On-Road Trucks

Fri October 09, 2015

Mack Pinnacle Model Delivers ’Big Red’ to the Big Show

The Great American Trucking Show (GATS) received a big dose of Mack attitude when a Mack Pinnacle 70-inch high-rise sleeper model delivered Evel Knievel’s 1974 Mack FS786LST model show truck. Knievel’s truck, affectionately nicknamed “Big Red,” arrived fresh off its appearance in Hollywood at the premiere of the documentary film “Being Evel,” and was featured in Mack booth no....

Thu September 17, 2015

WSM Auctioneers Holds Monthly Auction in Phoenix

WSM Auctioneers held its monthly auction on Sept. 12. A large number of utility trucks, bucket trucks and other fleet vehicles were sold, in addition to a wide variety of construction equipment and other construction materials....

Thu September 10, 2015

Veteran Trucker Calls I-95 ’Terrible’

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - A little after 7 a.m. on a gray Wednesday in March, the red cab of the L.R. Hawthorne & Son 18-wheeler chugs away from a rest stop near Exit 13 on the northbound side of Interstate 95....

MICHAEL RUBINKAM - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 26, 2015

Driverless Trucks Protect People-Filled Work Zones

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Roving construction crews - the kind you see blacktopping a road, painting lines, inspecting a bridge or installing a traffic signal - are often protected from oncoming traffic by a specialized truck outfitted with a crash barrier....

Mon August 17, 2015

Mack Customer Center Hosts Ryder Top Tech Competition

The top heavy-duty truck technicians from Ryder System Inc. recently gathered at the Mack Customer Center in Allentown, Pa., for the 2015 Ryder Top Technician (Top Tech) Recognition Program. The program, which is designed to identify, recognize and reward high-performing truck maintenance technicians, features the top eight performers from Ryder’s team of more than 5,000 U.S.- and Canada-based technicians....

Mon August 17, 2015

Nuss Hosts 5th Annual Truck Show

Approximately 100 people attended Nuss Truck & Equipment’s 5th Annual Antique Truck Show in Rochester, Minn., on July 18. All proceeds, which amounted to $1,200, were donated to the Ronald McDonald House of Rochester, Minn....

Thu August 13, 2015

Thief Absconds With Heavy Equipment in Broad Daylight

The South Strand News is reporting that police in South Carolina have produced a photo of a pickup truck they think may have been used in the theft. At about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Georgetown Police Department released an image of an pickup truck that was towing a Bobcat Skid Steer as it traveled down a city street....

Giles Lambertson - Mon August 03, 2015

Long-Haul Truck-Driving Teens: A Scary Proposal

One provision in the current surface transportation bill would drop the interstate commercial truck driving age to 18 from 21. It is one of those issues with two appealing sides. In the end, though, the idea doesn’t pass muster....

Tue July 28, 2015

Caterpillar to Design, Build Its Vocational Trucks

Caterpillar Inc. today announced it will begin independently designing and manufacturing its vocational truck product family at its plant in Victoria, Texas. The plant, which opened in 2012, currently produces hydraulic excavators....

Thu July 16, 2015

Interstate Bridge Destroyed in Fiery Truck Crash

The website Truck Driving Jobs is reporting that a tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of ethanol near Columbus, Ohio crashed and overturned under the eastbound I-70 bridge, causing massive damage to the bridge itself....