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Thanksgiving postcard circa 1900 showing turkey and football player. Image via Wikimedia Commons
The Heavy Duty Trucking staff will be at home with their families on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Day holiday but we’ll be back covering the day’s trucking news on Monday.
However, many of our readers will still be working hard, so we have filled our newsletter with some of the most popular online articles.
Our editors not only put in hard work to publish our print magazine, but also produce great online content, all of which is written and edited to help improve your fleet business as well as provide various thoughts on every aspect of the industry.
Please enjoy some of our best features, photo galleries, and videos from the past few months. They cover a wide range of topics from future trucking technology, green and sustainable practices, and maintenance, to new vehicle reveals, infrastructure reform, and in-depth interviews with important industry people.
A new partnership brings free wireless ELD service plus load optimization and dispatch planning tools to fourth- and fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia customers, with broader model availability planned through 2026.
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This white paper examines how advanced commercial vehicle diagnostics can significantly reduce fleet downtime as heavy duty vehicles become more complex. It shows how Autel’s CV diagnostic tools enable in-house troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and faster repairs, helping fleets cut emissions-related downtime, reduce dealer dependence, and improve overall vehicle uptime and operating costs.
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6 intelligent dashcam tactics to improve safety and boost ROI
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The $283 million acquisition of FirstFleet makes Werner the fifth-largest dedicated carrier and pushes more than half of its revenue into contract freight.
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B2X Rewards is a new, gamified rewards program aimed at driving deeper engagement across BBM’s digital platforms, newsletters, events, and TheFleetSource.com.
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Trucking’s biggest technology shifts in 2026 have one thing in common: artificial intelligence.
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Why discipline, relationships, and focus have mattered more than size for smaller trucking fleets during the freight recession.
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Cargo theft losses hit $725 million last year. In this HDT Talks Trucking Short Take video, Scott Cornell explains how a bill moving in Congress could bring federal tracking, enforcement, and prosecutions to help address the problem.
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Cargo theft activity across North America held relatively steady in 2025 — but the financial damage did not, as ever-more-sophisticated organized criminal groups shifted their cargo theft focus to higher-value shipments.
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A new partnership between Phillips Connect and McLeod allows fleets to view trailer health, location, and cargo status inside the same McLeod workflows used for planning, dispatch, and execution.
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