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Western Star truck hauling a World War II Martin Mars bomber.
Newsby Jack RobertsDecember 11, 2024

Western Star Transports Massive World War II Bomber to New Home

A Western Star 4900SF tractor was recently given the honor of hauling a World War II era Martin Mars Bomber to its new home at the British Columbia Aviation Museum in Victoria, British Columbia.

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ArticlesSeptember 20, 2024

Heavy-Haul Truckers: Understanding Your Rights to Downtime Payments

For heavy haulers and other trucking operations with highly specialized equipment, downtime following a crash can be devastating to their business and income. But you have a right to payments for that downtime, according to this attorney.

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ProductsJuly 18, 2023

XL Specialized Adds Guardian Trailer Options

XL Specialized Trailers introduced a host of new options for its XL Guardian Hydraulic Detachable Gooseneck construction trailer.

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Articlesby Stephane BabcockOctober 8, 2020

Heavy Hauler Goes Big

Henderson Heavy Haul has to maneuver some of the largest oversized loads on the road. Without the right equipment, they would be stuck between more than just a rock and a hard place.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2020

Talbert Manufacturing’s 55-Ton Traveling Axle Trailer

Talbert Manufacturing recently unveiled the 5553TA, a traveling axle trailer with a planetary winch and Talbert’s redesigned piggy-back cylinder with more than 25% more power to move axles in adverse conditions.

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Articlesby Stephane BabcockJune 4, 2020

Northwest Logistics Ropes in Heavy Haul Business

Northwest Logistics Heavy Haul went from steel chains to fiber ones to reduce time, damage, and injury.

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ProductsJanuary 8, 2020

McLaren Adds Stainless-Steel Top Bracket to Door

McLaren Doors says it's taken the final step in making its Streamline Insulated door model assembly rust-free.

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Newsby Jim ParkApril 5, 2019

XL Specialized Trailers Brings Two New Trailers to MATS

XL Specialized brought a couple of new trailers to the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, – the Mini-Deck Extendable and the Low-Profile Hydraulic Detachable Gooseneck.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergNovember 14, 2017

Talbert Celebrates Removable Gooseneck’s 70th Anniversary

The mechanical gooseneck revolutionized equipment loading by eliminating the need to drive machinery up and over the trailer tires, says Talbert. Tom Berg has more in the Trailer Talk blog.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergJuly 9, 2015

The Army Uses Serious Rigs to Haul Armored Vehicles

The U.S. Army operates some of the more serious tractor-trailer combinations in the world, as Tom Berg explores in his Trailer Talk blog. The M1000 gooseneck trailer, for instance, weighs 50,000 pounds before it's even loaded.

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