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The Truckload Carriers Association has announced the finalists for its Driver of the Year contest.View the full article

Rush Truck Center in Tucson, Arizona delivered a 2009 Model 335 Peterbilt hybrid diesel electric truck to a Tucson Community Food Bank Fleet. View the full article

ALK Technologies, Princeton, N.J., is celebrating 2009 as its 30th year of developing transportation and navigation software solutions.View the full article

Ray H. LaHood became the 16h U.S. Secretary of Transportation Friday afternoon.View the full article

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and The Road Information Program (a national transportation research group), released a report entitled "America's Top Five Transportation Headaches - and Their Remedies."View the full article

YRC is the new brand name for YRC Worldwide's combined Yellow Transportation and Roadway network, and the company says it's ahead of schedule to successfully integrate its national networks by early spring.View the full article

Accuride and Benecor are ending their urea distribution partnership set up to build a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF, also known as urea) dispensing infrastructure.View the full article

Celadon Group, Indianapolis, saw lower revenues and flat income in its second fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31.View the full article

Mike Hill, 52, general manager of Precision Rebuilders, St. Clair, Mo., passed away Jan. 22 after a long battle with cancer.View the full article

Pitts Enterprises, Elba, Ala., named William "Bill" Breeden, a 44-year trucking industry veteran, as plant manager of the company's Dorsey Trailers manufacturing facility.View the full article

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association was recognized with a U.S. Army "Freedom Team Salute" from the Secretary of the Army and Army Chief of Staff for the success of its "Truckers for Troops" Telethon.View the full article

Kenworth Grand Falls has opened a new parts and service location in New Brunswick.View the full article

Date Added: Today, 06:23 PM Vehicle Owner: 220cummins View this new addition to the Garage

Took a little ride to Central Ohio last Thursday for purposes of picking up my Uncle Jimmy's new Kenworth W-900-A. It's a very well maintained 1980 model with a Caterpillar 3408 and 6+4 transmissions. It has a custom built air to air intercooler fit for a little added oomph. Pretty smooth ride. Kind of like the big truck equivalent of a Harley Davidson Electra-Glide. Nice Toy! Just sort of oozes down the road. And he looks just right sitting up there too - Big guy with bright white long hair and sunglasses. We talked by phone on the way home - he says with the cruise set at 65, the engine's just turning 1600 rpm. Probably as economical as one could expect a big motor to be. View the full blog entry

Date Added: Jan 24 2009, 10:48 AM Vehicle Owner: jeffbyrne View this new addition to the Garage

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Date Added: Jan 24 2009, 10:20 AM Vehicle Owner: jeffbyrne View this new addition to the Garage

Date Added: Jan 24 2009, 10:13 AM Vehicle Owner: jeffbyrne View this new addition to the Garage

Date Added: Jan 24 2009, 10:04 AM Vehicle Owner: jeffbyrne View this new addition to the Garage

I delivered that load in Roxana Monday, and boy did I get a surprise! Neal told me when I called in empty to go to Blytheville, Arkansas to pick up a load going to- he said "I can't pronouce it, but it's p-u-y-a-l-l-u-p". I said "well what state is that in?" He hesitated a few seconds and said "Washington". So I said "yeah, right-where am I going?" He said "you wanna talk to your boss-man?" I said "yeah...it's probably in Kentucky somewhere". Then Jeff got on the phone and I asked him if I was going to Washington and he said "that's what Todd said". I still thought it was a joke and everybody at the office was in on it until I got loaded and it was on the shipping order, right there where it says "ship to", it said Puyallup Washington. I went to Blytheville, got loaded, went back north to St. Louis, turned left and headed west. Had to stop and buy tire chains, because there's a substantional fine for not having them, but I had no intention of using them, if I had to wait 'til spring to cross the passes. I know Rob would have sent me a sammich by Fed-Ex. Only bad weather I hit was in Wyoming, from south of Casper all the way to Billings, Mt. Some of the slickest roads i'd ever encountered. Except for that, and fog in Washington (I saw Mt. Rainier from the top of the 10 mile 4% grade you climb after you cross the Columbia River in Washington,and never got to see it again because of the fog) , and high winds in Montana and Wyoming on the way back, the weather was great. It was warmer out there than it was here last week. It was 70 degrees in Denver when I came through on the way back. I unloaded in Puyallup Friday morning, then reloaded in Seattle for Houston, Tx. Had to stop in Spokane Friday night and take a 34 hours off because I was out of hours. Did all my laundry and left there Sunday morning. Unloaded in Houston Wednesday morning, went up to Midlothian and loaded steel going to Milton, Pa. Got to the shop at 6:30 this morning. I took I-70 to Kansas City, then 29 north into Iowa, rt. 2 into Nebraska, then I-80 west to rt. 26 into Wyoming, then I-25 north to I-90 west all the way to Washington. Came back the same way except I stayed on I-25 all the way into New Mexico, then took rt. 87 and 287 to Dallas and I-45 to Houston. Then it was 45 and 287 to Midlothian, then 20 to 30 to 40 to Knoxville, and 81 back to Va. I took 350 pictures on the trip, which i'm trying to put on discs now. I'll probably put some on webshots too. View the full blog entry

As Congress considers an economic stimulus bill that includes spending on infrastructure, two groups are touting the ability of infrastructure construction to create jobs faster than many may expect.View the full article

Last year Congress granted an exemption from the 12 percent federal excise tax for idle-reduction systems such as auxiliary power units, and now the Environmental Protection Agency has come up with a list of approved systems.View the full article

Research sponsored by the American Transportation Research Institute found that contrary to expectations, ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel does not have lower energy levels.View the full article

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations announced it will cease passenger and light truck manufacturing at its LaVergne, Tenn., tire plant, and cut the number of commercial truck and bus tires it is producing, due to negative economic conditions.View the full article

Phillips Industries has expanded its Electrical Harness Division, located in Saltillo, Mexico, View the full article