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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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On the Road•by Jim Park•June 1, 2012

Here's a tale that, if it were from any other industry, might inspire a feel-good feature film. It's about a struggling rookie lease-operator who, as he is driving back to the terminal to hand back the keys, decides to try something different.

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•May 31, 2012

Paschall improves CSA scores with contract 'readiness' program

With more than 2,700 trailers scattered across the lower 48 states and Mexico, conducting regular trailer inspections and repairs has been a daunting task for Paschall Truck Lines. But a contract service adopted more than a year ago has effectively complemented the fleet's effort

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•May 24, 2012

'Teardrop' trailers save 2%-5% for British beverage distributor, but shape's not new

Streamlined "teardrop" trailers are saving enough fuel money for Tradeteam, a British beverage distributor, that it's buying a second set of them

On the Road•by Jim Park•May 22, 2012

What this country needs is a good $300 electronic log

As the House and Senate try to come to agreement on a highway bill that could include a requirement to mandate electronic onboard recorders, I want to say, I believe we're being taken for a ride on this push to mandate EOBRs.

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•May 16, 2012

Trailer-mounted fueling station lets customers ease into LNG

Let's say you and your boss want to go "green" by trying out some natural gas-fueled trucks or tractors that you're getting on loan or lease, but you want to fuel them at your terminal, where diesel fuel islands already are

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•May 16, 2012

NYT highlights dangers of oil/gas well trucking

Exemptions to hours of service regulations for oil-field workers are killing workers, according to a story on the front page of Tuesday's New York Times, and it's a situation that could only get worse with the boom in oil and gas well drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking

On the Road•by Jim Park•May 14, 2012

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All That's Trucking

Guest Voices

On the Road

Truck Tech

The 1.6 mpg epiphany

Paschall improves CSA scores with contract 'readiness' program

'Teardrop' trailers save 2%-5% for British beverage distributor, but shape's not new

What this country needs is a good $300 electronic log

Trailer-mounted fueling station lets customers ease into LNG

NYT highlights dangers of oil/gas well trucking

Shoulda made that left turn in Albuquerque

Little rig belies owner's big heart toward children

History in high-rez

In the wink of an eye

Witte Bros. plugs in to keep cold cargoes cold

A look back at the LA Race Riots, a trucker beating and the heroes who came to his aid