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FleetOwner: BREAKING NEWS |
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Hendrickson debuts automatic tire- inflation system for trailers
Sep 3, 2010 12:32 PM
Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems has unveiled several new products, including the TireMaax Pro automatic tire inflation systems for trailers. The company has also released a lighter-weight trailer suspension system and a new bumper guard for International ProStar tractors...
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Kenworth adds special T700 website section
Sep 3, 2010 12:31 PM
Kenworth’s new aerodynamic T700 Class 8 tractor has received a special section on the Kenworth website. Included on the page is a four-minute video and brochure...
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FTR reports improved truck orders for August
Sep 3, 2010 12:28 PM
Preliminary data for August indicates an improvement in Class 8 truck total net orders, according to the latest numbers from FTR Associates. According to FTR, orders for all major North American OEMs came in at 12,337 units, an 8.3% increase over July’s net orders and 16.8% better than August 2009. The orders closely match the six-month average of 13,000 units...
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Mack integrates MVASIST, OneCall support network
Sep 3, 2010 12:27 PM
Mack Trucks has integrated its MVASIST and OneCall Complete Care customer support network into a real-time system that will expedite repairs and maximize uptime, the company said. MVASIST, developed in cooperation with Decisiv, increases the efficiency of the service process by pulling together historically separate silos of information and placing them within a single web portal...
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Schneider to sell freight-forwarding unit
Sep 2, 2010 12:52 PM
Schneider Logistics is selling off its freight-forwarding and customs-house brokerage business in the U.S. and China to Norbert Dentressangle, a European transportation firm based in Lyon, France...
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Pricing set for GM's CNG vans
Sep 2, 2010 12:48 PM,
By Wendy Leavitt, director of editorial development
A fully integrated and dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) option, available this fall for Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans, will be priced at $15,910 MSRP, General Motors announced this week...
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Docking station option for Toughbook 31
Sep 2, 2010 12:46 PM
A new in-vehicle computer docking station is now available for the Panasonic Toughbook 31. The MAG 31 docking station from Gamber-Johnson is rugged platform with a front-facing docking mechanism...
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Dollars & Sense |
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Wake-up call
Apr 18, 2007 4:41 PM,
by Timothy D. Brady
DOT, trucking, logistics industry members and truckers need to wake up. They need to realize the purported driver shortage, driver pay, working conditions, and safety are all interconnected. To solve the safety problems, it’s necessary to address and resolve them all....
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Banking on your success
Mar 14, 2007 4:49 PM,
by Timothy D. Brady
Trucking is a risky business. The one who knows this better than anyone else is the owner of a small trucking company. Equipment is expensive to acquire and maintain, revenue is elusive, (here one day; gone to a cheaper hauler the next), and the liability risk is astronomical with one’s drivers constantly one vehicle away from a lawsuit eleven hours a day. Add to this, anyone with a CDL and a few thousand dollars can be trucking in just a few weeks, regardless of their knowledge of the business of trucking. So what separates the men from the boys, the women from the girls, when it comes to succeeding in trucking? The answer is another question: What is your strategy for becoming “Self-Capitalized?” In short, does your banker believe in you and your plan for success? Are you bankable? ...
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Security— What security?
Feb 12, 2007 11:58 AM,
by Timothy D. Brady
How safe are you really, when you’re out on the road? We hear on the news about how an individual registers at a trucking school, misses the first two days of class and shows up on the third day attired in dress slacks, dress shirt, loafers with no socks, ready to learn how to drive an eighteen-wheeler. And he isn’t interested in learning how to back the tractor-trailer rig. But he does want to know all about Haz-Mat hauling and background checks. Now that’s a red flag; and yes, Homeland Security was called and the individual is in custody while the investigation continues....
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