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May 1, 2005
To pre-buy or not
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY JIM MELE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
If you were a truck manufacturer or one of their major component suppliers, 2007 would be looming large right now. As a truck buyer, you're obviously...
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Raw materials going up
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY LARRY KAHANER, WASHINGTON, DC
Global economists worry about the theft last year of almost half of Beijing's 600,000 manhole covers. So should North American truck carriers. Thieves...
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Changing view of drivers
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Fleets both large and small continue to struggle to find ways to recruit and retain drivers. Growth is our biggest challenge right now and driver retention...
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TAX FILE: IRS clarifies excise exemptions
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
KEN SIMONSON
The Internal Revenue Service on April 4, 2005, published guidance excluding four truck body types from federal excise tax. Revenue Procedure 2005-19 states...
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Overnite e-mails invoices
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Richmond, VA-based LTL Overnite Transportation Co. is now offering shippers the option of receiving invoices via e-mail in a PDF file format. Overnite...
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CV show dates set
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
SAE announced that the 2005 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition will be held November 1-3 in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, at the Stephens...
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Top Driver
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Orville Pat Rule Dodgeville, WI, received top honors in the Truck Renting & Leasing Assn.'s (TRALA) Driver of the Year program. A driver for ICON Transportation,...
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going places
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Arvin Meritor named James Donlon as its new senior vp & CFO. Donlon held the same position at Kmart. Corp. Mark Siegal, president & CEO of NationaLease,...
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Light Duty, HARD WORK
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY SEAN KILCARR, SENIOR EDITOR
In this age of high fuel prices, where most consumers are trying to slim their light-duty vehicles down so they burn less gasoline and diesel, commercial...
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Congress fuels around
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY KEN SIMONSON e-mail: ksimonson@erols.com
Once again, Congress is playing with fuel. Proposals sloshing around in both the highway reauthorization bill and the energy bill could spill over into...
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Devil's in the details
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY MARTIN LABBE
Business inventories represent both an indicator of things to come and a reflection of the recent past. As a result, they're often cited as the best of...
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High cost of truck crashes
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY JIM YORK
A recent report on the commercial automobile insurance cited two factors as most responsible for hampering this industry: the price inflation of hospital...
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Cat will shift gears
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Caterpillar is developing a complete line of fully automatic, planetary truck transmissions for vocational trucks in an effort to create a more integrated...
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Patterson will head Freightliner
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Former senior vp-Service and Parts for Freightliner LLC Chris Patterson, 45, has been promoted to Head of Business Unit Trucks NAFTA, which encompasses...
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bulletins
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Brochures for Western Star's vocational and highway lineups have been re-designed, providing more detailed information on equipment features and options....
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Sterling, WS for construction
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Freightliner LLC subsidiaries Sterling Truck and Western Star unveiled updates to their construction-segment trucks at the recent ConExpo-Con/Agg show....
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Bakery fleet gets milestone LCF
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
JIM MELE
Flower Industries, a Georgia-based baker of snack foods and bread, has taken delivery of the 50,000th gasoline-powered Isuzu/ GM N-Series low cab forward...
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Freightliner widens vocational focus
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
At a ride-and-drive event held at the ConExpo-Con/Agg show, Freightliner LLC unveiled several enhancements to its vocational truck line and announced...
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KW showcases T300 work trucks
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Kenworth Truck Co. recently introduced three new versions of its T300, including a stake bed, van body and tanker truck. The trucks are available in Class...
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Pete's 357 gets more options
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Peterbilt Motors Co. unveiled two new options at the ConExpo-Con/Agg show for its Model 357 chassis: a 115-in. BBC set-back front axle configuration designed...
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Construction options, upgrades
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
International Truck and Engine Corp. announced new options and upgrades to its vocational product line at the ConExpo-Con/Agg show to better meet the...
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SKF, Dana develop HD hubcap
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
A lightweight heavy-duty axle hubcab made of polymer vents wheel ends, but eliminates filter membranes or open ports that can clog or cause contamination,...
