Industry News

PIERCE / 2000-2010 Cab Tilt Cylinder Mounts

Pierce Manufacturing Inc. (Pierce) is recalling certain model year 2000-2009 Enforcer and model year 2000-2010 Dash, Lance, and Arrow XT vehicles. While raising or lowering the cab as part of vehicle maintenance, the mounts on which the cab tilt cylinders pivot may fatigue and fail allowing the cab to fall until the safety catch activates.

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TEREX ADVANCE / 2013 Possible Front Axle Separation

Terex Corporation is recalling certain model year 2013 Terex Advance FD3000, FD4000, FD4000B, FD5000GL, FD6000B, FDB5000, 4 Axle Glider, 5 Axle Glider, 6 Axle Glider, and 7 Axle Glider front discharge concrete trucks manufactured October 2012 through October 2013. The u-bolt that attaches the front axle to the leaf spring can fracture.

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KENWORTH / 2007-2014 Brake Application and Release Timing/FMVSS 121

PACCAR is recalling certain model year 2007-2014 Kenworth T800 and W900 trucks manufactured March 22, 2006, through July 15, 2013 and equipped with Primaax tridem rear suspensions and a pusher and/or tag axle. The affected trucks have brake chambers that take longer to apply or release the brakes than the required time limit. Thus, these […]

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FREIGHTLINER / 2013 Missing locking snap rings on wheel end drive axle

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2013 Freightliner Cascadia vehicles with rear axles assembled by Meritor and equipped with ConMet Preset Plus Hubs manufactured from August 6, 2012 through December 7, 2012. In the affected axles, the axle hub may be missing a locking snap ring.

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Performance-based pay, Part 1: the science of scoring drivers

In the truck driving profession, performance-based pay goes back to the day the automobile replaced the horse-drawn wagon. Drivers have always earned their living by the mile rather than by drawing salaries or signing time sheets.

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Performance-based driver pay, Part 2: feedback, automation drive results

Three years ago, the private fleet for Nalco Champion stationed at the company’s plant in Garyville, La., began using Turnpike, a mobile fleet management system from XRS Corp. Nalco produces chemicals for the gas and oil supply chain from the well to the refinery.

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Broker group files application to exempt all brokers from bond increase requirement

The Association of Independent Property Brokers and Agents appears to be taking a different route in its ongoing battle against the increase in the minimum bond amount freight brokers must carry

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Transportation Industry Rallies To Make Transition To Epod; Focuses On Real-Time Offerings

As 2013 comes to a close, it is customary for businesses of all kinds to take a look back at the past year, assess their performances and prepare for the next 12 months — and it’s no different in the transportation industry. This year, the focus has been on the transition to ePOD, or electronic […]

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GM’s Holden to end manufacturing in Australia in 2017

GM has announced it will discontinue vehicle and engine manufacturing in Australia by the end of 2017, as well as significantly reduce its engineering operations. GM operates under the Holden division in the country, with headquarters in Port Melbourne.

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