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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•November 15, 2010

Watch Out for Cargo Theft

A full truckload of pharmaceuticals worth several million dollars was stolen last week at a rest area in Kentucky, illustrating a trend toward ever-higher values of stolen pharmaceutical shipments

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•November 12, 2010

High-Tech Trailer Aero Systems

A couple of new, sophisticated trailer aero add-ons were on display caddy-corner to each other on the show floor at the recent American Trucking Associations management conference and exhibition

On the Road•by Jim Park•November 11, 2010

"The reason we've got an unparalleled standard of living in the history of the world is because we've got a free market that is dynamic and entrepreneurial, and that free market has to be nurtured and cultivated.

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•November 10, 2010

Hold the Presses: Diesel Fumes Tied to Cancer

"Work exposure to diesel fumes tied to lung cancer." That's the headline of a Reuters news story this week reporting on a new research analysis. Hold on a minute. This is news

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•November 8, 2010

On the Border

Now that the elections are over, Mexican officials are likely to push even harder to get the cross-border trucking dispute ironed out in this window of time before the 2012 elections start consuming the administration's attention

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•November 3, 2010

Why Don't Military Trucks Have to Meet the Same Emissions Standards We Do?

I got an e-mail the other day from an owner-operator who was curious about why the government doesn't have to follow its own emissions rules when it comes to trucks owned by the military

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•November 3, 2010

Minnesota to Honor Thermo King's Fred Jones, Who Invented Early Mechanical Transport Reefers

It's been 72 years since Fredrick McKinley Jones devised what is claimed to have been the first successful mechanical refrigeration system for truck-trailers, and his story goes beyond invention

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•October 29, 2010

Aftermarket Truck Equipment Counts in Gathering Groundbreaking Tornado Data

Viewers of the Discovery Channel's "Stormchasers" program may not give much thought to the truck equipment that helps these daring tornado researchers do their job, but something as seemingly simple as a liftgate can make a big difference

On the Road•by Jim Park•October 29, 2010

Mack's Best - Old and New

Imagine the driver shortage we'd have today if trucks hadn't evolved from what we were running back in the '50s and '60s

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•October 27, 2010

Port Carriers Find a Loophole

Seems some carriers at the Southern California ports have found a loophole that allows them to continue operating some older, higher-polluting trucks that supposedly have been banned from the ports as part of their Clean Truck programs

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•October 27, 2010

How to Move 1.98 Million Pounds

Reader John M. King Jr. sent us this description and photos of the hauling of a massive load in the Carolinas. The contractor employed a pair of "multi-line" platform trailers from Mommoet in Holland, with each line being a row of hydraulically suspended and steered wheels

On the Road•by Jim Park•October 27, 2010

Fuel Economy Regs: What's the Point?

Just curious here: What is it the EPA and NHTSA believe they can accomplish by regulating fuel efficiency standards that the market isn't already doing, or wouldn't do if the economic argument made sense

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