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The second quarter of 2009 brought a loss of $186.2 million, or $9.58 a share, to Quality DistributionView the full article

Remy International has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy grant for $60.2 million to develop a standardized platform of hybrid electric motors and controls.View the full article

Xata Corp.'s fiscal third quarter results showed somewhat stronger numbers in comparison to the same period a year ago.View the full article

The Truckload Carriers Association has awarded college scholarships to 15 students for the 2009-2010 school year.View the full article

The Used Truck Association has tapped Dan Baker as its keynote speaker during its Annual Convention Nov. 4-7, in San Antonio, TexasView the full article

Dwayne Cowan has been named Thermo King product manager covering auxiliary power units.View the full article

Hard to imagine how fast summer slips away. All of a sudden, the days are shorter and cooler, and the nights are still dark. Anyway, I got a new clutch, rebuilt pressure plate and had the flywheel cut this week. Got new throw-out and pilot bearings too. Time to join the transmission and engine together. This old 711 should look and run with the best of them I think. All new Aeroquip hoses and ends. New gaskets and seals done. Everything cleaned and painted and ready for re-installation in the frame. Got new tires and wheels too. Should be rolling around in my new go-kart in no time! We went down to the annual Steam Pageant and old Caterpillar equipment show yesterday. I haven't been to that show in more than twenty years. It is absolutely fantastic!! I had no idea that it had grown like it has. First of all - it's huge. Acre after acre of old steam, kerosene, gasoline and diesel tractors, construction equipment and early farm equipment. Literally, hundreds and hundreds of pieces. Second - the rarity of some of the equipment is amazing. Stuff you've never seen before, or even knew existed. There was a Rumley self-propelled plow. Three bottom, about twenty five feet long, engine and steel drive wheel in front, controls at the back and the plow offset for use in the field. It was built in 1912, if I remember right. Pretty cool. Third - the stuff all runs, all day long. They do work with the steam engines and the Oil Pulls, they have tractor pulls for the different antique tractors. The construction equipment is all running and moving dirt. It's really nice to see kids about six or eight years old driving the huge old steam traction engines with their grandfathers walking alongside or behind just keeping an eye on the boys. Those kids are hooked for life now! Fourth - the flea market is so big, you can't possibly see it all in one day. Lots of fleas. This is a great event. It would be a great event to couple up with a truck show. It looked like there was room enough. And some of the haulers were pretty nice. There was a long nose single axle "A" series Autocar updated with an 855 Cummins and a ten speed that had moved a D-7 tractor for it's owner from New Jersey. It was a real beauty. And there was a nice high mount cab Brockway moving tractors. Last, but not least - I knew Other Dog was slow. I never said anything to anybody. But now the plants are growing right over his truck from going so slow. Someone should really help him out. It may be time for a walker. He had a good title for a blog, though! View the full blog entry

I hadn't caught things up in a while because I was waiting for Paul, so I could copy his title. Took my vacation a couple of weeks ago and just hung out. NoClueJoe came to visit and we had a good time...I think- haven't heard much from him since. We took the mixer for a little drive and went back to P.L. Duncan Trucking to see his old trucks. I can't say enough what a nice guy Mr. Duncan is, he talked and showed us trucks and told us their story. He knows where every one of them came from, what running gear they have, and everything else about them. He took us in the pickup to see the ones across the road in the power line. Friday we stayed home and cooked ribs on the grill and Saturday we went to Lincolnton, N.C. to the ATHS truck show. I was going back to work Monday but didn't get out until Tuesday or Wednesday because the truck was still in the Cat shop. They ended up replacing the wires or maybe put a new wiring harness on it. The engine light hasn't been on since anyway, and it's been running fine. I went to Baltimore and loaded at Sparrows point back to Lynchburg, then from Lynchburg to Birmingham and loaded in Birmingham for Virginia Beach. Came back through Petersburg and loaded another Baltimore, did the Sparrows Point deal back to Lynchburg, and back to Petersburg to load 60' piling going to Cleveland- on a 48' trailer. Snuck in after dark so nobody would see the overhang. I unloaded at a job site by the train tracks Wednesday morning then I had to pick up a three stop load that I couldn't load until after 1 o'clock, so I hung around and watched trains go by until about 12:30. Got to Majestic Steel at 1:00 and left at 6:00. Had stops in Greensboro, Durham, and South Boston, Va. Got them all off Thursday then headed up rt. 501 to Gladys. Yesterday I went to Petersburg and loaded a load for Neville Island, Pa. It would have been slightly over gross so I had to take my tarps off the truck and go back across the scales for another empty weight- lightened me up 240 lbs. Left there grossing over 79,000 without the tarps on the truck and less than half full of fuel. Last time I was a little over the guy at the scales let me go load anyway, then let me lift up on the door while the truck was sitting on the scales. The woman in there yesterday is strictly by the book- a company man all the way. Attached thumbnail(s) // // // // View the full blog entry

Daimler Trucks North America Thursday announced pricing for meeting EPA2010 standards with its Detroit Diesel BlueTec or Cummins mid-range engine emissions technologies.View the full article

The National Cargo Theft Task Force has developed a web site designed to be the central point of contact for law enforcement and the insurance and transportation industries when it comes to cargo theft.View the full article

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed a series of bills into law recently as part of his global warming package, including House Bill 2186, which requires oil companies to reduce the amount of carbon in gasoline and diesel fuelView the full article

Rep. Gary Peters held an energy roundtable recently, focusing on fuel-efficient vehicles and technologiesView the full article

Allison Transmission will be developing commercial hybrid truck drive systems, thanks to a $62.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.View the full article

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 1361 this week, banning vehicles with three or more axles or a gross weight of 9,000 pounds or more on a segment of the Angeles Crest Highway (State Route 2)View the full article

Wabash National lost $17.9 million, or 59 cents a share, during the second quarterView the full article

Dana Holding Corp. managed to break even during the second quarter of 2009, while the company lost $122 million during the same quarter of last year.View the full article

Watt's Mack & BigMackTrucks.com 2nd Annual Truck Show! Aug. 22nd, 2009 Visit www.wattsmack.com for more details as they become available... Planning is underway now and it is promising to be a great show! Stay tuned for details! Single Day Event On: 8/22/2009 View the Original BMT Calendar Entry

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The American Transportation Research Institute is conducting a survey, asking trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industryView the full article

Evergreen Transportation, Evergreen, Ala., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week, but plans on restructuring its debt in an effort to emerge from it.View the full article

During a recent one-day event in Wisconsin, Kenworth showcased its on-highway and vocational trucks equipped with Cummins 2010-compliant engines and diesel-electric hybrid trucks to about 175 customersView the full article

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will present a webinar looking at the latest crash statistics for trucks and busesView the full article

U.S. containerized imports slipped 20.8 percent during the first quarter of this year from the year-ago quarter, the largest drop in almost 20 yearsView the full article

Mack Trucks will produce 18 more Mack Vision Elite model tractors for the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, per a recent order valued at $2.4 million.View the full article

Components maker BorgWarner said it lost $35.9 million, or 31 cents a share, in the second quarter, affected by a 39.6 percent drop in sales to $916.2 millionView the full article