A Schneider 53-foot van weighs about 14,000 pounds empty. Winds of more than 100 mph lifted the trailers off the ground when tornados touched down in Dallas last week. Trailer Talk blog by by Tom… Read More »14,000-pound trailer's an easy toss for a twister with 100-plus-mph winds
4/6/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Truck owners are allowed to tint the windshields and side windows of a truck’s cab, which could protect drivers from harmful sunlight,… Read More »Trucks May Have Tinted Windows, Group Says
GreenRoad‘s Fleet Leaders Survey shows that 57% of fleet leaders have “connected fleets” using Web-based fleet-management solutions. Twenty-eight percent of fleet leaders are actively using smartphones for fleet management today, and 8% are using iPads… Read More »Survey Suggests 'Connected Fleet' is Becoming the Norm
4/6/2012 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Transportation Sector Employment Shows Improvement Tweet Print This The U.S. unemployment declined to 8.2% in March — the lowest in three years — but trucking jobs fell… Read More »Unemployment Rate Drops to Three-Year Low 8.2%; Trucking Jobs Decline
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During a ceremony celebrating the 20th anniversary of Schnieder National‘s military recruitment program, the company announced plans to hire 650 current and former military members across the country in 2012. “Our military personnel-and those coming… Read More »Schneider Plans to Hire 650 Military Members in 2012
4/6/2012 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Baja Express Transportes, Tijuana, Mexico, has been granted authority to operate throughout the United States, the third carrier to get authority under… Read More »FMCSA Approves Another Mexican Carrier for U.S. Operation
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 06-12 Friday, April 6, 2012 Contact: Shashunga Clayton Tel.: 202-366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Heartland Charters Tours,… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Heartland Charters & Tours, Inc. to Shut Down
A study by Instructional Technologies Inc., provider of Pro-Tread online safety training, showed that Pro-Tread clients’ CSA BASIC scores averaged 30 point less than average industry CSA scores. The study also showed a positive correlation… Read More »Pro-Tread Says Clients Average 30 Points Lower in CSA BASIC Scores
4/5/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The American Transportation Research Institute is soliciting truck drivers’ opinions on the federal government’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. The survey seeks to… Read More »ATRI Seeks Truck Drivers' Input on CSA
All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Here’s a different twist on the question of whether you should go with natural gas: It could be a selling tool to your customers that… Read More »LNG as a sales tool
4/4/2012 12:15:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This SAVANNAH, Ga. — Great Dane Trailers on Wednesday broke ground on a major expansion of its corporate offices here. The ceremony — to mark… Read More »Great Dane Expanding Corporate Offices