By Jim Beach, Contributing Editor A decade ago, selling truck parts was mostly a face-to-face (or least voice-to-voice) business. Distributors used outside salespeople to call on fleets, independent repair shops or other service providers to… Read More »How Technology is Changing the Way Fleets Buy Parts

In previous quarters, Schilling’s big rig and trailer, without side skirts, averaged 6.7 to 6.8 miles per gallon. For the first quarter with the prototype Freight Wing fairings installed, his rig averaged 7.2 miles per… Read More »Side Skirts Save Owner-Operator Team $10,000 a Year in Fuel

6/4/2012 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance About 10,000 federal, state, provincial and local truck and bus inspectors will fan out at more than 1,500… Read More »Roadcheck 2012 Begins Tuesday

Kenworth says the company invested $400 million and more than four years bringing this truck to market. By Jim Park, Equipment Editor When I first heard that Kenworth’s new T680 was unveiled at the Mid-America… Read More »Test Drive: Kenworth T680

6/1/2012 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Construction spending rose in April for a second straight month, the Commerce Department said Friday. The 0.3% increase followed a 0.3% gain… Read More »Construction Spending Rises 0.3%

The archive below lists all new content featured in the “New at FMCSA homepage since January 1, 2006. Rulemakings and Notices are archived separately.   [Help] Posted Announcement Category 05/31/12 FMCSA Requests Public Comment on a… Read More »Join FMCSA's Administrator, Anne S. Ferro for the "National Registry's Healthy Drivers: Safer Highways Podcast" on May 24, 2012.

6/1/2012 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in May from April’s three-year-low 8.1%, but trucking and transportation employment improved, the Labor Department… Read More »Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2%; Trucking Gains Jobs

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 14-12 Thursday, May 31, 2012 Contact: Shashunga Clayton Tel.: (202) 366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Shuts Down 26… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Shuts Down 26 Bus Operations in
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A fleetHQ technician inspects a trailer where it’s parked, and after a go-ahead from Paschall Truck Lines, will fix whatever’s wrong. Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor With more than 2,700 trailers scattered… Read More »Paschall improves CSA scores with contract 'readiness' program

6/1/2012 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Canadian Pacific Railway resumed operations Friday morning after a week-long strike, Reuters reported. Lawmakers concerned about the impact on economy pushed through… Read More »Canadian Pacific Resumes Operations as Strike Ends

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 395 [Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0183] Hours of Service of Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles; Regulatory Guidance for Oilfield Exception AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration… Read More »FMCSA Requests Public Comment on a Revision of its Regulatory Guidance to Clarify the Applicability of the "Oilfield Operations" Exceptions to the Hours of Service Regulations

On the Road Blog by Jim Park, Equipment Editor Here’s a tale that, if it were from any other industry, might inspired a feel-good feature film. It’s about a struggling rookie lease-operator who, as he… Read More »The 1.6 mpg epiphany