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July 1, 2006
Miles for dollars
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY JIM MELE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Sure, we pay fuel taxes that provide highway funds, but there's only an abstract connection between per-gallon taxes and the number of miles we cover as we consume that fuel. For most of us, there's no correlation ...
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Driver Retention: Learning from Success
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY WENDY LEAVITT, DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
Driver turnover rates vary hugely across the trucking industry. Private fleets have an average employee turnover of 16%, for instance, while large for-hire...
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Beyond the Usual Checks
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
In these times of high driver turnover, carriers have two choices: They can keep hiring warm bodies as quickly as possible and watch them churn at rates...
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Tough road ahead
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY LARRY KAHANER, WASHINGTON, DC
The Federal Motor Carrier and Safety Administration's new administrator is expected at presstime to be current Assistant Administrator and Chief Safety Officer John H. Hill ...
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Roadcheck inspectors on task
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Though it is only 10 a.m., it's plenty hot on the concrete safety inspection pad at the I-95 weigh station in Dumfries, VA, during CVSA's 19th Annual Roadcheck America...
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TAX FILE: So long to long-distance tax
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
KEN SIMONSON
After a succession of federal courts ruled that the 3% federal telephone tax does not apply to flat-rate long-distance services, the Treasury Dept. announced on May 25 that it would refund taxes collected in the past three years....
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ATA's Russell dies
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
SEAN KILCARR
Mike Russell, 65, vice president of public affairs and press secretary for the American Trucking Assns. (ATA), died as a result of a whitewater rafting accident ...
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Port ID cards
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
TERRENCE NGUYEN
The Transportation Security Administration issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) spelling out its plan to require all commercial truck drivers delivering or retrieving goods at ports to have special ID cards....
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going places
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
SmarTire Systems has appointed Leif Pedersen President & CEO. Richard Holder has been named Vice President of Eaton Business System; he replaces James...
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No bargains
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY KEN SIMONSON e-mail: ksimonson@erols.com
The conventional wisdom for months has been that heavy-truck sales would drive right off a cliff at the beginning of 2007. Supposedly, anyone who wants a new truck in the next two years will have ordered it in time to take delivery by December 31, 2006. ...
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Big brother's watching
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY JIM YORK
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued findings on an October 2003 fatal truck/bus crash in Illinois. The report cited concerns regarding the oversight of smaller interstate carriers ...
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Driving success
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY DAVID CULLEN e-mail: dcullen@fleetowner.com
Having enough drivers will move the freight down the road. But having only quality drivers those least at risk of having an accident will get the job...
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Marathon fleet
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY GARY PETTY
The Transport Operations group of Marathon Petroleum Company LLC (MPC) operates 134 tractors and 154 trailers throughout the Midwest. With over 400 employees,...
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2007: THE NEW MODELS
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY DAVID CULLEN AND SEAN KILCARR
Fleet owners, especially of medium- and heavy-duty power units, may not be in the best of buying moods next year, given their concerns about how much...
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2007 NEW MODELS: HEAVY
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
AUTOCAR Autocar LLC's newest model is the E3 hybrid low-cab-forward refuse truck, which uses a RunWise hybrid drive developed by Parker Hannifin to reduce...
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2007 NEW MODELS: LIGHT
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
DODGE Dodge will offer a new version of its Sprinter van in 2007, although details are scarce at this point. The '07 Sprinter will feature an adaptive...
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2007 NEW MODELS: MEDIUM
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
DODGE Dodge is expanding its Ram pickup line into the Class 3 segment with the 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Chassis Cab, offering an upfit-friendly design that...
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Sky's the limit
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
DAVID CULLEN
Western Star Trucks has rolled out three new models in its Stratosphere sleeper line to now field what it says is the broadest line of walk-through sleepers for on-highway and vocational Class 8 applications....
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bulletins
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Kenworth Truck Co. now offers Caterpillar C15 600-hp. and 625-hp. engines on its T800 high hood model. The 600-hp. model provides 1,850 lb.-ft. of torque...
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Meritor Wabco adds air disc brakes
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems, the joint venture between ArvinMeritor and Wabco, has added air disc brakes from both partner companies to its product portfolio. ...
