A TITANIC LEAP FOR mDRIVE preview image Equipment A TITANIC LEAP FOR mDRIVE March 17, 2015 Mack Trucks came up north for an announcement that’ll be particularly welcomed by the Canadian trucking industry. Its Titan by Mack, serious, badass, heavy-hauler will now come standard with the…
FORD’S FUN NEW F-750 preview image Equipment FORD’S FUN NEW F-750 March 4, 2015 Ford has come out with a quieter F-650/F-750 medium-duty truck, but it’s making some noise with the introduction by showing it for the first time at the NTEA Work Truck…
STICK WITH THE PROGRAM, GREEN FLEETS URGED March 3, 2015 I’ve attended the NTEA Green Truck Summit each of the past few years and watched as the crowds swelled with each passing year. One year, everyone was abuzz about hybrids…
DRIVERS, RATE YOUR SHIPPERS March 3, 2015 We’ve all heard the horror stories of drivers being mistreated at shipper and receiver facilities. Often they’re told not to idle – even if it’s the only way to keep…
WHY DRIVER TRAINING REQUIRES FOLLOW-UP March 3, 2015 I wrote recently that training drivers on fuel-efficient driving techniques will soon be unnecessary and obsolete, as advanced technologies bring parity to the driving force. I still believe that, but…
PRAISE FOR PIT March 3, 2015 Last week I attended the second annual Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) Conference in Toronto. PIT is an engineering and research organization that tests, to the highest TMC/SAE standards, the effectiveness…
Guest Column: How to enhance your fuel management system preview image Business Management Guest Column: How to enhance your fuel management system February 25, 2015 Unstable oil prices have always placed a level of uncertainty behind the fuel management process. Unpredictable fuel prices create huge daily budget challenges. This is especially true for those where…
Business Management Taking care of business: Factoring—the over-looked financing option February 24, 2015 Accounts receivable financing isn’t just for businesses in trouble
Safety goes high-tech preview image Business Management Safety goes high-tech February 23, 2015 Fleet Safety Council panel discusses new ways to prevent accidents and deal with their aftermath
Transportation Why so many audits result in penalties February 23, 2015 This month, IFTA and IRP will release their annual reports on 2014 audit activity in their respective member jurisdictions. These reports contain straight-up data on how many IFTA…
Transportation AMTA selects new Road Knights team February 23, 2015 CALGARY, Alta. – You could almost think of them as the Snowbirds of Alberta’s trucking industry. Not that they’re a bunch of senior citizens running to points south…
John Drury: Dancing his way to health preview image Health & Safety John Drury: Dancing his way to health February 23, 2015 Like many truck drivers, John Drury of Cincinnati, Ohio has had trouble keeping his health and well-being a top priority. Over the years, the 44-year-old’s…
Transportation Just one of the guys part two February 23, 2015 THE STORY SO FAR With a storm coming, Mark pulls into the Husky in Dryden. He offers help to a woman driver struggling to install her chains,…
Transportation Should you be filming that? February 23, 2015 Technology in trucking has had a huge impact on the way we do things. Unfortunately, when it goes wrong, that impact can have us sitting in the driver’s…
Transportation March Tax Madness: Survive and advance February 23, 2015 It’s now March and since you’re an organized owner/operator the only tax-related tasks remaining are to double-check your books and safely tuck away your slips and receipts. Good job!…
