Posted on 29-04-2007

More Mexican Truck Stuff

Filed Under ( NAFTA, NAFTA Super Highway, Trucking, Trucking - NAFTA ) by Wayne Weisser

Every story has two sides, sometimes more. With the Mexican truck issue, there’s the environmentalist and groups worried about safety. (Did someone mention how safe Mexican Trucks are?) FMCSA can’t even guarantee that US trucks are safe. The unions and some truckers are worried about jobs. The Mexican government and trucking groups aren’t sure it’s [...]

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Posted on 25-04-2007

Road Check 2007

Filed Under ( NAFTA, NAFTA Super Highway, Trucking, Trucking - Industry, Trucking - NAFTA ) by Wayne Weisser

Road Check 2007 is coming Jun 5, 6 and 7th. This is when CVSA works extra hard at inspecting trucks in the US, Canada and supposedly Mexico. But there seems to be an issue over last years Road Check numbers from Mexico.

Mexico’s numbers still not confirmed from  Roadcheck 2006
 North America’s largest annual inspection blitz for [...]

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Posted on 02-04-2007

Successful Trucking

Filed Under ( NAFTA, NAFTA Super Highway, Trucking, Trucking - NAFTA ) by Wayne Weisser

Overdrive Magazine has an article that came from their survey of owner operators, trying to find out what the successful owner ops have in common. Their definition of a successful owner -
Creatures of Habitby Todd Dills…and especially those whose net income ranks in
the top 25 percent — reveals highlights on the road to success. The
typical [...]

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