While politicians, Hill aides and lobbyists worked on or against legislation that would have allowed twin 33-foot trailers on the national highway system, manufacturers and their fleet customers took note, and the trailer makers busied themselves with improving techniques for stretching 28-foot pup trailers into 33-footers.
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Council Defines Fleet Requirements for Advanced Truck Technology
Trucking is more than a century in age, and the technological advances seen in the past 50 years have been most astonishing.
February 10, 2016Retaining Techs a Top Dealer Issue
SAN ANTONIO — Finding talented diesel technicians these days requires the detective skills of Sherlock Holmes, while keeping them on the ranch is a challenge worthy of the greatest cowboy, truck dealer executives say.
February 12, 2016Class 8 Truck Orders Drop 48%
January’s Class 8 North American orders just cleared 18,000, down 48% year-over-year but within expectations as fleets’ ordering patterns shifted into a more typical range, analysts said.
February 8, 2016Cummins’ Engine Lead Shrinks as Daimler Hits 30% of Market
As the 2015 North American truck market surged, Cummins Inc. kept its lead in installing heavy-duty engines despite most truck makers carving out a greater share compared with 2014 — a trend Cummins management said will continue this year.
February 8, 2016Driver Training Crucial for ELD Transition, FMCSA Official Says
DALLAS — Driver training on electronic logging devices will play an important role in the trucking industry’s transition to the federally mandated technology, an official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration told an audience of carriers and technology providers.
February 4, 2016New York Supreme Court Rules Tax and Decal Fee Unconstitutional
New York’s Supreme Court ruled Feb. 1 that the state’s highway-use tax and decal required of out-of-state truckers are unenforceable, awarding a victory to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in its class-action lawsuit.
February 2, 2016Cummins Improves Cleaning Interval of Diesel Particulate Filter
Cummins Inc. said it has improved its ISX15 heavy-duty engine so it can go longer between cleanings of its diesel particulate filter.
February 2, 2016Bridgestone Issues Voluntary Safety Recall for 36,000 Trailer Tires
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations issued a voluntary safety recall of an estimated 36,000 FS561 tires in size 255/70R22.5 used on severe-service trailers.
February 1, 2016Cummins to Skip Mid-America This Year; Organizers Tout Nearly 1,000 Exhibitors
Engine maker Cummins Inc., a charter exhibitor at the Mid-America Trucking Show since it started in 1972, said it, too, would skip this year’s show, now two months away, even as MATS organizers maintain it still will be very large but also very different from last year’s record-setting event.
February 1, 2016