Gear Rewind: Cab and Interior
RelatedKenworth offering rebate on Icon 900 to OOIDA membersKenworth Truck Company is offering a $1,000 rebate on qualifying purchases of the new Kenworth Icon 900 to members of the Owner-Operator...
View ArticleEquipment Spotlight: Seats
While office workers can spend hours sitting down, they can get up, stretch and walk around. Those are not options for truck drivers. Add to that road vibration and shocks, and it’s easy to see why...
View ArticleGear Rewind: Electronics
RelatedZF highlights remote-controlled trucks, new transmissionZF showed off a wide array of new systems this week, but the highlights are an all-new dual-clutch automated manual transmission and the...
View ArticleEquipment Spotlight: Auxiliary power units
Anti-idling laws now are the norm across the country and are so firmly entrenched in the public’s mind that parked trucks with engines running – once so commonplace, they attracted little if any notice...
View ArticleGear Rewind: Aero, add-ons and chrome
Since most of you are busy enough trying to manage your own business, it’s likely you occasionally might have missed a few announcements for new products that we frequently relay to you at...
View ArticleEquipment Spotlight: LEDs
Today’s LED lights offer clear advantages for truckers when driving, parked or under the hood. Finely tuned light-emitting chips provide enhanced colors, enhancing visibility. Although LED lights cost...
View ArticleTransport America acquires stake in Optimal Freight
Transport America, an Eagan, Minn.-based truckload carrier and TransForce subsidiary, acquired a majority stake in Chicago-based Optimal Freight, a privately held nonasset-based truckload freight...
View ArticleFleetmaster Express boosts pay for regional drivers
Fleetmaster Express announced a pay increase for its regional drivers of more than 14 percent. The Roanoke, Va.-based company says it also recently enhanced its detention pay, holiday pay and 401(k)...
View ArticleSuper Service offers new lease-purchase program
Super Service rolled out a new lease-purchase program that provides owner-operators the ability to acquire their own truck with no money down and no credit check. Contractors for the regional and...
View ArticleCummins endorses Power Service fuel additives
Cummins has endorsed two Power Service products for use in its diesel engines – Diesel Kleen +Cetane Boost and Diesel Fuel Supplement +Cetane Boost – the first fuel additive products that Cummins has...
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
Even the best, most proficient truck driver on the road today needs a little help from time to time. More often than not, most of the big stuff is handled by sensors and devices on the truck, or with a...
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
Even the best, most proficient truck driver on the road today needs a little help from time to time, and he can get it from some of today’s top technologies. More often than not, most of the big stuff...
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
It's the lucky trucker who has sufficient space in their truck to have all the tools needed to tackle every on-road repair. Often, most folks have to make do with what's at hand. These new tools help...
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
Even the best, most proficient truck driver on the road today needs a little help from time to time, and he can get it from some of today’s top technologies. Garmin’s got it going on The latest entries...
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
Even the best, most proficient truck driver on the road today needs a little help from time to time, and he can get it from some of today’s top technologies. Go Chair provides compact seating Truckers...
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
Even the best, most proficient truck driver on the road today needs a little help from time to time, and he can get it from some of today’s top technologies.
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
A new BlueParrott headset, a new Rand McNally headset, a Hamilton Beach slow cooker, night-driving glasses and more.
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
Even the best, most proficient truck driver on the road today needs a little help from time to time, and he can get it from some of today’s top technologies. Rand McNally’s latest dashcam Rand McNally...
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
New gear includes updated navigation systems with dashcams, new headsets, organization systems, a car charger that doubles as a safety tool, and a new power inverter.
View ArticleTools to help truckers get their jobs done
Even the best, most proficient truck driver on the road today needs a little help from time to time, and he can get it from some of today’s top technologies. BlueParrott’s B550-XT headset BlueParrott...
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