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Class 8 Retail Sales on Pace to Pass 250,000 Mark
The breakneck pace of Class 8 truck sales continued in June, producing midyear figures that are 29.4% higher than the record year of 1998 and, if duplicated in the second half, would total more than 255,000 units for 1999.
July 21, 1999Entrepreneur Hopes to Have Last Laugh With Steering Invention
Mention Dee Howard and his Power Center Steering System almost anywhere in the trucking industry 鈥 especially on the manufacturing and maintenance sides 鈥 and you get a chuckle.
July 21, 1999Trailblazing Designer Has Been Down This Road Before
D.U. "Dee" Howard describes himself as the 鈥渢rucker鈥檚 best friend.鈥 His detractors say he is a man with an 鈥渆legant solution in search of a problem.鈥
July 21, 1999Rail Bill Would Penalize Grade Crossing Scofflaws
Two high-profile truck-train accidents at railroad grade crossings in recent months have heightened congressional interest in rail safety, leading one lawmaker to propose legislation to address the problem.
July 21, 1999Analysts Deliver Chilly Forecast
Refrigerated freight carriers got a frosty forecast about their segment of trucking from two analysts at a meeting conducted by a unit of the Truckload Carriers Association.
July 21, 1999Teamsters Place Another Local in Trusteeship
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters put another of its locals in trusteeship following a bitter, month-long strike against an Iowa Beef Processors slaughterhouse in Walla Walla, Wash.
July 21, 1999Improvement Seen in Rail Situation
The service problems that bedeviled Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads after the division of Conrail lines are slowly but steadily being solved. But one of their biggest customers disagrees.
July 21, 1999No Quick Fix for Splash and Spray
Aerodynamic improvements have reduced splash and spray from trucks, but the American Trucking Associations says no current or future technology is likely to eliminate the problem.
July 21, 1999Ore. Gas Tax Bill in Limbo
Legislators are seeking a way out of a budget snarl that's hindering efforts to end their more than six-month session, and a bill killing the state's weight-mile tax hangs in the balance.
July 21, 1999Fireworks-Laden Truck Explodes
A parked truck carrying leftover fireworks exploded in a Canadian industrial park Tuesday morning, spraying shrapnel for a block and sending rockets off in all directions.
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