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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•June 19, 2012

Talk about a food truck...

A Titan by Mack now greets visitors to the Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks, an arts and cultural center and the former site of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Pa

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•June 15, 2012

UFO on a trailer bares the truth about Roswell!

Please understand that I still believe that something significant happened near Roswell, N.M., back in 1947, in spite of what the public was told.

On the Road•by Jim Park•June 15, 2012

One-third of American workers are sleep-deprived

Americans, it seems, are chronically sleep deprived. Perhaps not dramatically so, but we're sleepy enough to make the radar screen at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Research shows that over 30% of workers aged 30-64 are short of sleep

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•June 14, 2012

Dust storms as poetry

You're not a Jedi / This is not Tatooine, Luke / Pull over now, man.

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•June 13, 2012

Oprah's magazine highlights woman trucker

"There are 3.5 million truckers in America, and only 200,000 of them are women, and only a fraction of them are black women, and only one of them is Sputter." That's how an article in this month's issue of Oprah's O magazine starts out,

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•June 11, 2012

Semi splashes syrup onto Buttermilk Pike -- really

Cleanup crews needed more than knives and forks to clear a mess made by a semi that sideswiped a barrier on Interstate 71 and 75 in Fort Mitchell, Ky., just south of Cincinnati

On the Road•by Jim Park•June 7, 2012

Tire rolling resistance: It's real

I love it when someone comes up with a simple way of illustrating a point. Rolling resistance in tires is real and it's a problem for trucks. But how do you quantify it? Percentages are vague. This little test is not vague at all.

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•June 6, 2012

For greener roads, make them stiffer

Think about how much more energy it takes you to walk on a sandy beach than on a firm floor. That's essentially what's happening when cars and trucks drive on asphalt roads, say researchers, and if those roads could be made stiffer, the nation could save a lot of fuel and greenhouse gas emissions.

On the Road•by Jim Park•June 1, 2012

The 1.6 mpg epiphany

Here's a tale that, if it were from any other industry, might inspire a feel-good feature film. It's about a struggling rookie lease-operator who, as he is driving back to the terminal to hand back the keys, decides to try something different.

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•May 31, 2012

Paschall improves CSA scores with contract 'readiness' program

With more than 2,700 trailers scattered across the lower 48 states and Mexico, conducting regular trailer inspections and repairs has been a daunting task for Paschall Truck Lines. But a contract service adopted more than a year ago has effectively complemented the fleet's effort

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•May 24, 2012

'Teardrop' trailers save 2%-5% for British beverage distributor, but shape's not new

Streamlined "teardrop" trailers are saving enough fuel money for Tradeteam, a British beverage distributor, that it's buying a second set of them

On the Road•by Jim Park•May 22, 2012

What this country needs is a good $300 electronic log

As the House and Senate try to come to agreement on a highway bill that could include a requirement to mandate electronic onboard recorders, I want to say, I believe we're being taken for a ride on this push to mandate EOBRs.

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