Transportation Strength in numbers December 1, 2000 DON MILLS, Ont. - You can pick any industry you choose and there is probably a better-than-even chance it has some kind of association linked to it. From flower store owners to building contractors, i...
Transportation WS trucks get new suspensions December 1, 2000 DALLAS, Tex. - Western Star 4964SX and 4964EX models with Freightliner-designed suspensions and are evidence of the changes underway since Freightliner bought the company earlier this year.Despite the...
Transportation U.S. truck cops are people, too (December 01, 2000) December 1, 2000 A few years back I was doing a "milk run" across the Eastern U.S. After delivering in Arkansas, I picked up an LTL load in Memphis, Tenn. and then scooted over to a little hick town on the northwest s...
Transportation Dana Spicer Tire unit for trailers December 1, 2000 DALLAS, Tex. - The Dana Spicer Heavy Axle and Brake unit has added a trailer-tire maintenance system to its line up.The system ensures that tire pressure is kept to a pre-set minimum, preventing tire ...
Transportation Make the most of your fuel dollar December 1, 2000 The cost of diesel fuel has resulted in severe penalties to both owner/operators and fleets in their day-to-day operating budgets.In the September issue of Truck News I discussed the fact that the sea...
Transportation Sterling Trucks get Benz power December 1, 2000 DALLAS, Tex. - Sterling Truck Corp. will be offering the Mercedes Benz MBE4000 diesel engine on its heavy-duty trucks.The MBE4000 is an in-line, six-cylinder, 12.8-liter diesel engine with a horsepowe...
Transportation Boys charged for throwing bricks December 1, 2000 ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police in the Niagara region have charged two boys in connection with the throwing of a brick off a Queen Elizabeth Way overpass that smashed a truck's window...
Transportation U.S. truck cops are people, too (November 01, 2000) November 1, 2000 A few years back I was doing a "milk run" across the Eastern U.S. After delivering in Arkansas, I picked up an LTL load in Memphis, Tenn. and then scooted over to a little hick town on the northwest s...
Transportation It’s a Vision to behold November 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - All Macks should be black.It seems like a silly thing to mention in the first paragraph of a review, to comment on the color of a truck above all else. It's akin to saying you like the...
Transportation Q: What issue most affects the mood of the Canadian trucker? November 1, 2000 BELLEVILLE, Ont. - A life at the wheel gives a trucker time to think, about both what is right with the industry and what is wrong. Truck News asked those passing through the 10 Acre Truck Stop on Hwy...
Transportation Gotta get it November 1, 2000 Fuel is injected into the cylinder, it's ignited under pressure and the piston begins its rhythmic stroke. The shaft twists, the wheels turn and off you go down the road.Quite simply, any truck with a...
Transportation Get a grip, winter’s coming November 1, 2000 When inclement weather approaches, particularly when you're driving through hilly terrain, improved traction on split road surfaces can mean the difference between keeping on track and wildly spinning...
Transportation A month of NTA’s sound and fury November 1, 2000 OSHAWA, Ont. - Between blockades, convoys, closed-door bargaining sessions and Queen's Park press conferences throughout October, it was as though the clock had been turned back eight months to the la...
Transportation Oil upgrades by the letters and numbers November 1, 2000 Say what you will about the technological marvel that is a modern engine, but they all require motor oil as their first line of defence. And at no time has the quality of your oil been more important ...
Transportation Ontario trucker heralded for saving lives November 1, 2000 WALTON, Ky. - He may have been taking the only option he thought was open to him, but an Ontario trucker is being credited for saving lives in an accident on Interstate 75 in Kentucky.William Shields ...