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Intermodal volumes were down in all areas during the second quarter, with the exception of domestic containers, which saw a slight improvement of 0.9 percentView the full article

Eaton will help produce plug-in hybrid electric power systems for 378 vehicles, as part of $45.4 million government grant.View the full article

The American Council Of Frame and Alignment Specialists is holding a Technician Training Clinic event Oct. 6 and 7 in Milan, Ill.View the full article

Hammond Air Conditioning has tapped CSTK, a transportation solutions provider, as the official dealer of its Arctic Breeze Truck AC system.View the full article

Date Added: Today, 12:05 PM Vehicle Owner: randyp View this new addition to the Garage

Rising gas prices coupled with the economic downturn have magnified the issues associated with consumers' dependence on oil, according to new research by the Natural Resources Defense CouncilView the full article

Xora, Mountain View, Calif., has merged with Gearworks, Eagan, Minn., into one location-based mobile business applications provider.View the full article

Celadon Group saw its revenue and net income fall during the second quarter of 2009, amid a weak freight market and pricing pressures.View the full article

Con-way Freight has launched a portfolio of worldwide less-than-truckload services to help customers understand the company's global offerings.View the full article

Landstar has appointed Jim Handoush and Pat O'Malley as co-chief operating officers, effective immediately.View the full article

Express-1 Expedited Solutions' net income for the second quarter was $288,000, a 63 percent drop from $774,000 for the same quarter of 2008.View the full article

Continental Tire North America has surpassed its goal of meeting the standards set out by the EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership in its first year of participation.View the full article

OK I ask every one to add to this one!!! My single favorite tool in my shop is the air hammer!!! ( followed closely by the flame wrench) I figure out a new use for it almost daily..... (feel as if i'm writing a 5th grade essay) I think between me and everyone else here we should be able to come up with at least 101 uses for the air hammer. (don't forget the safety glassses) I will number mine as I remember them..... 1. Most common use in my shop is the "hard to get on with a wrench" hydraulic fitting. I can remove virtually any sized hydraulic fitting with an air hammer exclusively. 2. Brake drum removal. 3. Throttle lever (breakover arm) on an ambac v-8 pump on an e-9 injection pump. used that one today to get the bastard back on. 4. rattling a frozen clutch loose for adjustment. 5. removing frame bolts 6. rattling rust loose from a truck frame (before sandblasting) 7. tie rod ends (not using the pickle fork) 8. chipping frozen Manure off the side of my manure tanks (that ones a bit messy) 9. remove a snarled mess of plastic twine string from manure beaters, sharp spade bit for that one. (use it to cut them off) 10. removing bearing races from shafts 11. breaking hard nuts loose. There is my start to this blog......... I will add to it as i remember them or create new uses please do so also!! Oh by the way my weapon of choice is a Snap-On ph3050 with quick attach View the full blog entry

Hey all, I thought I would try this Blog stuff, I guess that I should try new things. So I guess Your suppost to tell what going on in your little chunk of the world. Saturday morning the wife and my self set out to Carter lake Iowa to pick up my newest addition to my dog kennel, a b733 that I purchased from Terry. He must be ready to move on to bigger and better things in the truck world so I thought the truck would make a go addition to my stuff. We left little b61Joe at home in the care of my older sister. I set the alarm for 4.30 am so we could get going by 5.00am. I unfortunly set the alarm for 4:30 pm, so I woke up at about 5:00am and we were already behind scedule. Headed out for Rob's place to pick up my trailer that he had barrowed in a previous antique truck adventure about a month ago. Let the wife drive without the trailer for a while because she won't drive with the trailer on. Got to Rob's and hooked up the trailer, shot the breeze and had to make a pit stop at the Casey's store in Farmington while Rob went back to his place to get some gaskets for the r 795. He also gave me a jar of some his nucular chilli that he made us for the road( I don't know what rodent it was made from.. but it was so hot I couldn't tell). I put the jar on the Manifold of the Super duty and by Iowa City, The taters and chilli was ready for a nice road side meal.. We made it to Terry's place by 5:00 pm in Omaha. Terry was going into town to pick up his wife. He seen us coming in and told us to go ahead and start loading the truck if we wanted. I backed into the driveway and squared up the trailer to the front of the garage. By this time a few of Terry's neighbors had gathered to watch. The all pretty much had their own idea as to how I should load the truck onto the trailer. I pulled the winch out and hooked it to the front axle of the Mack and proceeded to pull it onto the trailer. Things were going nicely until I heard a crunch, It was the exhaust stack hitting the overhead door. I guess as the truck started up the ramps the stack had not quite made it out the door yet. The neighborhood watch group was deciding what I should do next Terry had made it back home. We decided that the stack was a bit tall anyway and a little of the top would not hurt. Terry gets out the torch and starts cutting the stack off a little. The torch cutting the metal pipe also started a nice little fire from all the accumulated soot from the less that effecient cummins coated the insde of the pipe. The smoke filled the shop with a thick black smoke, I decided to watch outside and get ready to winch it up. The truck rolled up the trailer with no problems. The Mrs. and myself started to chain down the truck. I don't know why Jennifer enjoys to mess with rusty chains, but she always wants to help chain the trucks to the trailer. After everything is loaded and secured, we shot the bull some more and we were on our way. I thought I would take the wife to a nice dinner after all the truck activity of the day. We made it to DesMoines for the night. Sunday morning got up and decided to hit the raod early. I was clipping along quite well at the speed limit of 70 mph, I was getting passed a lot, so I thought I would move the accelerator down a bit more and keep up with the rust of the cars out there. I was get low on fuel and could use a break, I wanted to stop a the Iowa 80 truck stop, and I was making good time. Then about 2 miles from the stop I seen a state trooper in the median, I drive by him and he throws his car in gear and out he comes after me. I just went a head and pulled over, I knew my goose was cooked so I would not make him work for it. I did get off with a warning. And I wasn't going as fast as I thought, He asked more questions about the truck on the trailer than anything else. got the fuel and made it home all ok. I will have some pictures of the truck soon. Morgan View the full blog entry

Heavy-duty supplier and distributor executives can now sign up for One-on-One meetings during Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week in January 2010View the full article

Following the announcement that it will shed its wheels business, ArvinMeritor has announced plans to invest up to $10 million for its commercial vehicle business in Brazil.View the full article

Covenant Transport has made a deal with Affiliated Computer Services to use the company's TripPak Truck Stop Scanning services.View the full article

Xora, Mountain View, Calif., has merged with Gearworks, Eagan, Minn., into one location-based mobile business applications provider.View the full article

Reinke Manufacturing recently honored its top five North American trailer dealers for 2009 for their impressive sales efforts.View the full article

Steven Ruesken, a driver for Con-way Freight, has reached the 2-million-mile mark for driving without an accidentView the full article

BusTechs, a specialty staffing company, has changed its name to TransTechs to recognize its expanded servicesView the full article

Cascade Sierra Solutions, a non-profit organization based in Coburg, Ore., won a $22.2 million infusion from the federal government to advance truckstop electrification infrastructuresView the full article

Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to produce all-electric, zero emissions commercial trucksView the full article

Frozen Food Express Industries saw an after tax loss of $5.2 million, or 30 cents a share, during the second quarter, a reflection of lower volumes and pricing pressuresView the full article

Pacer posted losses and decreased revenue for the second quarter of 2009, on the heels of announcing it will sell its heavy-haul trucking operations to Universal Truckload Services and UTS Leasing.View the full article