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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 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•October 17, 2011

Three Cheers and a Tiger for the Convoy Drivers

There's something in a convoy of trucks that seems to stir a driver's imagination. It's being a part of something. A cog in something turning, as the Woodstock song goes. The convoys I'm referring to are the various fund-raising convoys that take place around North America each fall

On the Road•by Jim Park•October 10, 2011

Michigan's retread fee is a really dumb idea

Late last week, on an otherwise hum-drum news day, a notice came in indicating Michigan was contemplating a $5 environmental levy on retreaded tires. That livened up the newsroom. Placing a surcharge on what has to be recycling's posterchild product is silly enough, but wait until you hear why

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•October 7, 2011

Fans and fuel

One of the fun things about researching articles is how you can end up in a totally different place than where you started

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•October 7, 2011

A bone to pick with Pickens

I recently had an opportunity to hear T. Boone Pickens speak. It was my second time to hear the billionaire-oilman-turned-alternative-energy-crusader, and once again I walked out of the meeting room frustrated

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•October 5, 2011

Watching old-fashioned intermodalism at North Milwaukee's 'plastic tracks'

First, a confession: Before I was a truck nut I was a train buff

On the Road•by Jim Park•October 3, 2011

Can EOBRs be hacked, or their data corrupted?

One of the tenets of our legal system is the right to cross-examine your accuser. From trucking's perspective, this could mean proving the accuracy of a radar device or a DOT scale by demanding proof of calibration. Will we retain that right in the world of cyber-enforcement

All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•September 27, 2011

Qualcomm: More than satellite tracking

If you still think of Qualcomm as the company that sells those satellite-tracking domes that go on top of trucks, it's time for a second look. In fact, one company exec foresees a day when Qualcomm Enterprise Services could be entirely a trucking software provider

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•September 26, 2011

'Roadability' defects found in 17% of intermodal chassis inspected

Federal and state inspectors are not finding a lot of "roadability" problems with container chassis, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's chief safety officer, Jack Van Steenburg.

On the Road•by Jim Park•September 22, 2011

A Revolutionary Development in Powertrain Technology

Humped torque curves were the norm in North American heavy-duty on-road diesel engine power maps for decades. Today's torque curves are much flatter, but the height and width of the torque curve remain limited. Volvo Trucks has broken that mold in dramatic fashion with its new XE13 powertrain option

Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•September 20, 2011

HDT Magazine

All That's Trucking

Guest Voices

On the Road

Truck Tech

Three Cheers and a Tiger for the Convoy Drivers

Michigan's retread fee is a really dumb idea

Fans and fuel

A bone to pick with Pickens

Watching old-fashioned intermodalism at North Milwaukee's 'plastic tracks'

Can EOBRs be hacked, or their data corrupted?

Qualcomm: More than satellite tracking

'Roadability' defects found in 17% of intermodal chassis inspected

A Revolutionary Development in Powertrain Technology

Aging trailers, healthy freight business push fleets into buying new equipment

Helping trucking's image and recruiting efforts at the same time

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week in the news