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Anti-idling calculator
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Argonne National Laboratory has developed an online idle reduction cost savings calculator that determines the costs of unnecessary idling and savings from implementing an idle reduction solution. ...
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Silver anniversary
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
WENDY LEAVITT
Freightliner employees with 25 or more years' experience at the company shared the stage with Dr. Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the DaimlerChrysler Board...
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Hybrids take Paris
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
WILLIAM DIEM
When Renault Trucks brings diesel hybrids to the world, they won't run on electricity alone, even though customers would like them to. ...
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Retread regenerates
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT) will begin the rollout of what it calls the first self-regenerating retread. The XDA Hypersipe is different from other...
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Truck-Lite grows LED lineup
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Truck-Lite will expand its Signal-Stat line of LED lighting to include more than 30 products. New to the Signal-Stat LED line are 2-in. 2.5-in round beehive...
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Cat compressor cuts vibration
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Caterpillar will introduce and distribute a new air compressor to the on-highway market that's built to be cleaner, tougher and quieter. The Cat 270 air...
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Warranty upgrade for used medium-duties
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
SelecTrucks, the used-truck division of Freightliner LLC, is extending its Buyer's Assurance comprehensive warranty program to medium-duty trucks. Originally...
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LED warning system for reefers
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Reefer drivers can now determine whether or not their trailer refrigeration systems are operating properly simply by looking in the rear-view mirror....
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Engine protection for MF mediums
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Mitsubishi Fuso is offering a new engine protection system on its model-2006 FE and FG medium-duties that will measure oil pressure and coolant temperature....
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Diagnostics to go
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY SEAN KILCARR e-mail: skilcarr@fleetowner.com
Getting vehicles to perform their own diagnostic checks and then funneling that information to fleet and shop managers is perhaps the most revolutionary...
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Worth the weight?
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY KEVIN ROHLWING e-mail: kevinrohlwing@comcast.net
I recently received a question from a Fleet Owner reader who inquired about the need for balancing truck tire and wheel assemblies. Since I can neither...
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Experience counts
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
DAVES CULLEN
Manager: Carlton Hooper Title: Fleet Manager Fleet: Walker County (GA) Operation: Municipal PROBLEM Carlton Hooper is the kind of fleet manager who's...
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what's new in: Trailer lights
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
DEBORAH MCGUFFIE
Trailer lighting has come a long way. Whether talking about exterior trailer lights, including markers and stop/tail/turn lamps, or interior trailer dome...
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Truck tracking & beyond
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
DEBORAH MCGUFFIE
Don't underestimate all the potential advantages of an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system. That advice comes from East Bay Municipal Utility District's...
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Telematics 2.0
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
BY JIM MELE, EDITOR IN CHIEF
The separate elements that make up telematics are relatively simple real-time location of a mobile asset, real-time operating data from sensors on that...
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New system builds on old
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
After more than three years of development work on its next generation wireless system for trucking, Qualcomm's Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS) kicked...
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Getloaded getting international
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Charles Myers is stepping down as president of the online freight-matching service Getloaded.com (www.getloaded.com) to head a new company that will build...
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off the wire
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The MobileMax multi-mode wireless communications system from GeoLogic Solutions can now receive software downloads over the air using Cingular's GPRS...
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Routing app adds rate analysis
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM,
WENDY LEAVITT
Users of Rand McNally's IntelliRoute mileage and routing product have recently had two new integrated modules to consider adding to their systems: IntelliRoute...
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Trailer tracking web site upgraded
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The newest generation website for Terion Inc.'s FleetView trailer tracking management system offers web service protocols to simplify integration and...
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Routing software upgraded
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The 20th annual upgrades for PC*Miler and PC*Miler/HazMat routing, mileage and mapping software include over 771,000 miles of truck-specific roadways...
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Support for MS RFID
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Intermec Inc. has announced its support for Microsoft Biz Talk RFID. Intermec worked with Microsoft to test and refine Microsoft BizTalk RFID, which is...
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Greetings from Iraq
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Fleet Owner: I am a freelance photographer from NashvilleI have been here in Iraq since January 2006. Before that, I did some over-the-road trucking in...
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