 |
June 1, 2006
Head start squandered
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY JIM MELE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The era of cheap fuel is ending. I first heard that prediction in 1973 when the country lined up for gasoline in what was generally called The Energy...
|
FUEL ECONOMY: Sipping Strategies
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY SEAN KILCARR, SENIOR EDITOR
To say that the forecast for the price of diesel fuel is grim is like saying Hurricane Katrina brought a lot of rain to New Orleans last year. In short,...
|
Creativity on Wheels
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Put the sophisticated vehicle graphics technology available today together with some of the best imaginations in the business of brand promotion and you've...
|
No place to turn
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY LARRY KAHANER, WASHINGTON, DC
What can the President and Congress do about the rising cost of fuel? Very little, according to energy experts like Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge...
|
For-hire fleets bullish on future
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
JIM MELE
Despite steep increases in fuel costs, no solution to the driver shortage, and indications of softening freight demand, executives from both truckload...
|
FMCSA to-do list
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
TERRENCE NGUYEN
Speaking at the annual conference of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance recently, FMCSA assistant administrator John H. Hill provided an update on...
|
TAX FILE: Lawmakers pump out fuel tax bills
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
KEN SIMONSON
Rising fuel prices have prompted a flurry of bills relating to fuel taxes. Bipartisan leaders in New York said on May 9 that they were close to capping...
|
EPA idling law blueprint
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
WENDY LEAVITT
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a model idling law for states to consider adopting. The model law was developed in response...
|
SafeStat, CDLIS changes
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
TERRENCE NGUYEN
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) addressed two key issues in the Federal Register last month: one indicating its intention to improve...
|
Not so fast
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY KEN SIMONSON e-mail: ksimonson@erols.com
In this year's State of the Union speech, the President said the nation was addicted to oil. The clear implication is that the country can't stop using...
|
Who, me?
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY MARTIN LABBE
A significant amount of speculation has been put forth regarding the identity of those involved in running up the price of fuel in this country. In fact,...
|
By the numbers
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY JIM YORK
In early May, FMCSA proposed four revisions to the way its SafeStat system ranks the safety performance of interstate motor carriers. My guess is that...
|
Thwarting a silent killer
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY DAVID CULLEN e-mail: david.cullen@penton.com
High blood pressure has long been characterized a silent killer. Sufferers often experience no symptoms or only minor ones, such as headaches, dizziness...
|
Best fleet by night
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY GARY PETTY
The automotive replacement parts business is demanding and highly competitive. One of the top players is General Parts, Inc./CARQUEST, the largest privately...
|
Valuable lessons
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
The National Private Truck Council named Ed Welch, operations manager for Perdue Transportation, as its top Certified Transportation Professional (CTP)...
|
ULSD CHANGEOVER: Ready, set, switch!
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY DAVID CULLEN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Fleet owners may sputter at the price of fuel for years to come but at least when ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) starts flowing later this year there...
|
ABCs of ULSD
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
LARRY KAHANER
WHAT IS ULSD? In North America, ULSD, or ultra-low-sulfur diesel, refers to diesel fuel with a maximum sulfur content of 15 parts per million (ppm). HOW...
|
Hagerstown gets a facelift
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Now that the $150-million makeover of AB Volvo's Hagerstown, MD, engine plant has been completed, it is gearing up to add full domestic production of...
|
Shell unveils high-temp grease
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Shell Lubricants announced the U.S. rollout of Retinax LX, a family of lithium complex greases made from a combination of performance additives and developed...
|
Will '07 make gas a winner?
