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NewsFebruary 6, 2012

ATD Chairman: 'Change Will Come With or Without Us'

In his last speech as chairman of the American Truck Dealers, Utah commercial truck dealer Kyle Treadway urged dealers to embrace the many changes affecting heavy- and medium-duty truck retailing, including the introduction of new federal regulations, technological advances and the entrance of a younger generation of future dealers

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NewsFebruary 6, 2012

Senate to Vote on Highway Funding Proposal

Today the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on revenue provisions to supplement the Highway Trust Fund and pay for the Senate's proposed highway bill. Passage of the measure will put in place a key provision for the Senate's plan to reauthorize the federal highway program with a $109 billion, two-year bill. The House, meanwhile, is working on a $260 billion, five-year bill.

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NewsFebruary 6, 2012

Xtra Lease Orders 9,400 New Trailers for 2012

Xtra Lease ordered 9,400 new vans and reefers for 2012. The new models will replace many older model trailers that will be sold or re-designated as cartage or storage trailers

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NewsFebruary 6, 2012

Healthy Trucking Summit Planned for April

The Healthy Trucking Association of America's fourth annual Healthy Trucking Summit will take place April 24-26 in Atlanta at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center

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NewsFebruary 6, 2012

North Dakota Seasonal Highway Load Restrictions Begin Feb. 8

The North Dakota Department of Transportation will place seasonal load restrictions on highways in southwestern North Dakota beginning Feb. 8. at 7 a.m. CST

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NewsFebruary 5, 2012

Terry Dotson Named Truck Dealer of the Year

Terry Dotson, president, chairman and CEO of Prestonburg, Ky.-basedWorldwide Equipment Enterprises, Saturday was named the American Truck Dealers/Heavy Duty Trucking Truck Dealer of the Year.

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NewsFebruary 5, 2012

House Highway Bill Clears Committee on Party-Line Vote

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee did its job last week, reporting out a bill that would reauthorize the federal transportation program for five years at current funding levels. It was a squeaker, though, and the outlook for Congress finishing the job before the current program expires on March 31 is not rosy

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NewsFebruary 3, 2012

Wisconsin Kenworth Opens Location in La Crosse

Wisconsin Kenworth opened a 15,200-square-foot location in La Crosse

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NewsFebruary 3, 2012

House Panel Kills Truck Weight Increase

An increase in federal truck size and weight limits did not survive a House committee vote yesterday. Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted 33 to 22 to study the increased limit, rather than actually increasing it

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NewsFebruary 2, 2012

Great Dane Manufacturing Facility Builds Its 100,000th Trailer

Great Dane's Terre Haute, Ind., manufacturing facility celebrated the completion of its 100,000th trailer

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