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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 11, 2000

GM Trucks Predicts A Good Year

General Motors says 2000 should be another good year for commercial vehicle sales. The company said January sales of medium duty commercial vehicles were 39% above January 1999 deliveries

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 11, 2000

Bendix Launches Core Parts Web Auction

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has launched an auction web site for rebuildable cores -- heavy duty parts, such as engines, alternators, transmissions, compressors, etc.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 11, 2000

New Round Of Overnite-Teamster Talks Uneventful

The first negotiations between the Teamsters and Overnite Transportation since picketing of the company started 14 weeks ago wrapped up yesterday in Chicago with little fanfare

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•February 10, 2000

Fog, Convoy May Have Caused Ohio Pileup

The Ohio Highway Patrol is not yet sure what triggered a chain reaction on Interstate 70 early this week that involved nine tractor-trailers and left one trucker dead. Early indications are that thick fog may have been a factor, while truckers speculate the trucks were traveling too close together

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 10, 2000

Port Truckers Rally In New Jersey

Trucks were parked bumper to bumper as far as the eye could see at the Port of Newark yesterday as hundreds of independent truckers gathered to protest broken promises on fuel surcharges, high taxes, low rates

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Equipment•by Staff•February 10, 2000

Ontario Court Upholds Acquittal Under 'Flying Wheels' Law

Ontario's top court upheld a ruling that acquitted a truck rental company of violating the province's "flying wheels" law

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 10, 2000

Owner-Operators Win Suit On Credit Card Surcharges

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that Flying J and Pilot Corp. truckstops have been improperly imposing surcharges on fuel bought with Visa and MasterCard credit cards, but Flying J says it is confident the ruling will be overturned

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Aftermarket•by Staff•February 10, 2000

Eaton Selects Mexico Transmission Manufacturing Site

Eaton's Truck Components Operations has selected a site at the Tres Naciones Industrial Park in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, as the location for a new manufacturing plant to build transmissions for the North American market

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Equipment•by Staff•February 10, 2000

Ontario Truckers Want More Rest Areas

The shortage of rest areas is not a problem limited to the United States. But a group of Ontario truck drivers has launched a campaign to petition the provincial government to build more roadside rest areas -- and looks to the U.S. for inspiration

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Equipment•by Staff•February 10, 2000

Ontario Truckers Say Province Taxes Safety

The Ontario Trucking Assn. yesterday unveiled a new study showing that when it comes to sales tax on equipment, insurance, maintenance and repairs, Ontario levies the highest tax load on its trucking industry, compared to any neighboring North American jurisdiction

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