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Austin, Texas must create alternate routes for hazmat trucks
A growing population in Austin, Texas now requires city officials there to come up with alternative routes for trucks carrying hazardous materials. Since Austin’s population is now greater than 850,000, state law requires that a Non-Radioactive Hazardous Materials (NRHM) route be created for trucks carrying materials like explosives and flammable liquids (see NHRM chart below). […]
October 19, 2016
Business
Test drive: 2018 Freightliner Cascadia
It takes a lot of guts to completely reinvent a truck that is already the most efficient product on the road, especially when you consider that a 40 percent-plus market share is on the line.
October 19, 2016
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New Navistar program helps fleets manage cores, surplus components
Cores are employed to remanufacture a returned part and restore it to like new condition.
October 19, 2016
Business
Upgraded Utility Trailer location opens in Tolleson, Ariz.
Utility Trailer announced recently it has replaced its facility in Tolleson, Ariz., with a new facility that is four times the size of the old site.
October 19, 2016
Class 3-6
SuperSprings introduces SumoSprings for Ford Transit
SuperSprings International announced the rear SumoSprings Solo Kit as a replacement/upgrade for the 2015-2016 Ford Transit bump stop. The SSR-121 ships with ½- and 1-inch spacers. These spacers allow the kit to be purchased, sold and easily installed as one kit on all Transit models. SuperSprings reports that the added height of the SSR-121 SumoSprings […]
October 18, 2016
Trucks
Work Truck Show 2017 registration now open
Registration for the Work Truck Show 2017 is now open. The Work Truck Show 2017 and Green Truck Summit will attract thousands of equipment distributors, truck dealers, fleet managers and others in the industry to the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis from March 14 – 17. Last year’s event had a record attendance of 11,905 industry […]
October 18, 2016
Business
Trailer orders slide as market ‘cools’
The lower than expected orders and stronger build rates resulted in the backlog dipping below 100,000 trailers for the first time since January 2014.
October 18, 2016
Vocational
Isuzu: Medium-duty truck market continues to grow
Hard Working Trucks recently turned to Isuzu Commercial Truck of America for some more insight into the medium-duty truck market. Special thanks to Brian Tabel, executive director of marketing at Isuzu Commercial Truck, for taking the time to answer some questions. HWT: What do customers generally spec in a medium duty truck? Tabel: An Isuzu […]
October 17, 2016
Trucks
Most of I-95 open in N.C. as flood waters recede
Update – Monday, Oct. 17, 3 p.m.: According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, I-95 North is open throughout the state with no closures. The only closures that remain on I-95 in the state are the southbound right lanes near exit 79 and exit 25. I-40 has also been reopened in both directions. A traffic […]
October 17, 2016
Trucks
Senator Chuck Schumer calls for speed limiters on trucks
How fast is too fast? Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) isn’t sure, but the senior senator said Sunday there ought to be a law requiring trucks weighing at least 26,000 pounds to have speed-limiting devices. As far as determining a speed limit for trucks, Schumer has asked lawmakers and transportation agencies to decide, according to The […]
October 17, 2016
Business
Pete, Kenworth commit to MATS next year
The 2017 MATS will be held March 23-25 at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
October 17, 2016
Trucks
Train smashes through big rig in California
A truck driver in Atwater, Calif. came face-to-face with a real nightmare this week when his rig got stuck on railroad tracks just as a train came barreling down the tracks. Thankfully, the driver got out of his cab before impact, which was caught on video. No injuries were reported. The Merced Sun-Star reports that […]
October 14, 2016
Business
Initial results from Best Fleets to Drive For survey revealed
Of the 5,300 driver surveys received in 2016 , only 28 percent of respondents said pay was something that needed to be improved
October 14, 2016
Trucks
Test drive: Eaton Procision transmission
Because one of the clutches is always closed and the unit isn’t opening a torque converter, there is a natural braking effect coming down steep grades.
October 13, 2016
Trucks
Cummins Westport ISL G Near Zero engine enters production
Cummins Westport today announced that production has begun on their ISL G Near Zero (NZ) NOx natural gas engine. The ISL G NZ is the first mid-range engine in North America to receive emission certification from both U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) to meet the optional 0.02 g/bhp-hr. Near […]
October 13, 2016
Class 3-6
American Van’s latest catalog features new aluminum shelving
In part three of our three-part series on van storage solutions, Hard Working Trucks hears from American Van Equipment and learns about their new fall catalog which features their newest line of aluminum shelving. The new shelving is being offered for late model medium and higher roof vans, like the Ford Transit, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and […]
October 13, 2016
Business
Test drive: International LT Series
Upgraded aerodynamic features on the new International LT Series include an aero-contoured hood, fender, wheel opening and chassis skirts and an aero-enhanced three-piece front bumper.
October 13, 2016
Business
It begins: shippers adding new FDA safety rules to carrier contracts
Shippers are starting to revise motor carrier contracts to meet the April, 2017, deadline for compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act.
October 13, 2016
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