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

Deborah Lockridge

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

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...

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Jack Roberts

Executive Editor

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All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•March 10, 2011

Navistar Considering 'Exciting Technologies' for Later Diesels

Corrected 3/13/2011. Navistar International is looking at some "exciting technologies" to reduce oxides of nitrogen in the exhaust of its later diesels, but aftertreatment using urea -- at least in liquid form -- will not be one of them

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All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•February 28, 2011

Aaanticipation ...

I can't remember when there was more anticipation about a new truck model coming out. Cat's new on-highway vocational truck, the CT660, will be officially unveiled later this month at ConExpo show in Las Vegas. HDT Senior Editor Tom Berg will be there

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Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•February 25, 2011

Las Vegas Pete Uses an 'Anvil' as a Billboard

Most trailers used for product promotion are vans whose broad sides become rolling billboards for truck components of some kind or other. But here we have an end-dump trailer whose message is aimed at construction guys

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All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•February 24, 2011

End of an Era?

In the last few weeks, well-known truckload leaders have announced they are stepping back from the front lines at the companies they founded or have led for decades

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All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•February 18, 2011

DeFazio on his Detention Bill

"Until there is a consequence to the shippers, and those who are receiving the freight, they're going to keep abusing the truck drivers.

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All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•February 18, 2011

Mexico: Quit Sending Us Your Shoddy Trucks!

For years, opponents of opening the U.S.-Mexico border to Mexican long-distance trucking have cited shoddy, unsafe equipment as one of their concerns. Now Mexican trucking interests are saying they're tired of the U.S. sending its "shoddy used trucks" south of the border

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On the Road•by Jim Park•February 14, 2011

Trucking in Japan

Having returned from my first trip to Japan just over a week ago, I'm still marveling at the differences between North America and that geographically small island nation. From a trucking perspective, there is almost no comparison.

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On the Road•by Jim Park•February 11, 2011

How Much of a Rush Can You Be In?

Trucks and trains may at various times be competitors and partners in the supply chain, but when the two square off face-to-face at a level crossing, there's no doubt who will emerge victorious

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All That's Trucking•by Deborah Lockridge•February 9, 2011

What Keeps Maintenance Managers Up At Night?

When you get hundreds of fleet maintenance managers together on one location, you can bet they're going to start swapping stories about various equipment and maintenance issues they're having

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Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•February 9, 2011

Ancra Load Decking System Adds Payload, Cuts Freight Damage, User Says

A second generation load decking system from Ancra International is adding 10 to 30 percent to payloads while reducing damage claims by as much as 50 percent for Con-way Freight, a carrier representative said

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

BMW's 'Clean Diesel' Ad Falls Short

Clean diesel featured during the Superbowl? Great, right? Not so great when it's BMW touting its clean diesel solution and implying that every other diesel vehicle on the road, including trucks, is belching thick black smoke

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Trailer Talk•by Tom Berg•February 6, 2011

'What Are Those Things?' Liquid Storage Tanks, That's What

Every so often I see one of these odd, squarish trailers being pulled down an interstate and wonder, "What are those things?" Last fall, while driving down U.S. 23 near Toledo, I spotted a pair parked in a lot and swung around to check 'em out

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