Wed October 14, 2015
The Terex Crossover 8000 Blends Truck Crane and Boom Crane Designs
The Terex Crossover 8000 is an 80 ton (72.5 t) capacity class boom truck that blends truck crane and boom crane designs to offer a 360-degree load radius. Featuring the same upper structure as the field-proven Terex T780 telescopic truck crane, the Crossover 8000 boom truck offers almost identical load ratings throughout most lift situations, regardless of lifting from the front, rear or sides of the crane....
Mon October 12, 2015
Mack, Omnitracs to Expand Truck Fleet Management Options
Mack Trucks has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Omnitracs LLC to develop future service options for Mack Fleet Management Services. The additional options will expand Mack’s fleet management offerings and provide customers with more choices to boost safety and lower costs through improved operational performance....
Fri October 09, 2015
Mack Pinnacle Model Delivers ’Big Red’ to the Big Show
The Great American Trucking Show (GATS) received a big dose of Mack attitude when a Mack Pinnacle 70-inch high-rise sleeper model delivered Evel Knievel’s 1974 Mack FS786LST model show truck. Knievel’s truck, affectionately nicknamed “Big Red,” arrived fresh off its appearance in Hollywood at the premiere of the documentary film “Being Evel,” and was featured in Mack booth no....
Thu September 17, 2015
WSM Auctioneers Holds Monthly Auction in Phoenix
WSM Auctioneers held its monthly auction on Sept. 12. A large number of utility trucks, bucket trucks and other fleet vehicles were sold, in addition to a wide variety of construction equipment and other construction materials....
Thu September 10, 2015
Veteran Trucker Calls I-95 ’Terrible’
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - A little after 7 a.m. on a gray Wednesday in March, the red cab of the L.R. Hawthorne & Son 18-wheeler chugs away from a rest stop near Exit 13 on the northbound side of Interstate 95....
MICHAEL RUBINKAM - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 26, 2015
Driverless Trucks Protect People-Filled Work Zones
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Roving construction crews - the kind you see blacktopping a road, painting lines, inspecting a bridge or installing a traffic signal - are often protected from oncoming traffic by a specialized truck outfitted with a crash barrier....
Mon August 17, 2015
Mack Customer Center Hosts Ryder Top Tech Competition
The top heavy-duty truck technicians from Ryder System Inc. recently gathered at the Mack Customer Center in Allentown, Pa., for the 2015 Ryder Top Technician (Top Tech) Recognition Program. The program, which is designed to identify, recognize and reward high-performing truck maintenance technicians, features the top eight performers from Ryder’s team of more than 5,000 U.S.- and Canada-based technicians....
Mon August 17, 2015
Nuss Hosts 5th Annual Truck Show
Approximately 100 people attended Nuss Truck & Equipment’s 5th Annual Antique Truck Show in Rochester, Minn., on July 18. All proceeds, which amounted to $1,200, were donated to the Ronald McDonald House of Rochester, Minn....
Thu August 13, 2015
Thief Absconds With Heavy Equipment in Broad Daylight
The South Strand News is reporting that police in South Carolina have produced a photo of a pickup truck they think may have been used in the theft. At about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Georgetown Police Department released an image of an pickup truck that was towing a Bobcat Skid Steer as it traveled down a city street....
Giles Lambertson - Mon August 03, 2015
Long-Haul Truck-Driving Teens: A Scary Proposal
One provision in the current surface transportation bill would drop the interstate commercial truck driving age to 18 from 21. It is one of those issues with two appealing sides. In the end, though, the idea doesn’t pass muster....
