Article credit to Tim Nelson, MPRNews “Cargill itself was founded in Conover, Iowa, which doesn’t really exist anymore, in 1865.” The company’s beginnings were modest, to say the least. Company archivist Bruce Bruemmer tracks the story of William Wallace Cargill, who began as the proprietor of a trackside grain warehouse and became founder of one […]
Article origination & credit: Evan Lockridge on TruckingInfo It didn’t happen in September, but one day the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. Perhaps as early as this fall. With Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen saying in a late September speech that a rate hike “sometime this year” would likely be appropriate. But what will this […]
Article credit to Deborah Lockridge at TruckinInfo The House of Representatives unveils a short-term funding patch to keep the highway program running for the next six months. Senate committee prepares to consider a comprehensive highway safety bill Wednesday. House leaders Monday night released a short-term highway bill that would use tax compliance rules to […]
Article from GizMag Safety Truck camera When driving behind big semi-trailers, people regularly take risks. They often have to first move out from behind the truck to see if the road ahead is clear before passing. This is particularly dangerous on single-lane highways because such a maneuver can mean driving into the path of […]
(Article credit to Adam Robinson via Cerasis). Find more interesting articles on FML Freight Blog. Once upon a time, there were fewer manufacturing entities in the world. And shipping companies clamored for relationships with each and every business. During this long-ago time, your business may have thrived in an appease-the-business-no-matter-the-size world. However, global manufacturing […]
Article credit to Russ Ufberg There’s a line in a Merle Haggard song that goes, “It takes a special breed to be a truck drivin’ man.” I wanted to know what exactly that meant, so I ended up driving 2,668 miles with one to find out. There is a shortage of truck drivers in […]
Article credit to Tom Berg at TruckingInfo The former Bosch, Bendix and Studebaker proving grounds near New Carlisle in northern Indiana is open for business. Under new ownership- Navistar Inc., which took it over as of April 1. Navistar is taking over The company showed off the facility to industry reporters Tuesday with a multi-vehicle […]
Article credit to Denise Rondini at TruckingInfo.com CNG fuel system solution Rush Enterprises’ Momentum Fuel Technologies introduced us to, what it says is the industry’s first complete compressed natural gas. It is CNG fuel system solution for Class 6-8 trucks. “The industry is ready for a complete CNG fuel system solution,” said W.M. ‘Rusty’ Rush, […]
Article credits to DC Velocity For the second time in nine years, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has asked the Department of Transportation to establish a rule requiring electronic speed limiters on all large trucks to be set no higher than 65 miles per hour. ATA, which represents the nation’s largest trucking companies, first petitioned […]
(Article credit to TruckinInfo.com, author Rolf Lockwood) Phase 2 of the fuel-efficiency/greenhouse gas regulations will soon be unveiled. Demanding even tougher, more stringent CO2 and fuel-consumption reductions of medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Engines and vehicles are tested separately in Phase 1, but there are those who urge that just one test. With engines rolled […]
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