Equipment TRUCK WRITERS SELECT TOP TECH ACHIEVEMENTS February 2, 2016 The Truck Writers of North America Technical Achievement Award Committee, of which I’m a member, has come up with the top five tech achievements of 2015. Committee chair Jim Park…
Business Management HOW DO YOU EVALUATE FUEL-SAVING DEVICES? February 2, 2016 I can’t say enough good things about NACFE, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. They do a lot of good research into truck efficiency and they share it all…
Equipment ACCURIDE WITH SOME WHEELY GOOD NEWS February 2, 2016 Okay, please forgive the cheesy headline. I’ve been in Las Vegas for eight days and the endless ringing of the slot machines in my ears is affecting my brain. Let’s…
Equipment A NEW PRODUCT ROUNDUP FROM HEAVY-DUTY AFTERMARKET WEEK February 2, 2016 There was a lot of new product news at this year’s Heavy-Duty Aftermarket Week, which took place in Las Vegas last week. Below is a quick synopsis of what caught…
Equipment LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS…IT’S A NEW TRUCK! February 2, 2016 One of the most enjoyable things to report on is the introduction of a new model, and I had the opportunity to do that this week in Las Vegas when…
Transportation LOW LOONIE MEANS HIGHER BRIDGE COSTS January 5, 2016 We all know what the sinking value of the Canadian loonie relative to the US dollar has done to equipment costs. Carriers looking to buy new trucks have been in…
CHRYSLER CONVERTING TRUCK FLEET TO NATURAL GAS January 5, 2016 From our man in Windsor comes word that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has converted its Detroit-based fleet of 179 trucks to natural gas. Ron Stang reports the 179 leased Peterbilt…
CHECK OUT HEIKO’S NEW INK January 5, 2016 As I previously wrote in Hooked Up and in my online and print profiles of 2015 Owner/Operator of the Year Heiko Lichtenberger, he was looking to commemorate his achievement with…
Business Management A GLIMPSE INTO MEXICO’S TRUCKING INDUSTRY December 23, 2015 I recently travelled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where Daimler Trucks North America introduced truck journalists to some very interesting and sophisticated Mexican fleets. We had a lengthy chat about the…
THE 10 MOST WELL-READ STORIES OF 2015 December 22, 2015 Well, it’s that time of year again, the most joyous time of year – it’s list season! And with it comes the list edition of Hooked Up. This is when…
Transportation THE THREE BIGGEST TRUCKING STORIES OF 2015…IMO December 22, 2015 The Top 10 list of our best-read posts is fun, but it’s purely numbers-based, calculated by some algorithm, and doesn’t always tell the complete story. For instance, sometimes a particular…
Security PROTECT YOUR CARGO FROM THEFT OVER THE HOLIDAYS December 22, 2015 Most of us will hopefully enjoy some downtime over the holidays, but the same can’t be said of thieves. They step up their thievery during this time of year. CargoNet…
THREE THINGS LEARNED IN 12 HOURS IN A TRUCK December 9, 2015 A couple weeks ago, I spent 12 hours in a truck making an LCV rounder from Moncton to Edmunston, N.B. Going out with a professional driver on a real-world run…
Equipment THE ARMOUR LCV SPEC’ December 9, 2015 The LCV gear we were running on my ridealong with Dwayne Schurman of Armour Transport was a Volvo VN670. The engine was a Cummins ISX15 with its newest 475-hp rating…
IN NEW BRUNSWICK: MOOSE & DEER & BEARS, OH MY! December 9, 2015 Visiting with Armour Transport CEO Wes Armour and riding along with their driver Dwayne Schurman, the topic of wildlife strikes came up several times. It’s a big problem in New…
