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Wilson Trailer Company WILSON / 2014-2015 Suspension Pivot Bolt Failure

Wilson Trailer Company (Wilson) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Grain and Livestock trailers manufactured October 8, 2013, to July 18, 2014, and equipped with certain SAF-Holland-brand CBX Trailer Suspension Air Ride Axle Systems. The affected trailer suspensions have pivot bolts that may fail.

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PACCAR Incorporated KENWORTH / 2013-2015
PETERBILT / 2013-2015 Loose Electrical Connectors may result in Stall

PACCAR Inc. (PACCAR) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Kenworth K300 and Peterbilt 210, 220, and 320 chassis manufactured March 14, 2012 to July 14, 2014. The affected vehicles may have loose fitting electrical connectors on the power distribution module which may cause the engine to shut off.

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Fontaine Heavy-Haul FONTAINE / 2015 Missing Welds could cause Detachment of Axles

Fontaine Commercial Trailer Inc., doing business as Fontaine Heavy-Haul (Fontaine), is recalling certain 2015 Magnitude 100 lowbed trailers manufactured January 2014 to June 2014. The affected trailer’s front bogie axle weldment, rear bogie axle structure, and rear bogie attachment lugs may not have received an adequate number of welds which may result in these components […]

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Autocar Industries, LLC AUTOCAR / 2012-2015 Unexpected Bounce During Transport

Autocar Industries, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 Xpert trucks manufactured November 30, 2011, to September 6, 2013 and having a 164-inch wheelbase and a sweeper body which is mounted with a gap between the cab and the body (where optional equipment could be installed). When being driven at speeds above 25mph, the […]

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Carolina Casualty Newsletter: October 2014

We are all familiar with the hazards of driving in the snow, sleet, rain and fog. However there is another condition equally as hazardous that may be surprising. Driving into the sun is also dangerous. Whether it is sunrise or sunset the beautiful the sun can cause dangerous situations. This is important to keep in […]

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Ebola and trucking: DOT issues waste-hauling guidance, gives special permit to carrier

As public concern over a second U.S. health care worker’s contraction of Ebola grows and media coverage intensifies, the Department of Transportation has issued guidance on the transport of Ebola-tainted waste.

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Navistar asks court to consolidate 26 lawsuits against its EGR-only engines, says 21 more could come

Navistar-International has filed a motion requesting consolidation of the more than two dozen lawsuits brought against it over alleged problems with its EGR-only engine line, along with the 21 other similar lawsuits the company is expecting to come.

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Notice of new fitness determination rule in ‘front office,’ FMCSA safety chief says

A major revision of the way the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rates trucking companies has hit the “front office†for a final round of review by the agency’s top leadership, FMCSA Chief Safety Officer Jack Van Steenburg told industry

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In historic vote, FedEx Freight drivers vote to join Teamsters

FedEx Freight drivers in Croydon, Pa. have become the first U.S. FedEx drivers to join the Teamsters union, by a 26-18 vote on Oct. 14.  FedEx’s less-than-truckload segment said it is considering an appeal and other options following the outcome. Last week, city and road drivers at its Cinnaminson, N.J., service center voted against joining […]

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