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
The medium-duty market could swing toward gasoline-power as price premiums are levied on diesel-power, thanks to the EPA '07 emission rules, said Ross...
|
bulletins
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Cummins Inc. announced that the name of its Fleetguard subsidiary has been changed to Cummins Filtration, effective immediately. The primary product brand...
|
Bridgestone ready to meet the challenges
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Bridgestone Americas Holding sees major challenges ahead for tire suppliers and their trucking customers. We're seeing a huge impact from rising raw material...
|
Brake lining on a budget
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Carlisle Motion Control Industries introduced an economy-grade brake lining, the EC-20. Designed for use with S-cam air brakes on trucks, tractors and...
|
Lightweight trailer wheel end in the works
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Hendrickson has developed an HNP trailer wheel end prototype designed especially for vocational applications looking for low-weight options. HNP is made...
|
Portable locking solution
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
WENDY LEAVITT
Kaba Mas, a manufacturer of high-security locking solutions, selected the National Private Truck Council Annual Education Management Conference for the...
|
Eletronic trip monitor
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Stemco has announced its DataTrac Pro electronic mileage counter and trip recorder line is now available. According to the manufacturer, this is the first...
|
EPA backs 07 engines
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
LARRY KAHANER
Saying that these are definitely not your grandfather's diesel engines, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson watched as officials of six leading diesel...
|
Hands-off tire inflation
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Vehicle Inspection Systems (VIS) has introduced a fully automatic nitrogen tire inflation system called VIS-Nitro. Capable of filling four tires at once,...
|
Pay to drive
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY SEAN KILCARR e-mail: sean.kilcarr@penton.com
It's a revolutionary-and controversial-concept: making drivers pay to use the roads. My guess is light- and medium-duty fleets will take particular umbrage...
|
Wider may be better
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY KEVIN ROHLWING
In an industry that is historically resistant to radical change, replacing a set of duals with an ultra-low-profile wide-base tire is a difficult proposition....
|
Torturing trailers
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
It's a staple of almost every Mid-America Trucking Show: Jeff Bennett, vp-engineering for Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., opens his laptop to play...
|
what's new in: Mirrors
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
DEBORAH MCGUFFIE
The focus on mirrors for today's over-the-road fleet has been on aesthetics. Aero-styled mirrors and mirrors color-keyed to match the truck are available...
|
Got milk
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
DEBORAH MCGUFFIE
There's an old adage that says, Work with what you have. What southwestern Wisconsin has are long hard winters and a lot of hills. That's something drivers...
|
FUEL OPTIMIZATION: Not a penny more
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY WENDY LEAVITT, DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
Most truck fleets today are still not using a fuel purchase optimization system, even with diesel pushing past $3.00 per gallon in some locations. Who...
|
fleets online
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
JIM MELE
COMPANY: Mystic Tank Lines Corp. Astoria, NY OPERATION: Bulk hauler in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic specializing in fuels Problem: Mystic Tank Lines...
|
EOBR connects to handhelds
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The Route Tracker is a small, self-contained device that includes an embedded GPS antenna and receiver as well as J1708, J1850 and J1939 data bus connections,...
|
CoPilot sits in Pocket PC
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Developed specifically for truck drivers by ALK Technologies, CoPilot Truck | Pocket PC 6 offers audio and mapped navigation on Pocket PC handheld computers...
|
off the wire
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
TMW Systems Inc. has announced that David W. Wangler will succeed Ken Thompson as president & CEO for the fleet management software company. Thompson...
|
Trailer tracker gets new links
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The untethered trailer tracking system FleetView 3 from Terion Inc. now offers an interface for a web-services dispatch application and a data-sharing...
|
Street-level routes on the Web
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The IntelliRoute Streets module for Rand McNally's MapEngine Web Services offers commercial truck fleets accurate address-to-address mileages and routes...
|
PeopleNet adds applications
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
A driver performance and compliance monitoring application has been developed for PeopleNet's g3 mobile communications platform. The onboard computing...
|
Fleet management on the Web
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
OpsCenter from TransCore offers fleets simple, web browser access to freight matching, dispatching, asset tracking and mileage services integrated into...
|
the last word
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Worked-over workhorse Perhaps for the cowboy who already has everything, Monroe Truck Equipment is producing Cinch Jeans super pickup versions of GM's...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