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Breaking the habit
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY SEAN KILCARR e-mail: skilcarr@primediabusiness.com
Here we are again, talking about the outrageous cost of diesel, gasoline and oil. Here we are again, talking about how the growing demand for oil worldwide...
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Proving it on the road
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Matt Markstaller knows a thing or two about testing trucks, and not just in the laboratory or on the test track, either. As manager of vehicle performance...
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Blinded by the IT
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY WENDY LEAVITT e-mail: wrleavitt@aol.com
To the man who only has a hammer in the tool kit, every problem looks like a nail, Abraham Maslow observed many years ago, and it applies to IT tools...
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the last word
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Back in the mix The pride and joy of RMC Pacific Materials is this 1948 Ford fitted with an enormous- for its day 3-yard concrete drum. Purchased new...
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Young blood
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY DAVID CULLEN e-mail: dcullen@primediabusiness.com
Trucking's technician shortage often seems to take a back seat to its much discussed driver shortage. While no one would disagree there's not enough new...
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Best in class
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY GARY PETTY
This year's class of Certified Transportation Professionals (CTP) is exceptional. For the first time in the program's 12-year history, all candidates...
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Ready for anything
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
The National Private Truck Council named Steve Kruk, transportation manager at the Youngstown, OH, distribution hub for Toys Us and Babies Us, its top...
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TALK OF THE SHOW
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
After enduring three years of turmoil and slow sales, the prospect of healthy fleet balance sheets and a resulting jump in new-truck orders were the big news at the Kentucky Fairgrounds this year...
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what's new in: Air dryers
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
DEBORAH MCGUFFIE
The majority of today's air-braked vehicles are now equipped with air dryers. Their role in removing liquid, vapor and solid contaminants from a truck's...
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Information, please
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY TERRY WILLIAMS, EDITOR — TRUCK BLUE BOOK
At a recent Board meeting of the Used Truck Assn., 27-year industry veteran and Truck Blue Book Advisory Council member Steve Nadolson brought to life...
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Matching game
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Manager: Mike Mills Title: VP of maintenance Fleet: Celadon Group, Indianapolis, IN Operation: Nationwide truckload carrier PROBLEM According to Mike...
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Think lean
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
DEBORAH MCGUFFIE
Those working at Shaw Industries call it the lean initiative. Translated, it means operating at maximum efficiency with minimum inventory. One way the...
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QWBS names new president
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
WENDY LEAVITT
After nearly four years at the helm of Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS), president Chris Wolfe is retiring from the company and Joan Waltman...
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off the wire
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Comdata Corp. is offering DOT driver log auditing services through a new partnership with RAIR Technologies. The service provides Internet access to driver...
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Driver's job site upgraded
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
TransCore's online driver recruitment center, Driverlink (www.driverlink.com), has been upgraded to include automatic email alerts for both drivers and...
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Online parts management
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
With over 10 million part numbers from more than 1,200 suppliers, the transportation and heavy-duty trucking database was designed for online searches...
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RFID to speed up container ports
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
WENDY LEAVITT
California-based WhereNet Corp., a provider of wireless asset tracking and managing solutions, recently introduced a new RFID-based system specifically...
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Cadec offers electronic logs
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
The new Mobius SP onboard computer system from Cadec Corp. can maintain paperless electronic DOT logs, record IFTA state fuel tax information and help...
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Handheld holds up to routes
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
The new CK60 handheld computer was specifically developed to stand up to the rigorous conditions of route and direct-store-delivery fleets, according...
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Mobile VPN for Nextel
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Fleets using Nextel's iDEN network for wireless data communications can now extend secure corporate VPNs (virtual private networks) to drivers and other...
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Know & tell
May 1, 2005 12:00 PM,
BY WENDY LEAVITT, DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
Since October 29, 2004, carriers have been required to comply with a new set of regulations (FMCSA 391.23) governing the collection and sharing of safety...
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