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by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 20, 2007

Adapting to change

"Keep on rolling; Keep on rolling; Roll with the changes." -- REO Speedwagon On my recent vacation in Ireland, we stopped in to play golf at the New....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 19, 2007

Courtesy on the road

It's a ubiquitous sight that greeted me this morning -- a squat concrete mixer truck, obviously fully loaded and heading for a job, inching ever so....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 16, 2007

Political muscle

A reporter named Patrick O'Leary from South Africa asked an interesting question at the recent "Shaping Future Transportation" meeting put on Daimler....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 15, 2007

The trucks of morning

It‘s a gray, cold dawn in Heidelberg, Germany - the air is heavy with impending rain and the few people up and about at this hour move quickly by on....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 14, 2007

Medium-duty hybrids

So Emanuel Groll and I are making our way around Daimler AG's test track at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, in the compnay's new Mercedes....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 8, 2007

Uh oh ...

“Took a shot to the chin. Looks like it‘s hard to win. In this do or die situation.” -from the song “Hang Tough” by Tesla. Here we go: the bad....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 6, 2007

The real free trade fear

"Forewarned is to be forearmed." --Benjamin Franklin We've spent a good part of the year in the trucking industry arguing about the impact of trade....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 5, 2007

Voting time

"Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better." --Jane Auer, novelist and....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 1, 2007

SCR, or no SCR ...

That seems to be the big question today as engine makers focus on the 2010 emission standards: do you incorporate selective catalytic reduction (SCR....More
by Sean Kilcarr Oct. 31, 2007

Tightening the belts

"We continue to work through the sustained weakness in freight demand." --Robert Weaver, president, P.A.M. Transportation It's been a tough year in....More
by Sean Kilcarr Oct. 30, 2007

Practice what you preach

The title above -- "practice what you preach" -- is a saying as old as the history books ... actually, older than them, since the Roman comic actor....More
by Sean Kilcarr Oct. 26, 2007

Finding anti-idling rules

One of the fastest growing headaches for truckers -- among MANY headaches large and small -- is the rapid proliferation of anti-idling regulations by....More
by Sean Kilcarr Oct. 25, 2007

The Iron Man

"Running is one of the best solutions to a clear mind." --Sasha Azevedo, athlete I met Jack Dwyer, oh, nearly 15 years ago now at one of the many....More
by Sean Kilcarr Oct. 24, 2007

Good traditions

"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” - Gen. Colin Powell, U.S. Army Hands down one of the best sports stories ever written came from the pen....More
by Sean Kilcarr Oct. 23, 2007

Getting back up

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you....More
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