FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index Falls in June
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index continued its downward trend in June, declining a half point from May to a reading of 4.5—weaker than initial expectations...
TRINCON Starts New Webinar Series
TRINCON Group, a national transportation industry advisory firm, has released a series of five educational webinars focused on key survival issues survival within the trucking industry...
VIPAR Heavy Duty Adds KOI Auto Parts
KOI Auto Parts in Cincinnati, Ohio, is the newest stockholder to join VIPAR Heavy Duty’s network of distributors...
Navistar’s ‘Non-Conformance Penalties’ Addressed by EPA in Final Rule
A final rule has been submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review that outlines non-conformance penalties to allow Navistar to continue selling its MaxxForce engines until it can get certification of its own engines to meet EPA 2010 limits or begin incorporating Cummins engines into its vehicle lineup, expected in January 2013...
Peterbilt Opens New Dealership in Delaware
Peterbilt has opened a full-service truck dealership in Seaford, DE, utilizing a 15,000-square-foot. facility that will specialize in Peterbilt medium-duty trucks and PacLease commercial truck rental & leasing...
Equipment Finance Activity Grows in 2011, Survey Shows
New business volume grew 16.5% in the equipment finance industry in 2011, according to the 2012 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity (SEFA) by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association...
RoboVent Expands Ohio Facility
RoboVent, a U.S. supplier of ventilation and filtration equipment for manufacturing facilities, has expanded its Columbus, Ohio, facility to 15,000 square feet—almost tripling the size of its first branch office established in 2007...
Preliminary Class 8 Orders at 12,568 for July: FTR
Preliminary data show July Class 8 truck net orders at 12,568 units, the lowest month for orders since August 2010 and 32% below the same month last year, according to FTR Associates...
July’s Class 8 Preliminary Net Orders ‘Below Expectations’: ACT
Class 8 commercial vehicle preliminary net orders for July were below trend, while Class 5-7 net orders bounced back above the long-run order trend, according to reported by ACT Research Co...
ATA Opens Registration for Natural Gas in Trucking Summit
American Trucking Associations announced that registration for the first-of-its-kind Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking is now open to the public...
ATA Opens Registration for Natural Gas in Trucking Summit
American Trucking Associations announced that registration for the first-of-its-kind Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking is now open to the public...
UPS Orders 150 Reach Vans
Spartan Motors, Inc.(Nasdaq: SPAR) reported that its Utilimaster subsidiary has received an order of 150 new Reach walk-in vans from UPS...
Spartan Chassis Unveils Advanced Protection System
Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR), introduced its Advanced Protection System (APS) at Fire Rescue International in Denver, Colorado...
East Trailer Names Superior Trailer Sales New Dealer
Superior Trailer Sales Company, has been named an authorized dealer for East Manufacturing. With five full-service locations, Superior Trailer Sales will offer East’s full line of flatbed, dump, and refuse trailers at dealerships located in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas...
Wabash’s Net Income $1.9 Million for 2Q
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) reported net income of $1.9 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the second quarter on net sales of $362 million...
Cat Sells 65% Stake in a Division of Logistics Operation
Caterpillar said it has finalized the sale of a 65% stake in a division of its Caterpillar Logistics operation – Caterpillar Logistics Services (CLS) – to private equity firm Platinum Equity for approximately $750 million...
Getting more from a trailer plant at Wabash
By Bruce Sauer
What do you do with high-volume production lines in a low-volume market? Dry freight van trailer manufacturers are prone to have some very good years....
A tribute to the Wizard of Wabash
Many employees are admired by their bosses. Less common is the employee whose boss surprises him with a museum built in his honor...
Professional advisor lays out a strategic way to differentiate yourself from competitors: The Profit Scorecard approach
By Rick Weber
The show is loaded with managerial challenges: cut-throat pricing, nearby competitors who are good at what they do, and an inventory (labor hours) that expires when the day is over...
Wabash National's endangered species
As part of recent revisions to its Lafayette manufacturing plant, the trailer manufacturer was able to reduce the daily distance that forklifts must travel by 153 miles per operating shift...
Trailer Orders Up 4% Year over Year: ACT
Trailer order volume was up almost 4% year-over-year, despite softness in the industry that continued in June, according to the latest State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co...
Used Truck Sales Up 8% in June: ACT
Used truck sales in June were up 8% over May, but lagged behind June 2011 and the first six months of 2011, while pricing appears to be slowing a little more rapidly than was previously expected, according to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research...
Spec-Ing Strategies Reshaped by Growth of Global Platforms
The inevitable cost-cutting shift by OEMs to singularized global platforms for commercial vehicles, their engines and other related components will also reshape truck specification strategies in the U.S. and in other markets, according to experts....
Peterbilt Offers Split-Shaft PTO Feature
Peterbilt’s vocational product line now is now available with a wide range of split shaft power take-off (PTO) options, which are popular with customers operating specialized equipment that frequently require a PTO installed rearward of the transmission. The new split shaft PTO options are available for immediate production needs...
Mitsubishi Fuso Keeps 18,000-Mile Service Intervals on 2013 Canters
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) will continue its 18,000-mile service interval for all of its 2013 Canter FE and FG Series trucks...
