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Mild recession won’t cause too much pain to work truck industry: NTEA
Expect a short, mild U.S. recession later this year and a fairly flat commercial vehicle market in Canada, according to work truck association NTEA. Its senior director of market data and research, Steve Latin-Kasper, gave…
Depot-Focused Run on Less Coming in Fall 2023 – Fuel Smarts
The 18-month study and demonstration event will explore what is needed for trucking fleets to move from having one or two electric trucks to having 15 or more.Photo: NACFE The North American Council for…
Vintage Toyota Supra Wrecked
Mechanic Destroys 1997 Toyota Supra During Test Drive: Report Anyone who has dealt with these cars know that they were rare to begin with (around $40K and up brand spanking new,with most examples nowadays going for…
Phillips Connect promotes five key employees
Phillips Connect announced the promotion of five key employees. Amber White is promoted to vice-president of marketing. Since joining Phillips Connect in 2020, White has played a role in many strategic developments. She was…
Work Truck Names Top 5 Medium-Duty Trucks – Equipment
The Top 5 Medium-Duty Trucks for 2023 represent the finalists for Work Truck's annual award. Photo: Work Truck Five medium-duty work trucks have been announced as finalists for the annual Medium-Duty…
Should I go back to CDL school to get manual experience? | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
I did CDL school in 2017, then worked OTR until late 2020. I've been out of trucking since then. All the companies had me in automatics. I don't have a restriction on my cdl, but we only had a couple weeks of road…
Thoughts while plugged into a door | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
Question occurred to me while the red light flashes and the truck shakes.What is the difference in the freight that the huge customers (Walmart, Tyson, etc) haul with their private fleet vs. the freight they contract out to…
Opinions on Freightliner Classic XL’s? | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
The classic is the owner operator extended hood version of the FLD. Pretty much everything except for the hood and that type of thing is interchangeable on them. Many parts are interchangeable from the cab over…
Smeltzer embraces perils, satisfaction of hauling livestock
Hauling livestock can be dangerous and demanding, not a job most can or would like to do. You could get kicked, gored, knocked over and seriously hurt or worse. Kevin Smeltzer, who grew up on a farm and likes working with…
Volvo LIGHTS Project Deploys Final VNR Electric Trucks – Fuel Smarts
Rockview Farms’ Volvo VNR Electric trucks are the last trucks to be funded through the Volvo LIGHTS project.Photo: Volvo Rockview Farms, a family-owned dairy business in Southern California, deployed two…
