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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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On the Road•by Jim Park•April 20, 2012

Come on up to Toronto's Truck World, eh

Canada is celebrating all that's good in trucking this weekend. It's Toronto's turn to host Canada's national truck show, called Truck World

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•April 12, 2012

Truckers often lament that they are no longer viewed as the "knights of the road." You've seen pictures of those knights, back in the '50s: clean-cut guys, wearing uniforms and caps, boasting badges or pins denoting years of service

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

Thinking big on infrastructure

Kudos to U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins for daring to think big when it comes to infrastructure

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•April 5, 2012

14,000-pound trailer's an easy toss for a twister with 100-plus-mph winds

How much power does it take to pick up a semitrailer and throw it hundreds of feet through the air? That question must've been on the minds of everyone who watched TV news video shot during the passage of a savage tornado through Dallas last week

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•April 4, 2012

LNG as a sales tool

Here's a different twist on the question of whether you should go with natural gas: It could be a selling tool to your customers that are tired of the volatility of fuel price surcharges

On the Road•by Jim Park•April 4, 2012

Cheap insurance, really cheap insurance

A set of visual brake stroke indicators costs no more than a few bucks per wheel-end, and can save hundreds by preventing just one out-of-service situation. So why aren't more fleets and owner-operators using them

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•March 28, 2012

What's inside that tanker? A polyurethane coating

During a stroll through the trailer areas at last week's Louisville truck show, I turned a corner and encountered a chemical tanker. Its rear access cover was open, and people were pausing to peek inside. "What's in there?" I wondered

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

Trends from Mid-America: Natural gas

Nearly every press conference and presentation at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., last week seemed to mention natural gas

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

Trends from Mid-America: 6x2s

A drive axle configuration that is common in Europe is getting more attention on this side of the pond: the 6x2

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•March 26, 2012

Trends from Mid-America: Vertical integration

At the Mid-America Trucking Show, it looked like vertical integration may be the wave of the future as truck makers look for ways to improve fuel economy as well as be more competitive globally.

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

Peterbilt Technology Truck talks to iPad

I saw a lot of neat iPad apps this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky. But one of the coolest was on Peterbilt's 2012 Technology Truck

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

Putting down the Mountain Dew

Many truckers won't hit the road without their super-size cups full of Coca-Cola or Mountain Dew, but a new study suggests that habit may be linked to a significantly higher risk of heart attacks

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