Redux: The cost of emissions-system maintenance
For too many truck buyers, such costs and associated practices are unforeseen and unheeded at time purchase, notes a longtime truck sales/service rep. And: "Let’s face it, even with proper maintenance...
View ArticleTruck prices the main focus of first public hearing on next round of federal...
Representatives of truck dealers and owner-operators lamented their concerns about the impact on truck prices that the proposed next phase of emissions and fuel economy standards will have. A second...
View ArticleEPA, NHTSA officials to hear from truckers on emissions/fuel-efficiency regs...
The officials will hear from truckers in a public hearing on the "Phase 2" proposal to accelerate fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas emissions standards for 2018-'27 model year trailers and 2021-'27 trucks.
View ArticleNext round of truck emissions regs should go smoother than ’07-’10 round, EPA...
According to the EPA, the emissions standards set to be phased in over the coming decade will make the U.S. fleet the "most advanced" in the world.
View ArticlePodcast: What it’s like driving an autonomous truck, VW emissions scandal’s...
What's it like behind the wheel of a self-driving truck? And how do you get an autonomous endorsement for your CDL? Overdrive Equipment Editor Jack Roberts and OD News Editor James Jaillet talk details...
View ArticleHolding on: Independent Zach Beadle and the ’76 Peterbilt cabover he won’t...
More on emissions-system maintenance problems from one independent in Texas: "If a [new] truck is always broke down and it takes forever to get it fixed, I'll stick with my old truck!"
View ArticleCourt presses OOIDA on ‘unconstitutionality’ of Calif. emissions regs during...
The court overseeing the OOIDA’s lawsuit against California and its stringent emissions regulations heard oral arguments last week in the case, and, per one report, OOIDA faced tough questions about...
View ArticleWhen new is already broken
(Alert: Conspiracy theory ahead) Wendy: FMCSA is out for the truck manufacturers too? FMCSA added dents with "an ELD exemption on trucks that are year model 1999 or older."
View ArticleFamily of late show trucker, fleet owner Bill Hall Jr. to pay $160k to settle...
Hall’s 130-truck aggregate-hauling fleet, Bill Hall Jr. Trucking out of San Antonio, was well known on the show truck circuit as an annual contender at major Pride & Polish shows. He was killed in...
View ArticleCARB exemption, Obamacare deadlines this weekend
Heads-up on two fast-approaching deadlines Jan. 31: 1) Final day to register with and report to the California Air Resource Board for its 1,000-mile low-use exemption. 2) Sunday mark's the end of this...
View ArticleABF Freight to charge customers compliance surcharge for loads in and out of...
This month, the Arkansas-based ABF Freight began the California Compliance Surcharge to offset the state’s higher operating costs and stricter regulations.
View ArticleELD Mandate, with equipment headaches, presents ‘tough call’ for one...
Weighing the costs of maintenance, truck purchase and operation in the face of the ELD mandate with one owner-operator.
View ArticleNew rule to cut truck emissions, implement fuel economy minimums moves to...
The standards will begin taking effect for trailers in 2018. Tractor requirements take effect in 2021. The plan goes through 2027, when the entire vehicle – engine, truck and trailer – will be...
View ArticleVW’s $15 billion emissions settlement includes money for cleaner trucks
Part of Volkswagen’s more than $15 billion emissions cheating scandal settlement with the U.S. government includes more than $2 billion set aside to encourage owners of older vehicles and equipment to...
View ArticleElectric truck startup co. promises no-emissions big rig
“We are not aware of any zero emission truck in the world that can haul 80,000 pounds more than 1,000 miles and do it without stopping. The Nikola One requires only 15 minutes of downtime before...
View ArticleEPA issues new round of truck emissions standards, group wary of potential...
The EPA and DOT on Aug. 16 issued the final draft of the next round of emissions and fuel economy standards for U.S. heavy-duty trucks. Joe Mendel of the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association says...
View ArticleTrucking industry groups say they’re concerned about costs of new emissions...
“Forcing a standard that can lead to problems with reliability and maintenance ultimately has no benefits to the environment if no one wants to buy the product,” one trucking industry group said.
View Article13 reasons you hang on to that old truck
Having a truck paid off makes for a boost in versatility in decisions about the business -- in a variety of ways, too, many associated with outright ownership of specifically older equipment, readers say.
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"Attacking the symptoms of a disease only makes the patient comfortable until they die. Attacking the rot that causes the disease is what saves them."
View ArticleOperators have until Aug. 31 to order compliant Calif. reefer unit, state says
Purchase orders made before the end of the month for new replacement TRUs and TRU generator sets will help avoid penalties that could result from manufacturer or installer delays. Verified diesel...
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