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All That's Trucking

Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge's take on anything and everything related to trucking,

Deborah Lockridge

Editor and Associate Publisher

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Guest Voices

Guest Voices features contributed posts from members of the trucking and transportation industry on ...

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On the Road

Straight talk on trucking from a driver turned award-winning journalist.

Jim Park

Former HDT Equipment Editor

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Truck Tech

Insights on ground-breaking technical developments and trends in an industry being transformed by te...

Jack Roberts

Executive Editor

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All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•January 9, 2013

Are you tougher than a Mack Truck?

Are you stronger than a Mack truck? Competitors for the World's Strongest Man competition recently took on the challenge

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•January 8, 2013

Navistar CEO will know he's done his job when they start looking for a replacement

THe Chicago Tribune this week named Lewis Campbell, CEO of Navistar, as one of its "Ones to Watch" in 2013

On the Road•by Jim Park•January 7, 2013

Billboards, distraction and tax revenues

You don't need a PhD to recognize that bright flashing lights and changing images will grab drivers' attention. They are supposed to. But since drivers ought to be paying attention to things that are more pressing, why are these signs sprouting up everywhere?

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•January 3, 2013

Toll hikes and the law of unintended consequences

As public officials look to public-private partnerships and toll roads as one way to address the issue of infrastructure funding, one question that comes up is whether fewer trucks will use the toll roads, thus leading to lower toll revenues than anticipate

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•January 3, 2013

Natural gas, fuel surcharges and carbon credits

In our series on natural gas last fall, we included some information on determining payback. I got a letter from a reader telling me I left out a critical consideration: fuel surcharges

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•December 28, 2012

Ontario revises conditions for 60-foot trailer test

Walmart Canada's long tractor-trailer combination should soon begin in-service testing following the issuing of revised permit conditions by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, the province's trucking association says

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•December 27, 2012

GHG-14 Whatever

After finishing a feature story for the January issue of Heavy Duty Trucking about the pending GHG14 rules, I'm more convinced than ever that this burdensome regulation is unadulterated politics, and will get industry nothing we wouldn't have got already -- for way less money

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•December 20, 2012

HDT Magazine

All That's Trucking

Guest Voices

On the Road

Truck Tech

Are you tougher than a Mack Truck?

Navistar CEO will know he's done his job when they start looking for a replacement

Billboards, distraction and tax revenues

Toll hikes and the law of unintended consequences

Natural gas, fuel surcharges and carbon credits

Ontario revises conditions for 60-foot trailer test

Top 10 Most-Viewed Trucking Stories of 2012

GHG-14 Whatever

Tires and Tiaras: Speedco Helps Grant Child's Wish

Helping Hands at Holiday Time

Hiring a driver without a CDL is not the answer to the driver shortage

'Encapsulated Upper Coupler' prevents internal corrosion danger, trucker-inventor claims