Posted on 24-02-2006

Loading Trade Shows

Filed Under ( Trucking - Personal ) by Wayne Weisser

This is the trade show I picked up in Vegas and took to Garden City, CA (south of LA). One shows a flatbed being loaded while the other shows a bulldozer on the left loading the end dumps with trash and debris. This is all inside the Sands Convention Center. I’ve driven inside herebefore. Trucks [...]

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Posted on 09-02-2006

Good News For Us

Filed Under ( Trucking - Technology ) by Wayne Weisser

I almost quoted the entire article it was so good.
Driver shortage creates quandary for trucking.
On the one hand, a lack of drivers is restricting the ability of
trucking companies to expand and meet current freight volumes. Yet that
same lack of drivers results in tight capacity, which is allowing
fleets in many cases to get higher rates from [...]

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Posted on 07-02-2006

Let’s Re-regulate Trucking

Filed Under ( Trucking - Industry ) by Pavo News

by Ron Peacock (editor’s note - Ron has posted here before and has his own website. Which hasn’t been updated for awhile because he’s been busy with his local politics, which I admire him for doing something, instead of just talking about it.)
The trucking industry is complex, not appreciated by or understood by society-at-large and [...]

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Posted on 03-02-2006

NTSB: Trucker had little sleep before wreck

Filed Under ( Trucking - Industry ) by Wayne Weisser

An update on the driver of the Florida school bus crash -
CNN.com - NTSB: Trucker had little sleep"Except for a short nap, he was awake for 34 hours, but I’m not prepared to tell you whether or not he was exceeding the allowable hours of service," said David Rayburn, a National Transportation Safety Board [...]

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