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Truckload and LTL demand are "extraordinarily weak" and while capacity has been declining rapidly, it is not keeping up with the drop in demand, according to John Larkin of Stifel Nicolaus Transportation Research.View the full article

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute has joined Con-way Freight to begin field operational testing of an integrated crash warning system installed in commercial trucks under the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System program.View the full article

Cummins reported its fifth consecutive year of record sales and profits, despite significant global economic challenges that negatively affected fourth quarter performance.View the full article

ArvinMeritor recently presented Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Ark., with a prototype heavy-duty truck equipped with the first Meritor diesel-electric drivetrain.View the full article

Kelley Fleet Services, Mission Viejo, Calif., has expanded its service relationship with Qwest Communications International, bringing the total number of Qwest vehicles maintained by KFS to over 5,700 vehicles in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona.View the full article

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CK Commercial Vehicle Research reports that their Fleet Equipment Buying Index for the first quarter of 2009 fell 9 percent from fourth-quarter 2008 figures.View the full article

The average price of a gallon of diesel is now more than a dollar less than it was a year ago, falling 2.2 cents from last week.View the full article

Wal-Mart announced it will test two new types of heavy-duty commercial hybrid trucks and two different alternatively fueled heavy duty trucks as a part of the company's efforts to build a more sustainable trucking fleet.View the full article

Class 8 highway tractors took a relatively heavy hit in January, according to data from the American Truck Dealers association.View the full article

Turbine Truck Engines, Deland, Fla., has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Aerospace Machinery & Electric Equipment Company, a Chinese corporation.View the full article

Praxair, Westfield, Ind, has specified LifeGuard RollTek on all new Praxair tractors for its U.S.-based bulk fleet.View the full article

In its "Recession Update" webinar for customers Friday, transportation research and forecasting firm FTR Associates painted a picture of a challenging 2009 economic environment, with many uncertainties affecting predictions for the end of this recession.View the full article

The National Safety Council is pushing to stop the use of cell phones while driving.View the full article

Paccar announced it earned its fourth highest annual net income in its 103-year history in 2008, making for 70 consecutive years of net profit.View the full article

Construction Equipment magazine named the Titan by Mack one of the Top 100 Products introduced in the construction industry in 2008.View the full article

Eaton reported increased net income for 2008 over 2007, but fourth-quarter income plummeted, and the company expects revenues to fall this year in comparison to 2008.View the full article

Gov. Bill Graves, president and CEO of American Trucking Associations, will be among the featured speakers at Transplace's 2009 Shipper Symposium in Dallas May 5-7.View the full article

The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association has partnered with Kotler Marketing Group to provide three "Defending Price" regional workshops designed to help parts suppliers negotiate more effectively in the OEM and Aftermarket.View the full article

I delivered the load from Texas to Milton, Pa. Tuesday, then rode over to Brookfield, Oh. and got a load of coils and went to Roanoke. I thought I was going to Chester, W.V. with a curtain side, or Conestoga, or whatever you call it Thursday (they won't unload a flat bed in winter, and we didn't know if we could get a return load for a van), but they got a Fremont, Oh. load so I took that instead. Ran in lots of snow (again!) all the way (well, all right, most of the way!) up and back. Had to go from Fremont over to Butler, Pa. to reload at AK Steel-I hate AK Steel by the way, have I mentioned that before? My appointment was at 3pm, got there at 3:15 and waited in the holding pen until after 6 when they finally called the 3 o'clock trucks. Didn't get out of there until 9 last night, when it was blizzarding (I just made that word up). I drove down I-79, saw a cop in the median just before exit 99 in West Virginia, I looked at my speedometer and was doing 74 mph (speed limit was 70). He didn't move but then a 4 wheeler passed me like I was tied to a stump, and he came out and pulled the car over. I stopped where you get on rt. 19 and pulled on the shoulder and took a nap until almost daylight. Then I came on down 19 to Summersville and took rt. 39 over to Nettie, stopped at the GoMart for a coffee and sausage bistit, then rt. 20 to Charmco, and rt. 60 to I-64 at Sam Black Church. 39 and 20 was pretty much snow covered, but no problems. Everything was lovely when I got on 64, and I got to the shop about 11:30. Took some good pictures along the way too... here's my truck Monday, all clean and shiny-except that hubcap ain't too shiny anymore same 'ol dirty trailer though-been to Seattle and back, and didn't get a wash job unloading in Milton,Pa.-I'm gonna back under the crane where that forklift is a frozen river in Pa.-I 80 a river not frozen in Pa, I 80 this looks like it could be in Montana or somewhere, but it's just east of Clifton Forge, Va. headed west on I-64 this looks like it could be in Wyoming or somewhere, but it's on rt. 250 in Ohio this looks like it could be in Ohio four wheeler off roading-rt. 20 in Ohio lots of snow-rt. 20 in Ohio took this this morning-approaching Nettie, W.V. GoMart at Nettie, where I stopped for a bistit and coffee rt. 20, W.V. rt. 20, W.V. here's my truck Saturday- not so clean or shiny anymore. Attached thumbnail(s) // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // View the full blog entry

Date Added: Jan 31 2009, 11:03 AM Vehicle Owner: jeffbyrne View this new addition to the Garage

The opening session of the 46th Annual Mid-West Truckers Association Convention on Feb. 6 will feature new U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Rose McMurray, the acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.View the full article

The American Trucking Associations announced that National Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2009 will take place Nov. 1-7.View the full article

Flying J, Ogden, Utah, announced that Crystal Call Maggelet, chairman of the board and the founder's daughter, will add the duties of president and chief executive officer, assuming operational leadership of the company.View the full article

Arkansas Best Corp., Fort Smith, Ark., announced it is cutting more jobs, closing facilities and reducing the size of its fleet after a fourth quarter loss of $11 million.View the full article