Tara BullockBusinessFirestone begins football tourBridgestone Commercial Solutions launched the second leg of its Firestone Drives America Tour at the NCAA College Football game between Stanford and San Jose State Saturday, Sept. 7. The tour continues this fall as the road show stops at eight select college football games. The road show crossed the country this summer, stopping at 12 Minor […]September 9, 2013BusinessLancaster, Calif., driver wins Rite Aid trucking challengeWilliam Plevney of Lancaster, Calif., Rite Aid distribution center took top honors in Rite Aid’s National Driver Skills Challenge, which took place in Perryman, Md., July 20. Lowell Lee of the Tuscaloosa, Ala., distribution center and Roger Melton for the El Monte, Calif., facility. Rite Aid’s Driver Skills Challenge recognizes drivers’ skill and safety practices based […]September 6, 2013BusinessDealer group opens new Pete facilitySalt Lake City is home to the newest Peterbilt dealership in the company’s 270-plus dealer network with the relocation of Jackson Group Peterbilt’s flagship location to a 128,000 square-foot facility. The new full-service dealership includes 2,500 square-feet of retail display space and 70 service bays – six of which are certified for the maintenance and […]September 5, 2013BusinessPilot opens two new stopsPilot Flying J will open two new truck stops — a Pilot Travel Center  in Oakwood, Ill. and a Flying J Travel Plaza in Vandalia, Ohio. The Pilot Travel Center in Oakwood, Ill., is located off Interstate 74 at Exit 206 at 503 N. Oakwood St. and offers various amenities, including: ·        Seven diesel lanes […]August 19, 2013BusinessCummins rolls out 1.5 millionth Jamestown plant engineCummins Inc. recently celebrated the production of the 1.5 millionth engine at its Jamestown Engine Plant in Jamestown, N.Y. The JEP, established in 1974, is one of the top five heavy-duty diesel engine producers worldwide and has exceeded 100,000 engines annually in recent years. JEP also remains one of the company’s largest manufacturing facilities, as […]August 16, 2013BusinessPrime names Drivers of the YearPrime Inc. has announced its Contractors and Company Drivers of the Year. The carrier recognized nine contractors and company drivers for 2012.  In the Flatbed Division, the honor went to company driver Charles Plant of Duncan, Okla., and owner-operator Bill Whoberry of Bradford, Tenn. In the Tanker Division, Doug Adams, of Portland, Tenn., was named […]August 16, 2013BusinessTCA hosting health fairs at TA/Petro stopsThe Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) will sponsor free health fairs at 18 TravelCenters of America/Petro Stopping Centers  across the United States. Reflecting the theme Make Your Destination Another Birthday, these events will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 17, or Wednesday, Sept. 18, depending on the specific location. Set to coincide with National Truck Driver Appreciation […]August 15, 2013BusinessDaseke buys Oregon Truck Co.Daseke Inc., a group of flatbed and specialized carriers, announced it has acquired the Redmond, Ore.-based Central Oregon Truck Company. The transaction took place Aug. 1 and follows Gaffney, S.C.-based J. Grady Randolph Inc. joining Daseke, making the holding company one of the 20 largest flatbed and specialty carriers in North America. Other Daseke companies […]August 15, 2013BusinessWabash named one of 50 best manufacturersIndustryWeek has named Wabash National Corporation one of the 50 Best U.S. Manufacturers in the magazine’s July 2013 issue. To select the top 50 manufacturing companies, IndustryWeek evaluated members of its U.S. 500, a list of the largest U.S. public manufacturers, based on financial performance in the following six key areas from 2010 to 2012: […]August 14, 2013BusinessMack opens merchandise shop at Pa. HQA Mack Shop is now open inside the Mack Customer Center in Allentown, Pa. The store will carry a full assortment of Mack-branded merchandise in a location convenient for visitors to the Mack Customer Center and the Lehigh Valley community. The 850 square-foot shop will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. […]August 14, 2013Previous PagePage 20 of 21Next PageTop StoriesRegulationsTimeline for AEBs, broker transparency, other rulemakings in the worksThe 2024 Spring Regulatory Agenda, published this month, updates the timeline on a number of potential rulemakings from FMCSA and NHTSA affecting trucking.BusinessWhy brokers don't want to give owner-ops transparency in freight transactionsPride & PolishLet your truck shine -- enter Overdrive's annual Pride & PolishOverdrive Radio4 million miles of increasing efficiency for owner-op's 1995 Kenworth T600Featured SponsorBlueParrott B350-XT