PRODUCT REVIEW:TRUCK-LITE LED HEADLIGHTS

DAY LIGHTERS
LED headlight technology proves its worth on dark roads

By Bruce W. Smith

One factor that weights heavily on truck stopping distances is driver reaction time.

Reaction time is directly related to your vision; the quicker you see a problem, the faster you react and the shorter the stopping distance.

Seeing and reacting isn’t a [...]

BULLNOSE KW FINDS NEW HOME
Ray O’Hanesian Donates Kenworth to Iowa 80 Trucking Museum

WALCOTT, IOWA — Iowa 80 Trucking Museum has recently received a very generous gift from a long time trucking friend. Ray S. O’Hanesian, Bettendorf, Iowa has graciously donated his Kenworth KDC825C, the truck he has owned for over half of his life, to [...]

The Shell Rotella Road-Tested Challenge will allow drivers to tell about their most challenging roads, and at the same time enter for a chance to win a VIP NASCAR experience with Richard Childress Racing, along with hundreds of instant prizes, including road-tested essentials such as Shell Gift Cards and Shell Rotella-branded merchandise…

This is a short story taken from the book which I wrote, Eighteen Wheels North To Alaska, this book covers the history of the building of the roads in the far north and the ice road trips made before they had roads,also other tales of Alaska’s historic past and additional incidents that I have experienced in my many years of working and living in the Alaskan North…

FMCSA’s New Saftey Rules Changing The Face Of Trucking
Overdrive and Trucker’s News detail the facts about CSA 2010
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) has some carriers and drivers wondering how drastically it’s going to change their profession.

CSA 2010 seeks to change the model for compliance from a sort [...]

Overdrive, has rolled out it’s new web site: http://www.overdriveonline.com. It’s loaded with more content. Overdrive Online provides daily news updates, features, forums, new products, breaking news and other information of importance to the owner-operator. Overdrive Online also includes a number of business resources such as routing, fuel prices and load matching…

CHARITY ORGANIZATION DELIVERS THE GOODS
Illinois-based Haulin’ For Humanity provides cargo delivery services for other non-profits
In a time when truckers and trucking companies are facing tough times and every operational dollar is watched under a microscope, Haulin’ For Humanity is delivering the goods for free. John Gervase, a Burr Ridge, Illinois, owner-operator says  “We’re a new [...]

Custom T’s for Christmas
Seems like everyone is gearing up for Christmas–and Thanksgiving turkeys haven’t even seen the inside of the ovens yet!

For instance the Triple R Diesel guys down there in San Antonio, Texas, just let us know about some cool custom big-rig tee’s they have for kids. What’s interesting about these T-shirts [...]

Sep 24, 2009 13:51 ET
COURT WIN BIG FOR CALIFORNIA TRUCKERS
Port Trucker in Los Angeles Wins Hotly Contested Court Battle  Over Misclassification of Drivers
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – September 24, 2009) – Trucking companies in the Port of Los Angeles won a resounding court victory this week against the ongoing efforts of the State of California, and [...]