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Webasto has tapped Rolf Haag as president and CEO of Webasto Product North America.View the full article

YRC Worldwide has received the highest ranking from the EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership program, for the fifth consecutive year.View the full article

Southeastern Freight Lines has been honored by the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council in the 2009 Carrier of the Year Awards, marking the eighth time the company has been recognized.View the full article

As oil prices rose over $70 per barrel last week and Goldman Sachs raised its forecast for oil prices, the American Trucking Associations joined a coalition of trade associations asking Congress to rein in excessive speculation in the commodities markets.View the full article

Pilot has opened a new travel center in Rotterdam, N.Y., off of Interstate 88.View the full article

ChemLogix has recently purchased 20 new ISO tank containers in an effort to grow its BulkTainer intermodal business.View the full article

Iowa80.com, the trucking accessory retailer, has announced its Dreams of Chrome Sweepstakes. Commercial drivers will have the chance to win a $500 Iowa 80 Gift Card.View the full article

Continental Tire North America has named Lillibridge Transportation as Fuel Savings Champion of the tire company's inaugural "Beat the Best" competition.View the full article

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Richard Kramer chief operating officer.View the full article

BorgSolutions has rebranded its flagship fleet maintenance management platform Astral, which has been renamed Borg Fleet.View the full article

Well, Huntsville is over, and I'm low on excuses for not working. Jimmy has the B-67 frame coming along nicely, and the air suspension is fitted and ready for me to pre-paint before final assembly. The clutch linkage is all rebuilt and re-bushed and new bearings installed. (Like the rest of the truck - it's way overbuilt and almost indestructable, if cared for properly. But, you do have to take care of it!) The body work is progressing nicely. A lot more welding and straightening than I thought, but still coming along really well. Got a nice idea for an A/C condenser mounting from a really nice B-53 in Huntsville. And learned a new trick involving heat resistant expanding foam insulation for the cab. If all goes fairly well, we should be putting the cab back on the frame in early July. I'm sandblasting and painting a lot of parts this week. (The steering box, column and linkage, the clutch linkage pieces, radiator frame and support etc., etc.) And taking the 711 engine out of the old R-600 as the donor. It will get cleaned up and painted, then it gets new hoses, filters etc. for service in the B-67. Moving along good. Indidentally - I do have a lot of early R model parts that I would sell, if someone needed. All of the hardware, instruments, glass, doors, seats, duplex TRD-72 transmission, rear-end and front axle, etc. This was a very complete and good running truck. The cab and the double frame are pretty badly rusted, but if someone needed, they are available too. View the full blog entry

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might as well talk about the garden...ain't been doing any truckin'. It's really growing and looking good. Even the upside down tomater in the bucket looks pretty good...bucket's kinda ugly though. Got some herbs in the round things. Waitin' on Paul to tell me what to do with 'em. And squirrels are already eating the peaches, and they're not even close to being ripe. Why don't these squirrels eat all these acorns and hickory nuts around here, like real squirrels? Attached thumbnail(s) // // // // // View the full blog entry

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President Barack Obama has chosen to nominate Anne Ferro as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, according to a White House announcement Thursday.View the full article

A panel of trucking executives known for their innovative equipment specs say they're fairly comfortable with and even looking forward to selective catalytic reduction technology for 2010 emissions regulations, but they're not ruling out Navistar's enhanced-EGR approach.View the full article

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has reached a tentative settlement with Supervalu, the retail grocery company.View the full article

The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that would address the issue of redundant background checks for port and hazmat truck drivers.View the full article

New Life Transport Parts Center has acquired Trailmobile Parts, giving the company exclusive rights to the distribution of Trailmobile's aftermarket repair parts.View the full article

Crap!..This week STILL ain't going too good so far- I went to the doctor today and he told me to come back tomorrow (again!) so he could look at it and change the bandage (again!). Only tomorrow i've got to see him in Lynchburg. The doctor couldn't believe the amount of stuff that was still in there. He said "I think we've about got it!.. no, wait- spoke too soon." He said maybe tomorrow I would be good to go with just a band-aid. Same thing he said yesterday. And the day before...and the day before. Meanwhile, no income, and i'm getting crankier all the time. Had to pass up a load going to Fremont, Ohio today. I try to tell myself it's best to do what he says and not risk having even bigger problems with it, or having it get infected or something, but this is getting old fast. I feel fine, but he's had to work on it every day this week. Good thing I can't get to it, or I might monkey up And how about David Carradine (Kung-Fu)? Just saw where he had hanged himself in a motel room. So many people in the world struggling to live...and he kills himself. View the full blog entry

Time is running out for Congress on two critical highway issues. The most immediate problem is that the Highway Trust Fund will burn through its cash balance perhaps as soon as August.View the full article

Driver distraction, from cell phone use to dispatching devices, was involved in 100 percent of commercial vehicles crashes in a recent study.View the full article

Ryder System has added its name to the ranks of the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program, with a $1 million donation over the next three years.View the full article

Ferrellgas Partners, a U.S. propane distributor, is integrating the Roush propane-powered Ford F-250 pickup truck into its alternative fuel fleet, and will take the truck on a "Road Show" through the Midwest June 15-18.View the full article

The National Private Truck Council has inducted four drivers from member companies into its Driver Hall of Fame.View the full article