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NewsDecember 7, 2010

Tire Industry Association Announces Technician and Instructor Training Dates

The Tire Industry Association has announced its 2011 dates for their Automotive Tire Service (ATS) and Commercial Tire Service (CTS) Certified Instructor programs

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NewsDecember 7, 2010

2011 HDRG Reman Summit Line-up Announced

The Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association's Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group will host their annual HDRG Summit at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 17, 2011

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NewsDecember 6, 2010

FTR Associates: Heavy Truck Orders Reach Highest Level in Over Four Years

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing November Class 8 truck net orders for all major North American OEM's totaled 26,005 units, a 38-percent increase over October and the highest monthly order level since May 2006

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NewsDecember 6, 2010

Eddie Walker Honored with UTA Lifetime Achievement Award

Eddie Walker, president of Best Used Trucks, and long-time member and leader at the Used Truck Association, received this year's Marvin F. Gordon Lifetime Achievement Award

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NewsDecember 6, 2010

Optimism Pervades Used Truck Convention

Optimism was in the air in Jacksonville, Fla. last month as more than 500 Used Truck Association members gathered for group's 11th annual convention, themed Boot Camp 2010

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Articlesby Jim ParkDecember 3, 2010

Balancing Act - Why Balance Just Tires? They Are Only One Part Of A Rotating Assembly.

Try starting a discussion about balancing truck wheels. You can just watch the eyeballs rolling backward in their sockets

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NewsDecember 2, 2010

Survey: Truckers Optimism Still Up, Rate Increase Expectations High

A majority of carriers expect volumes to increase over the next year, and three-quarters expect rate increases, according to a study by the transportation consulting firm Transport Capital Partners

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NewsDecember 2, 2010

November Preliminary Net Orders of Heavy-Duty Commercial Vehicles Strong

November preliminary net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets were 26,300 units, according to ACT Research Co

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Articlesby Tom BergDecember 2, 2010

Graphic Success: This Fleet's Testing Helped it Choose Aero Devices

Testing on regular runs showed Duplainville Transport which aerodynamic improvers to use on its 53-by-102 van trailers, and experience shows substantial fuel economy gains with a quick payback on the extra money invested

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Articlesby Tom BergDecember 2, 2010

Class 6 - 7 Roundup: Trucks & Trends in Mediums

Retail sales of medium-duty trucks are generally climbing as the economy improves, and the time is right for a sales war, at least in the view of the market leader, Navistar International

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