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Class 8 Manufacturers Feel Like Bulls With Sales Outrunning ’98 Numbers

Class 8 trucks sales maintained a torrid pace through the first four months of 1999 — more than 27% better than the mark reached at this point during 1998’s record-setting run.

May 19, 1999

Western Star to Receive B.C. Funds

The government of British Columbia has announced plans to invest in Western Star Trucks Holdings, a venture that could result in partial government ownership of the private truck-making company in Canada.

May 19, 1999

North American Show Draws Record 30,000

The teeming mass of an estimated 30,000 people was a pleasant sight for organizers of the North American Truck Show, making it the best turnout in the program’s 27-year history.

May 19, 1999

Xtra Lease Goes Online To Recruit Customers

Xtra Lease is promoting its new site on the World Wide Web with a marketing campaign that allows the trailer leasing company to gather information on potential customers in exchange for contributing money to Trucker Buddy.

May 19, 1999

Container ‘Roadability’ Comment Time Extended

The Federal Highway Administration has extended until Aug. 30 the deadline for comments on its proposed rulemaking regarding the “roadworthiness” of intermodal equipment.

May 19, 1999

Kansas Eases Burden Of Road Bill on Truckers

Kansas truckers scored a small victory when the state’s legislature passed a transportation plan that relies on fuel taxes, bond sales and the diversion of funds from other sources to pay for $12 billion in infrastructure improvements.

May 19, 1999

Cirillo Does Not Support Separate Trucking Agency

The government's top motor carrier safety regulator thinks setting a dedicated trucking agency apart from the highway office is not a good idea.

May 19, 1999

Cochrane Keeps Zest for Trucking

When J. Harwood Cochrane founded truckload carrier Highway Express in 1991, he was starting his "second career" with high hopes.

May 19, 1999

FHWA To Review Self-Insurance

The Federal Highway Administration is reviewing self-insurance standards for trucking companies.

May 19, 1999