With a traditional tree planting ceremony, Hino Motors Ltd. had the grand opening of its nearly 1,000,000 sq. ft. facility in Mineral Wells, WV. Along with the new facility comes 250 jobs for the community and they plan on rolling out a lot of new trucks. All of Hino’s class…
Over a three month period, TravelCenters of America, in partnership with High Noon Sales, have been selling merchandise for the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund (SCF). For each item sold at their participating TA, Petro and TA Express stations, TravelCenters donated $1 to the fund. This non-profit organization…
Soon, two women from Amarillo, Texas will be graduating from the Amarillo College Truck Driving Academy. With an industry that is mostly made up of men, this college highly encourages female truckers because that is who the trucking employers they work with are looking for. Rosa Rosas, one of the…
Grocery stores in South central Alaska, from Soldotna to Fairbanks, are not getting restocked because the current wildfires are crippling the busiest trucking corridors. Some roads are closed and some are passable but with major wait times, even up to 12 hours. Besides hindering the trucking industry, the fires have…
The newest driver-assist (not driverless) technology, Copilot by Pronto, controls steering, braking, and throttling. This is a whole new kind of cruise control for trucks that works with power steering, collision mitigation, lane centering and traffic awareness. This safety technology helps relieve the mental strain of being on the road…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a PDF on the Clearinghouse website showing query prices for carriers to use on their current and future drivers. An individual plan, for one driver, costs $1.25 while a bundled plan for 7,500 drivers costs $9,375. A query is a search into…
Have you ever had a fresh Georgia peach right off the tree? The Peach Truck is a business that transports fresh peaches around the country in such a timely manner that they are practically fresh off the tree when they reach your doorstep. It started in 2012 with 32 boxes…
In an industry that moves 70% of freight tonnage across the U.S. and with a revenue that topped $796 billion last year, it’s safe to say that trucking is the backbone of America. Without trucks our supermarket shelves would be empty, hospitals would be short on medical supplies, there would…
Omnitracs, a powerhouse in commercial vehicle telematics, is working with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) during The Great American Trucking Show (GATS) in Dallas, Texas. At booth #2545, these companies are bringing awareness and education about human trafficking to everyone attending GATS. They are encouraging everyone at the show to stop…
In Jefferson City, Mo., truck drivers gathered outside the Capitol building to help push for a new bill that would not allow driverless trucks in Missouri. After many states have allowed autonomous trucks to drive on their roads, Missouri was next in line, but the truckers have a different opinion….