Magazine / Industry News
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Three Professional Drivers Recognized as 2023 TCA Highway Angels of the Year
Nashville, TN… Professional truck drivers Tony Blunnie of Knight Transportation, Dawna Jacobsen of Erb Transport and Terry Reavis of Maverick Transportation LLC have been named the 2023 TCA Highway Angels of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Assoc... -
Big Rig Build-Off Competition At The 2024 Mid-America Trucking Show
Brian and Thomas Davis of Davis Brothers Design and their 2024 Peterbilt 389 won the Big Rig Build-Off Competition held this past March during the Mid-America Trucking Show. Randy Stroup of First Class Services Inc sponsored this year’s Big Rig Bui... -
Hunter Truck Receives Platinum Service Awards
Hunter Truck is honored to announce that several of our dealerships have been recognized with Platinum Service Awards by Peterbilt Motors Company at the annual Dealer Group Meeting held in March 2024. We are proud of these accomplishments made by our... -
Rush Truck Centers Launches Special Sweepstakes For The Chance To Win The Final Peterbilt Model 389 Ever Produced; Proceeds To Benefit Wounded Warrior Project
San Antonio, TX… Rush Enterprises, Inc, which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, in conjunction with Rush Enterprises Foundation, has announced a special sweepstakes benefiting Wounded Warrior Project®... -
Hey Big Wheelz – Get $10 OFF your Next M•T•O™ Order!
Join My Sheetz Rewardz and pump 150 gal of truck diesel to unlock this deal, then redeem via the app OFFERZ tab. It’s super easy to sign up for a Sheetz Rewarz card! Register in the Sheetz App, online at Sheetz.com, or pick up a card at the regis... -
Shell Rotella SuperRigs® Comes To Texas Motor Speedway
DALLAS, TX… The 2024 Shell Rotella SuperRigs® Competition will take place May 30 - June 1 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Numerous events and activities are planned, honoring the hardworking spirit of American Truckers.�... -
Summer Travel is Heating Up
It’s that time of year again. School is almost out and we’re heading into the busy summer travel season. It’s a fact that people travel more during the summer than any other time of year. This results in a shift in traffic flow. Instead of pili... -
Transport For Christ
Life has changed in so many ways due the culture in which we live and the negative impact that still exists from the Pandemic. What has not changed is the mindset I see in so many men and women about the existence of God. It always seemed very logica... -
Major Step Taken to Boost Domestic Manufacturing in Transportation
WASHINGTON, DC… The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) today to discontinue its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products used in f... -
MISSION BBQ Customers Donate $347,068 to Sponsor Veterans’ Wreaths for Placement on National Wreaths Across America Day 2024
COLUMBIA FALLS, ME, and COLUMBIA, MD… MISSION BBQ is proud to announce the donation of $347,068 to national nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA). This contribution was made possible thanks to the generosity of MISSION BBQ customers and their... -
PennDOT And PA Turnpike Announce Work Zone Speed Camera Program
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PA Turnpike), in partnership with the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) began enforcing the Work Zone Speed Safety Camera program designed to crack down... -
Spring Savings: Sheetz Reduced Truck Diesel Fuel Prices in March
Altoona, PA… Sheetz, a major Mid-Atlantic restaurant and convenience chain, celebrated the return of Spring with a special “Truck Diesel Price Rollback” during the month of March. From Wednesday, March 6 to Sunday, March 31, truck drivers could... -
Tony Mercer—Part of a Multigenerational Moving Team—Wins JK Moving’s Long-Distance Driver of the Year
STERLING, VA… JK Moving Services, the nation’s largest independently owned and operated moving company, has named Tony Mercer as Long-Distance Driver of the Year. Mercer—who drives with family members including his mother who also has her CDL... -
Ed Wilson Receives First And Last LoneStar Daycabs
New Springfield, OH…. It was a complete surprise for Ed Wilson, when on February 9th of this year, he came home to find his new 2024 International LoneStar Daycab and a lot of friends waiting for him. The folks at Hill International planned a sur... -
Kenworth’s Chillicothe, Ohio Manufacturing Plant Celebrates 50 Years of Producing the World’s Best Trucks
CHILLICOTHE, OH… The Kenworth truck assembly plant in Chillicothe, Ohio celebrates 50 years of building the World’s Best® trucks. The plant officially opened on March 4, 1974, and the plant’s first truck – a Kenworth W900 – rolled off the... -
Peterbilt Introduces New 72-Inch Sleeper for Model 589
Denton, TX… Peterbilt is proud to announce the introduction of a new 72-inch low roof sleeper for the Legendary Model 589. The new sleeper provides customers with sleek, long and lean styling along with premium amenities for enhanced comfort, effic... -
2024 Shell Rotella® National Promotion
Shell Rotella is pleased to announce their 2024 National Promotion. With the purchase of qualifying Shell Rotella T4 Triple Protection, Shell Rotella T5 Synthetic Blend, and Shell Rotella T6 Full Synthetic heavy-duty diesel engine oil products, custo... -
TSTL, Inc./Tri-State Trailer Sales Adds Safety Feature for Their Rental & Leasing Fleet
PITTSBURGH, PA….TSTL, Inc./Tri-State Trailer Sales is pleased to announce they are adding loose lug nut indicators to all their Rental and Leasing trailers, see picture below. A service unique to TSTL'S Rental and Leasing fleet, the devices enhance... -
PMTA
National College Decision Day is May 1. Traditionally, this is the deadline most colleges use for accepted students to commit. It’s when I, waiting until the last minute like always, committed to going to school to study musical theatre. At 18, I k... -
Transport For Christ
I recently learned about a man in our neighborhood that could no longer deal with the struggles in his life and the stress that the existing culture has put on him and his family. So, he chose suicide to escape the pressures of life, leaving a wife a...