New Commercial Trailer Registrations Up 42% in 2010
New U.S. commercial registrations for trailers over 24 feet in length in 2010 were 105,471 units, up 42% from 2009, according to Polk...
East Mfg Names Pinnacle Trailer Sales New Dealer for Carolinas
The two sites of Pinnacle Trailer Sales Inc. are now authorized dealerships for East Manufacturing’s full line of aluminum dump trailers...
Fleet Brake Acquires McCoy Parts & Service
Fleet Brake acquired McCoy Parts & Service from the McCoy Corporation, with the company operating as Peerless Parts & Service...
SETA Reintroduced In House
The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of more than 180 shippers and associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on interstate highways, announced that federal truck weight reform known as the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA) has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives ...
Advance Engineered Products Group Releases New Tridem Trailer
The Advance Engineered Products Group has introduced the new super 407 Aluminum Full Vac Double Conical Tridem Trailer, designed to significantly improve load times and payloads over non-vac crude units...
ARB Continues Grants For Hybrid Trucks, Buses
The Air Resources Board has initiated the second year of grants totaling $19 million for hybrid vehicle technology that significantly reduces smog-forming and greenhouse gas emissions. ...
Travis Acquires Everlite’s Assets
Travis Body & Trailer, Inc., of Houston, Texas, has acquired the assets of Everlite, Inc., the former manufacturer of the Alumatech Trailer product line....
Lancaster Named Chairman of Committee to Update SAE Standard J684
The Society of Automotive Engineers’ (SAE) Trailer Committee has appointed Clint Lancaster as the Chairman of the Conventional Towing Systems up to 20,000 lbs Committee. Lancaster is the Technical Director for the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers....
Rush Enterprises’ Gross Revenues Up 61% in 4Q
Rush Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:RUSHA) (Nasdaq:RUSHB), which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, announced that for the quarter ending December 31, 2010, gross revenues from continuing operations totaled $463 million, a 61.6% increase from the $286.5 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2009. ...
Daimler Trucks North America Adds 628 New Positions
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced that it plans to add 628 new positions at its Mt. Holly and Gastonia manufacturing plants to accommodate rising customer demand and expanding production schedules...
Eaton Hybrid System to Power Navistar IC Buses
Eaton Corporation announced the commercial availability of its hybrid electric power systems for Navistar’s IC Bus brand school buses...
Trucking Capacity Tightening, FTR Shippers Condition Index Shows
FTR Associates has lowered its Shippers Condition Index (SCI) to reflect tightening carrier capacity and the need for more equipment, particularly in the truckload sector...
Manufacturing Technology Consumption Increases 85% In 2010
December U.S. manufacturing technology consumption was up 85.3% in 2010, according to the Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association ...
Omaha Standard Palfinger Begins PAL Pro Dealer Appointments
Council Bluffs, IA – Omaha Standard Palfinger (OSP) announced that it has begun appointing dealers that will represent the PAL Pro Mechanic Service Vehicles in the United States....
Timpte Unveils New Trailer, Trap-Opening System
Timpte Trailers has introduced a new “Combo/Tender” Hopper trailer and an “Easy Flow” hydraulic remote control trap-opening system....
Cummins Unveils High Output 6.7L Turbo Diesel
Cummins Inc. has released its High Output 6.7L Turbo Diesel for Ram Heavy Duty pickup trucks. This new high-output rating produces up to a peak of 800 lb-ft (1,085 N•m)....
Kenworth Names 2011 Dealer Council
Kenworth Truck Company has named its 2011 Kenworth Dealer Council members, who will join leading executives from among more than 300 Kenworth dealerships in the United States and Canada....
Dana Becomes Driveline Supplier in South American CV Market
Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE: DAN) has taken action to become a full-service provider of driveline systems in the growing South American commercial vehicle business. ...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 20% in January
Medium and heavy truck sales were up 20% in January over the same period a year ago and down 32% from last month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications....
2011 Light-Vehicle Sales Expected to Increase 12%
In what could be a boon for motor carriers that haul freight for the automobile industry, car and light truck sales are projected to increase 12% worldwide to 12.9 million units this year, up from 11.55 million units last year, according to a National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) research brief...
Wabash’s 4Q Operating Income Best Since 2007
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) reported operating income of $5.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2010—its best since 3Q 2007, and a dramatic improvement over its operating loss of $11.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2009...
Intermodal Market Share Down Slightly in 4Q
Intermodal market share declined by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to FTR Associates’ new Intermodal Update. The decline comes after steady increases for the previous three quarters...
Trailer Aerodynamics Package Paying Off
Mesilla Valley Transportation’s (MVT) intensive real-world use of a trailer aerodynamic package developed by Advanced Transit Dynamics (ATDynamics) is helping to reveal the potential monetary savings such devices can offer the trucking industry as a whole...
Palfinger Reorganizes Sales Team
MBB PALFINGER has reorganized its sales team to achieve and realize strategic objectives in its North American growth strategy...
NHTSA Administrator to Give Keynote Address at Green Truck Summit
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) and CALSTART announced that David Strickland, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), will give the keynote address at the 2011 Green Truck Summit on Monday, March 7...
