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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•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

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•March 9, 2012

What are drivers thinking before they get rammed at railroad crossings?

"Stop, Look and Listen." You'd think professional truck drivers, of all people, would heed that warning at railroad crossings, but not all of them do

On the Road•by Jim Park•March 7, 2012

EPA Engine Report Card: the rest of the story

Getting through EPA 2002 through 2010 has been tough for everyone. Occasionally fleets share their experiences with the likes of me, who report them when we can. But there's an entire sub-set of sufferer we seldom hear from, or take seriously when we do: owner-operators

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

Fuel choices will make dollar sense, says DOE's Chu

Dr. Steven Chu, the thoughtful and studious Secretary of Energy, went from Climate Change to oil supplies to small, powerful engines in his presentation to the Green Truck Summit yesterday, and showed how they're all linked

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•March 2, 2012

Big Kitchen Trailer Serves Thousands in Wake of Disaster

The other night my wife and I were watching a Modern Marvels episode on "food trucks," primarily custom-built catering rigs based on walk-in van chassis. The producers also zeroed in on Manna One, a big kitchen built on a semitrailer frame specifically for disaster relief

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