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Freight Outlook Good Despite Some Weaknesses

Apr 9, 2015

Article credit to Evan Lockridge on TruckingInfo While some may complain that truck freight levels haven’t taken off like...

Ohio Highway Speed Limit Will Remain at 70

Mar 30, 2015

Ohio Lawmakers scrapped a proposal to raise highway speed limit to 75 mph that was opposed by the trucking industry,...

ATA and Nearly 40 Others Pressure Congress Not to ‘Devolve’ Federal Transportation Funding

Mar 20, 2015

Article credit to Dry Bulk Industry American Trucking Associations and nearly 40 other trade groups and businesses have sent a...

American Trucking Association (ATA) Looks To Lower Minimum Driver Age To 18

Mar 12, 2015

The American Trucking Association has announced their agenda for 2015 which predictably lists HOS fixes and highway funding at...

The Importance of Properly Operating Brakes

Feb 27, 2015

Article credits to Denise Rondini at TruckingInfo.com Everybody talks about the importance of properly operating brakes, but, unfortunately, the talk...

Should Trucks Increase in Size and Weight

Feb 20, 2015

Article credit to David Tanner at Land Line More than three-quarters of the people surveyed in a recent poll...

Using Technology to Improve CSA Scores and Overall Safety Performance

Feb 13, 2015

Article credit to TruckingInfo.com Participants in a panel at the Omnitracs Outlook User Conference shared some of the ways...

3D Printing is Brilliant Creation but Creates Problems for Trucking Industry

Feb 6, 2015

With capacity tight and rates strong, it’s a good time to be in trucking, but there’s a threat on the...

Trucking Company Owner Receives Maximum Sentence for Cargo Theft

Jan 30, 2015

The owner of a trucking company received the maximum sentence possible by a federal court in Missouri after pleading...

Interesting History of the Whalen Truck Scale

Jan 20, 2015

Dennis Whalen saw a need and created a product to fill the niche. Whalen grew up on a farm near...

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