9.7 cents above the same week last year. Diesel prices fell in all regions, led by a drop of 6.4 cents […]
December 10, 2012
Business
PA offering natural gas grant program
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection started accepting applications last week for a grant program in which $20 million will be available over the next three years for incremental and conversion costs of heavy-duty  natural gas vehicles for fleets, PDEP announced. Applications are due Feb. 1, 2013, and $10 million will be available in the first […]
December 10, 2012
Business
President Obama lauds Detroit transmission deal
President Obama on Monday recognized Detroit Diesel Corp. and its local UAW unit for working together to invest in facilities needed to build the Detroit DT12 automated manual transmission and DD15 proprietary asymmetric turbocharger at the company’s Redford, Mich., operation.
December 10, 2012
Business
Phillips launches engine oil line for natural gas vehicles
Phillips 66 Lubricants announced last week a continuation in its investment into the heavy-duty natural gas market by unveiling the Gaurdol NG and Kendall Super-D NG engine oil products for use in both compressed natural gas or liquified natural gas heavy-duty trucks.
December 10, 2012
Business
El Paso technician hopes to make Rush Rodeo finals
Mark Rinka had 45 minutes to get the job done. “I had to do an initial inspection, diagnose and correct,” he said. Like many of the competitions at the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo, contestants would be judged by how far they could go in a process in a certain time. Rinka was told […]
December 10, 2012
Business
Competition at Rush Tech Rodeo
It’s cold outside but the competition’s hot at the Rush Truck Centers’ Rush Tech Rodeo in San Antonio. Here are shots from an Eaton back box rebuild and diagnostic competitions.
December 10, 2012
Business
Arnold Transportation merges with LinkAmerica
Arnold Transportation Services is in the process of merging with the Ft. Worth, Texas-based truckload carrier LinkAmerica Corp, which operates primarily in the Southeast and Southwest regions of the U.S.
December 10, 2012
Business
What’s with FMCSA and all the Friday shutdown announcements?
When I was in charge of handling CCJ’s day-to-day online news coverage, I became pretty familiar with which organization or agency was responsible for a particular news announcement, and I also grew to know the timing of those announcements like the proverbial back of my hand. Granted, there’s no way to plan for breaking news […]
December 10, 2012
Business
Groups take aim at cross-border program in court
An appeals court in the District of Columbia heard oral arguments from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and Teamsters Dec. 6 in a lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico. OOIDA and the Teamsters argued that U.S. truckers are held to stricter medical standards than Mexican drivers participating […]
December 7, 2012
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