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The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is calling for the repeal of agricultural and utility industry exemptions to hours of service exemptions, following the results of a study of truck crash and out of service ratesView the full article

The Virginia State Police are expanding their search for leads in a series of shootings targeting truckers along Interstate 77 in Southwest Virginia last week.View the full article

Phoenix-based Knight Transportation bucked industry trends and reported higher operating income year over year for the first quarter.View the full article

A Mexican bakery company took delivery of the first medium-duty hybrid truck in Mexico in a ceremony.View the full article

Attendees at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress this week in Detroit got a sneak peak of a new pollution-saving truck for transferring cargo containers at ports.View the full article

The streets of southeast Michigan have just become a little greener, thanks to Navistar's recent delivery of 15 International® DuraStar Hybrid beverage tractors to area beverage distributor Powers Distributing Co. View the full article

Arsenault Associates is marking its 30th year in business serving the fleet management industry.View the full article

TMW Systems, a leading provider of enterprise transportation software, and Vancouver, Canada-based WebTech Wireless, which offers location-based and fleet telematics products and services, announced a reseller and partnership agreementView the full article

Well I believe winter is finally over here in north west Georgia. All I have to say is it's about time. We don't get much snow here in Chickamauga but rain oh my God we get the rain. For the past few years we have been in a draught and I know we need the rain but I am sure happy when the old sun comes shineing through. This week work has been slow so I descided that it was time to do some serious spring cleaning to the ole Bulldog. I love to wash my truck and usually I don't make a big fuss over it but this week My new girlfriend started taking pictures so I thought I'd put some of them on here. Some before and after pictures to illustrate just how nasty the ole girl was before I got down to some serious cleaning. She almost looks new with all that crud washed away. I worked about three hours with a pressure washer and some heavy duty degreaser on the frame and tranny and rears. The engine was already fairly clean and only took a few minutes to get it RIGHT. When I wash the truck I try very hard to get it as clean as possible everytime. Makes it alot easier to wash each time. The grease is always a challenge but that's going to always be there and it is neccesary. If I don't have to leave first thing in the morning I will grease the chassis and then start on the interior. My 12volt "truck shop vac" quit on me the other day after 5 years of hard service so I'm having to do all the vacuming at home. No problem thouhg I have plenty of extra hose for the real Shop Vac. Hope everyone enjoys the blog and the new pictures. View the full blog entry

An appeals court Tuesday said FedEx Ground independent contractors are independent business owners -- not employees -- and are outside the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board.View the full article

As many as 56 percent of deadly crashes involve one or more unsafe driving behaviors typically associated with aggressive driving, according to a new analysis by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.View the full article

Caterpillar Inc. reported its first quarterly loss in 16 years, but expects to be profitable later in the year.View the full article

The number of truck crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico was 10.8 million in 2008, 6 percent fewer than in 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics.View the full article

Aurora Parts & Accessories signed a deal with Morgan Corp. to distribute original equipment parts through Aurora's network of more than 450 independently owned dealerships.View the full article

Republic Services, the City of Boise, Idaho's waste and recycling collection services contractor, plans to deploy a new compressed natural gas refuse truck fleet that will be the first in the state.View the full article

Piedmont Natural Gas in North Carolina has launched a Green Fleet pilot program, examining natural gas as an alternative to diesel fuel for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in its fleet.View the full article

I must be off now-going to Roxana again with piling. Good thing they're building that pipeline from Alberta. Hauling the piling to the refinery has really been good, keeping us a little busy anyway. Haven't been making but one round a week lately, and deadheaded back to Knoxville and Rome, Ga. the last two times I went to Roxana. We lost 2 of our regular hauls lately, the treated lumber out of Moneta and return loads of steel to Roanoke. A large flatbed carrier, like the mickow corporation, cut the rates and just took the hauls. Bidness is bidness I guess...a dog eat dog world. ...And how about Miss California? I saw the headline yesterday on the yahoo home page but didn't read the story. It just said her answer to a question may have cost her the Miss America title. Then I heard the whole story on the news this morning. I thought she had stumbled on a reply or something, like standing there saying "well, uh... mmm, duh- d'oh!" That wasn't it at all-she replied to a question about gay marriage and the faggot-can you say that here?-judge that asked the question didn't like her reply that marriage should be between a man and woman. So he scored her low or not at all. She gave a good answer I thought, and her personal opinion shouldn't be held against her either way. Just my opinion. View the full blog entry

Diesel prices dropped slightly this week, hovering around the $2.22 per gallon mark for the third week in a row.View the full article

As Iowa lawmakers head into what could be the final week of their legislative session, still on the table is a bill that would require biodiesel blends in the state.View the full article

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has lost its bid to have a court declare the cross-border trucking pilot program illegal.View the full article

The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute recognized outstanding leadership in the alternative fuels and vehicles industryView the full article

Eaton Corp. announced a net loss of $50 million, or a loss of 30 cents per share, for the first quarter of 2009, with near record cash generation during the quarter.View the full article

Affiliated Computer Services announced a 10-year extension to its exclusive agreement with Sapp Bros Travel Centers for the placement of TripPak Truck Stop Scanning services and TripPak Express drop boxes at all participating Sapp Bros locations.View the full article

ArvinMeritor appointed Aaron Bickford as director of marketing - North America for its Commercial Vehicle Aftermarket business.View the full article

NorCal Kenworth recently relocated to a newly refurbished facility in Anderson, Calif., that doubles the size of its former location in Redding and provides convenient freeway access.View the full article