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TruckersB2B has partnered with Pegasus TransTech to offer Transflo Express truckstop scanning to its members.View the full article

Taught myself some new swear words trying to disassemble and reassemble my B-67 tie rod ends. They are the adjustable and rebuildable type. But getting the nut out from inside the tube on each one after fifty years is a lot easier said than done! Used a four foot pipe on a long breaker bar with a 3/4 drive straight head socket and still had a lot of trouble. About a quart of penetrating oil and two cans of WD-40 later, I finally had them apart. But I had broken the socket in the process. I gathered all brand new replacement parts from Beam Mack and a friend of mine who had NOS rebuild kits. Now having a tool custom for the job after breaking another socket trying to reassemble the ends. The rest of the front axle has come together pretty nicely. New bearings, special sleeved seals, new kingpins, a little remedial machine work, and it's all reassembled. (Except for the g---***--ed tie rod!!) I'm actually excited about driving it. Should be pretty nice. Although the B model trucks were the first heavy duty trucks I drove, by the time I was driving them it was early in the 70's, the trucks were all pretty much used up. Most of them were in pretty rough shape, so I never drove a good one. Some advice for anyone wanting to rebuild those old adjustable tie-rod ends: Don't bother. Just change to the new replaceable style unit. You will be much happier in the long run. View the full blog entry

The most recent U.S. Department of Transportation report on significant rulemakings indicates another push back in the regulatory timeline of the truck stopping distance rule. View the full article

A highway reconstruction project on the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 in Illinois from Benton to the Franklin/Jefferson County line is scheduled to begin April 20, reducing traffic to one lane.View the full article

Long-haul truckers who need occasional access to the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach will now be able to purchase day passes.View the full article

International Truck and Engine Corp,, and Decisiv announced a long term licensing agreement that will allow International to integrate its Diamond Estimating System and ServicePartner solutions, allowing dealers to provide consistent, straightforward estimates and repairs.View the full article

Greensboro, N.C.-based Snider Tire, one of the country's largest commercial tire dealers and retreaders, has decided to join the Michelin Retread Technologies network.View the full article

Mack Trucks named East Texas Mack Sales, Longview, Texas, the 2008 North American Distributor of the Year.View the full article

Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm, announced the acquisition of EZE Trucking, a leading heavy haul and over dimensional transportation provider based in Los Angeles.View the full article

Con-way Truckload announced that a 10th company driver has achieved the elite career milestone of 3 million miles of dedicated service.View the full article

The American Truck Historical Society has awarded Jerry Nerman, co-founder of Arrow Truck Sales, its Golden Achievement Award for 2009. View the full article

Carlisle Companies announced that its subsidiary Motion Control Industries will exit the on-highway friction and brake shoe business.View the full article

Instead of using tools on an assembly line, two employees at a Navistar truck manufacturing plant tapped their creativity and art supplies to build a new kind of vehicle -- a cartoon truck named BrutusView the full article

The National Trailer Dealers Association is postponing its October convention until 2010 because of the recession.View the full article

TransCore released the second annual Broker Benchmark Survey at Transportation Intermediaries Association Annual Meeting.View the full article

The Peterbilt Model 384 has been recognized as fuel efficient and environmentally friendly by the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay program,View the full article

Joe McAleese, president and CEO of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, has been recognized by Bowling Green State University with an Accomplished Graduate Award.View the full article

Navistar recently recognized 26 of its top performing dealers from around the globe with the International Circle of Excellence Award.View the full article

The Distribution and LTL Carriers Association elected a new chairman, Michael D. Moran, at their recent management conference and exhibition in Tampa, Fla.View the full article

As the next step in the alliance announced last June, Caterpillar and Navistar have signed a definitive agreement to produce Caterpillar heavy-duty vocational trucks for North America and form a 50/50 joint venture to pursue global commercial truck opportunitiesView the full article

Diesel prices rose only slightly last week, with the national average up 7/10 of a cent per gallon.View the full article

Class 8 total net orders for all major North American OEMs totaled 8,594 units in March, up 26 percent from February, according to preliminary data released by FTR Associates.View the full article

Another 663,000 jobs were lost in March and unemployment rose, while for-hire trucking payrolls fell nearly 15,000. However, there were some glimmers of hope in some numbers last week that are used to measure the manufacturing sector.View the full article

Highway tractors continue to depreciate at a heavy rate, according to a report by the American Truck Dealers Official Commercial Truck Guide.View the full article

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked a federal court for a ruling on the association's legal challenge to the Mexican trucking pilot program.View the full article