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Roadcheck Begins: Don’t be sidelined by your tires
Roadcheck 2016 begins at 12:01 am Eastern time on Tuesday, June 7. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced in April that inspectors will be paying close attention to tires. They will be measuring tire tread depth, checking tire pressure, checking to make sure that no items are lodged between dual tires, and examining the overall condition of the tire to make sure that no deep cuts or bulges exist in the sidewalls of the tire.
Navistar back in black during second quarter
LISLE, IL - Navistar International reported a $4-million net income in the second quarter of 2016, in sharp contrast to a $64-million net loss in the second quarter of 2015. Cost controls, higher parts-related profits, and demand for HX vocational trucks have all been credited for making a difference despite a soft sales market.
Richard Ross calls it a day
BRANTFORD, ON -- Richard Ross is fond of saying that he's been in trucking for 58 years. If you saw him at his recent retirement party here, and then did the math, that number would seem very wrong. Not so. Just retired as vice president of sales, trucks and trailers, at Carrier Centers based in Woodstock, ON, the affable Ross isn't as old as a 58-year career implies. The thing is, he started when he was a 10-year-old boy in England, working in his father's truck repair business on Saturdays and most evenings. And he's still smiling. As he says, trucks get in the blood. Richard Ross, left, with Carrier Centers chief Rob LongThere was a lot of smiling at The Brantford Club as a couple of hundred friends gathered to wish Ross well. The glitterati in attendance included the likes of David Bradley, chairman of the Canadian Trucking Alliance and the Ontario Trucking Association, and Dan Einwechter, president of Challenger Motor Freight. Hosting the event was Rob Long, Carrier president and dealer principal.
