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On the Roadby Jim ParkOctober 24, 2019

Why Waste Time on Platooning When LCVs are More Efficient?

For all the time, money and effort spent on platooning over the past eight years, we probably could have had a nationwide north-south and east-west LCV network in place, contends HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park in his On the Road blog.

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ProductsApril 6, 2017

Flintec Launches On-Board Weight Indicator

Flintec has launched the touchscreen FT-30M On-Board Vehicle Weight Indicator, featuring a range of purpose built load sensors and accessories.

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NewsJune 28, 2016

CAT Scale Adds Payment Options to App

CAT Scale is now accepting ACH payments through its Weigh My Truck app, to expand usage to as many drivers as possible.

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NewsApril 18, 2016

Xtra Lease Offers Free Size & Weight Reference Guide

Trailer leasing company Xtra Lease is offering the 2016 Size & Weight Guide, a reference guide containing state-by-state listings of size and weight regulations.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergSeptember 21, 2015

Tri-Axle Trailers and Economics in the 'Market'

The strongest argument against heavier rigs is the lack of payback due to low revenue from stingy shippers. That's the "market" at work.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergJuly 22, 2015

Trailer Weight Cutting Suggestions Total 2,500 Pounds

While poring through more than 1,300 pages of proposed regulations, staffers found themselves immersed in details of trailer design, including weight reduction.

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Newsby David CullenJuly 8, 2015

Group Pushes Congress to Up Federal Truck Weight Limit

The Coalition for Transportation Productivity is revving up its lobbying to increase the federal vehicle weight limit to 97,000 pounds for tractor-trailers equipped with a sixth axle.

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Newsby David CullenJune 18, 2015

Bipartisan Senate Duo Lobbies Against Twin 33 Trailers

A bipartisan pair of Senators— Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)-- are lending their voices to the chorus opposing the nationwide legalization of twin 33-foot truck trailers via a rider to the T-HUD funding bill now under consideration by the Senate Committee on Appropriations.

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Newsby David CullenJune 16, 2015

Trucking Execs Urge Senators to Turn Down ‘Twin 33’ Trailers

The top executives of 15 major for-hire carriers are pushing back against a drive on Capitol Hill to legalize the operation of twin 33-ft trailers on highways nationwide.

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Newsby David CullenJune 8, 2015

DOT: Lack of Data Argues Against Truck Size/Weight Changes

The Department of Transportation has declared that “data limitations” uncovered by its research on the impact of increasing truck size and weight limits should preclude changing “relevant laws and regulations.”

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