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All That's Trucking

Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge's take on anything and everything related to trucking,

Deborah Lockridge

Editor and Associate Publisher

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Guest Voices

Guest Voices features contributed posts from members of the trucking and transportation industry on ...

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On the Road

Straight talk on trucking from a driver turned award-winning journalist.

Jim Park

Former HDT Equipment Editor

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Truck Tech

Insights on ground-breaking technical developments and trends in an industry being transformed by te...

Jack Roberts

Executive Editor

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All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•August 15, 2012

Infrastructure and the presidential race

We finally got a highway bill, but since it only runs two years, it's something either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney is going to have to deal with during the next presidential administration

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•August 9, 2012

Treating drivers right keeps Nussbaum driver turnover low

How does a trucking company with a 500-plus-mile average length of haul keep its driver turnover down around 30% when the industry average is over 100%

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•August 2, 2012

Plug in pallet jack's batteries right in the trailer with TAPS

Plugging motorized pallet jacks into warehouse power supplies is so old. There's a new solution to the battery charging chore. Leave it in the trailer and charge it right there

On the Road•by Jim Park•August 1, 2012

How many drivers do we really need?

Do we really have a shortage of truck drivers in this country or are we simply adding up the empty seats across the land and calling that under-utilized capacity a driver short-age

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•July 27, 2012

Driver recruiting website takes a different approach

Three young men believe they have a better way of helping fleets find drivers

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•July 25, 2012

Standard on-board trailer scale adds operating value, suppliers say

About twelve years ago, while on a real-life run with a produce-hauler, I watched as he drove 19 miles off route to weigh his load -- at the consignee's request. While he backtracked, I thought that this was a great argument for on-board scales

On the Road•by Jim Park•July 24, 2012

It works! The saga of a motorcycle engine rebuild

There's a special satisfaction one gets from digging deep into the innards of a machine, dismantling it, reassembling it, and eventually getting it running again

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•July 23, 2012

What's behind TA's decision to get into the natural gas business?

A Q&A with Tom O'Brien, president and CEO, TravelCenters of America

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•July 19, 2012

How about those medium-duty tire prices?

So, have you noticed the high price of tires lately? Of course you have

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•July 15, 2012

Barges and trains don't deliver to Walmart (or the Euro equivalent)

Sounds like U.S. officials aren't the only ones who think the answer to problems such as greenhouse gas pollution and congestion is to shift freight off of trucks

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•July 11, 2012

'Driving the green revolution'

Exactly what is Cascade Sierra Solutions? It's not as if the name really says anything about trucks, fuel or emissions. Yet that's exactly what this nonprofit organization aims to do: help truckers, especially smaller fleets and owner-operators, save money on fuel and cut emissions of harmful particulates and greenhouse gases

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•July 11, 2012

Clever images entertain German motorists ... or do they?

German graphic artists are at it again, vinyl-wrapping semitrailers with eye-boggling images of products on their way to market. But wait..

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